The Secretary General of the Irish Red Cross has confirmd that the first tranche of funding has been paid to businesses and community groups who qualified for funding under the government scheme announced after the August 22nd floods in Inishowen.
As well as the government funding administered by the Red Cross nationally, the local Donegal Branch is administering money raised through fundraising, with almost €57,000 raised so far.
On the Ten to One show today, Liam O’Dwyer spoke to Greg Hughes about the funding and how it is being distributed……………….
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