Work begins on Ennistymon Multi-Service Innovation Centre

Clare County Council has signed a contract with Jada Projects Ltd. for the development which involves the conversion of an existing building, located   on Parliament Street.

The Multi-Service Innovation Centre comprises hotdesks with business broadband, incubation units for small businesses, meeting rooms, training rooms and full audio visual facilities. The first floor of the shared services building will be occupied by North-West Clare Family Resource Centre. Mol an Óige Steiner National School is also an existing tenant within the building complex.

The local authority facility is scheduled to open in September 2019.

Councillor Michael Begley, Mayor of Clare, said, “I look forward this new centre having a significant, positive economic impact for Ennistymon and the wider North Clare area by contributing to employment creation and local regeneration.”

Pat Dowling, Chief Executive of Clare County Council, said, “The delivery of a range of business, social and community services from this central town location is a key target of the Rural Development Strategy which promotes the development of community-led social enterprises, rural tourism, and small and medium enterprises.”

“I want to acknowledge the Government’s support for this project, along with the support of Elected Members and the work being carried out by the project team within Clare County Council,” added Mr. Dowling.

Commenting on the background to the new centre, Urban McMahon, Head of Information Systems & Clare Broadband Officer, Clare County Council, said, “One of the issues recurring and being highlighted through the Rural Development Strategy is the absence of high speed Broadband throughout Rural Clare. While access to broadband services is critical, the requirement for facilities to compliment this infrastructure was deemed equally important.”

“Clare County Council’s Digital Hub Programme not only provides communities with access to broadband but it also provides the facilities to enable communities to exploit the potential of same,” continued Mr. McMahon. “The facilities being established in Ennistymon complement our network of digital hubs which has been established throughout the County in Kilrush, Miltown Malbay and Feakle.”

The Multi-Service Innovation Centre benefited from funding totalling €1,023,300 under the Government’s €1 billion Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, which aims to breathe new life into Ireland’s smaller towns and villages. The development also received €100,000 under the 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme.

Page last reviewed: 05/12/18

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