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Friday, 26 June 2020 15:21

A group are applying to the just transition fund for finance.

A Westmeath group are applying to use money from the Just Transition fund to develop a greenway from Athlone to Clonmacnoise.

Their submission also includes a plan to create a light rail system on an existing track from Athlone to Shannonbridge in the future.

Chairperson of the project Paul Mulvey believes the area is a wonderful wilderness that most people won't even know existed.

He says another benefit is that it's a project that could be completed by redeployed Bord Na Mona workers:

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