Enable Ireland Centres Win €22,000 in AIB Better Ireland Awards

The votes are in and six Enable Ireland centres will receive a total of €22,000 from the AIB Better Ireland Awards 2010. Services in Meath, Kildare, Galway, Kerry, Tipperary and Monaghan will all be lucky recipients of amounts from €2,000 to €5,000.
 

Voting for the 2009/2010 AIB Better Ireland Programme closed at midnight on 15th March with an overwhelming 602,172 votes received online and by text. This is 100% more votes than was received for the 2008 programme and a huge demonstration of the public’s commitment to supporting their local children’s projects.

AIB’s 182 main branches now have €10,000 to award to local projects and the local community have decided how the funding will be divided. Projects have been ranked according to the number of votes they received, first place with the highest votes will receive €5,000, second place €3,000 and third place €2,000.

Here's how Enable Ireland centres around the country will benefit:

Enable Ireland Meath €3,000

Enable Ireland Kildare €5,000

Enable Ireland Galway €2,000

Enable Ireland Kerry €5,000

Enable Ireland Tipperary €5,000

Enable Ireland Monaghan €2,000