Groups in Ireland are being urged to apply for environmental funding to help improve the areas they live in.

Up to €460,000 funding is available through the Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Environmental Partnership Fund, an increase of 15% on 2016 funding.

Fine Gael Dublin Rathdown Senator, Neale Richmond, said: "The fund, which has operated since 1997, supports local environmental initiatives by communities, individuals and not-for-profit groups. It is designed to support local communities to improve the environment in their own local areas and its wider remit is to continue the fight back against global warming.

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"We know that local initiatives can make a real difference in our communities; small changes can make lasting improvements to our environment.

"To that end, the fund supports small scale non-profit environmental projects such as allotments, community gardens, compost schemes, rainwater harvesting schemes, educational initiatives and environmental exhibitions.

"Eligible projects include those that will support and complement, at a local level, national environmental policies such as those on Waste, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Air, Water and Sustainable Development."

(CD/LM)