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Limerick projects benefit from more than €650,000 from Community Safety Fund

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Limerick projects benefit from more than €650,000 from Community Safety Fund. Moyross Community Enterprise Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Community Service, Engage in Education, Dance Limerick, Doras and Extern Ireland all announced as the groups to receive funding.

Six Limerick projects are set to benefit from the €4.4 million Community Safety Fund announced nationally

Sis Limerick community projects will benefit from the €4.4 million announced nationally as part of the Communtiy Safety Fund, delivered through proceeds seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB).

The Limerick groups will get a share of €654,344 funding seized by CAB and An Garda Síochána to be redirected back into local communities.

Minister of State at the Department of Justice and TD for Limerick County, Niall Collins, welcomed confirmation that six Limerick projects will receive a total of €654,344 in funding under the Community Safety Fund, with Moyross Community Enterprise Centre, Our Lady of Lourdes Community Service, Engage in Education, Dance Limerick, Doras and Extern Ireland all announced as the groups to receive funding.


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Minister Collins congratulated the successful groups, saying, “Each of these projects will have real impacts in our community, particularly disadvantaged areas, and I am delighted to support their work in the Department in my role as Minister of State with Responsibility for Youth Justice.

“Youth justice is a key focus as Government tackles crime and anti-social behaviour, reflected in the significant additional funding I secured of €7.3 million in Budget 2026 for the area.

“It is imperative that we continue to fund projects in the area to give young people at risk of becoming involved in a life of crime the best chance of pursuing an alternative path.”

The €4.4 million announced in total funding across Ireland represents a 33 per cent increase on the €3 million awarded in 2024, and the fund will support 42 community safety projects across the country.

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