Very Good News From Brussels for Communities

There’s good news from Brussels as more funds may begin flowing towards communities throughout Europe in two years time.

The European Commission talks for the first time in its spending plans about “community-led local development” as it looks towards 2014-’20.

The folk who write for LDnet want to know what this gobbly- gook phrase means, while acknowledging the Commission’s proposals mark “a turning point in favour of local development”. 

PROFILE: Mike Redmond, Kilkenny Tús Supervisor

Alan Jacques

Reporter ALAN JACQUES recently interviewed one of the 200 supervisors being hired this year to work with Local Development Companies on the national Tús Scheme:

County Kilkenny Leader Partnership recently appointed Mike Redmond as the supervisor of its Tús scheme.

Mike has years of experience in the rail and construction recruitment industry here and in Britain. His main focus was to recruit, co-ordinate and manage operatives on some of the biggest British projects.

Mike Redmond, Tús Supervisor in Kilkenny

Mike told ‘Changing Ireland’ he is now profiling candidates for the scheme and matching their skills for the areas in which participants are needed.

“We’ve been into the communities and spoken to the different organisations and groups to identify the participants that they require. We’ve had huge interest from around 70 different groups in the Kilkenny area and we will have no problem filling the 80 places on the Tús Scheme. We’ve interviewed 18 people in the Piltown area this week,” said Mike.