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15/07/2015

£500,000 Secured For Six Listed Buildings

£500,000 has been secured for six listed buildings in Northern Ireland

The funding from the carrier bag levy receipts, will support the following conservation schemes:

• Former Derry Cathedral Primary School at Derry's walls, which will transform into a tourism venue;

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• Former Holy Cross Boys School on the Crumlin Road in Belfast which is being converted for community use;

• Church of the Holy Undivided Trinity in Waringstown, restoring the building for its continued ecclesiastical use;

• Essential restoration works to the Sacred Heart Church, Omagh;

• Works to conserve the Union Theological College in Belfast, which trains ministers for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland;

• Essential repair and maintenance of St Eugene's Cathedral, Derry.

(CD/MH)

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