EU Just Transition Fund — Ireland (Midlands)

Ireland's EU Just Transition Fund programme supports the Midlands transition away from peat production and peat-fired electricity generation. It allocates €169 million across 2021 to 2027, co-funded by the EU and the Irish government, and sits under the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment. The Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly is the Managing Authority, while Pobal handles scheme delivery. The main grant strand in the record offers up to €300,000 for community and enterprise projects. Eligible applicants include community, voluntary, and not-for-profit organisations, as well as SMEs in the wider Midlands area. Geography is the hard constraint: the programme is restricted to Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Roscommon, and defined parts of Galway, Kildare, and Tipperary. The programme runs on a multiple-times-per-year cycle. This is a good fit for local transition projects that build new economic activity, skills, community resilience, or enterprise adaptation in the affected region. The strongest applications will be tightly rooted in the designated geography and clearly tied to the peat transition agenda. Because applications move through EMRA and Pobal rather than DCEE directly, alignment with the delivery route matters as much as the project idea itself.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.