A further €624,000 for the protection and upgrading of heritage buildings under the Structures at Risk Fund 2015 has been announced by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys.

Urgent conservation works at Vernon Mount House in Frankfield, Cork, the College Garden Boundary Wall at St Mary's College, Youghal, Cork and at Ballysampson House in Wexford have been granted funding of €54,500 by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.