Five charities to receive fund boost

bANk of ireland has announced the next recipients of grants from its cost of living Fund.

in Dublin, the recipients include Hill Street Family Resource centre, care Alliance ireland, Quarryvale community Resource centre clG, Friends of the Elderly, and Doras bui.

The donations are targeted at groups including children and families at risk, older persons, domestic abuse charities, those with disabilities, lone parents and migrant communities amongst others.

The bank has committed €1 million overall to organisations supporting those most at risk from cost of living pressures, with the funding divided into two tranches. deer on a range of issues.

“The first part of the €1 million fund was allocated in January with €500,000 fasttracked to 13 organisations working with vulnerable groups across the island of ireland with grants from €25,000 up to €100,000.

This second round of donations will provide up to 50 smaller non-profit organisations with vital financial support in the form of grants of up to €10,000.

“The rising cost of living is a significant challenge for many families across ireland and that is why we committed €1 million in funding towards our cost of living response fund,” Myles O’Grady, bank of ireland Group cEO, said.

1,512 submissions were received from farmers, foresters, ecologists, academics, NGOs and public bodies.

The results seen by RTÉ News found that 82% of people said that deer are negatively impacting biodiversity.

81% said the animals are damaging agricultural land and the same percentage of respondents agreed that they are a road safety concern.

A majority of the respondents also felt that deer are damaging forestry and they expressed a concern that the animals are a Tb threat to bovines.

Asked to rank management options in order of importance, 86% chose deer culling, 78% also supported allowing landowners to manage deer. A majority of people supported contracting hunters to enable effective population management, developing a market for wild venison and extending the hunting season.