Laois Kilkenny

Please complete the details below and submit form via email to communitybenefitfund@mco.ie. Your form will be reviewed and a response provided to you within 20 working days.

EirGrid is now inviting applications for Phase 2 of a €511,500 fund for communities adjacent to the Laois Kilkenny Reinforcement Project. This fund has been established in recognition of the importance of working closely with communities across the two counties throughout the construction of the project elements between Coolnabacky in Co Laois and Ballyragget in Co Kilkenny.

Laois Kilkenny Community Forum Meeting Minutes from July 2023

This update is for you as stakeholders, communities, landowners and members of the public interested in keeping up to date about the Laois Kilkenny Reinforcement Project. The project is progressing well and we want to keep you informed. We also want tell you about the work of the Community Forum and the 12 local projects awarded funding under the Community Benefit Fund in 2022. We hope that these awardees will provide ideas for the next round of funding.

Minutes from the first community forum meeting for the Laois Kilkenny project