Fund cash boosts tourism

TWO new tourist business ventures in Co Leitrim accepted grants totalling £310,000 yesterday from the International Fund for …

TWO new tourist business ventures in Co Leitrim accepted grants totalling £310,000 yesterday from the International Fund for Ireland, the aid body said last night. A waterbus company in Ballinamore and a restaurant guesthouse in Kinlough received the cash. The fund, which provided seed funding of almost £6 million for the Shannon Erne water corridor, said it had now helped 52 business projects stemming from the waterway's success.

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