Seven swimming pools across the Shannonside region have received almost €16,000 euro from the Covid-19 Swimming pool grants scheme.
The support is administered by Sports Ireland through the Active Ireland group and is designed to help swimming pool and leisure centres affected by the Covid-19 shutdowns.
Nationally €700,000 has been provided for the sector as the final phase of the grant, with swimming pools receiving their first payment in 2020.
The grant is aimed to support publicly accessible swimming pools respond to the challenge associated with maintaining pools and the effort to reopen and remain open, within COVID-19 safety protocols in place.
Five Roscommon pools were awarded grants totalling €10,374 between them.
Leitrim and Longford recorded just 1 swimming pool in each county, with those facilities receiving €2,878 and €3,087 respectively.
