'Cross-border funding is vital for our communities'

For three-and-half years, the Irish government has spent hundreds of millions of euros on its Shared Island Initiative - a scheme which aims to fund cross-border projects that benefit people in both the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Some of that money has been put towards big projects like the A5 road and the redevelopment of Casement Park, combined with money from the Northern Ireland Executive.

But away from the eye-catching big builds, dozens of organisations have been granted money for schemes which reach across both sides of the border.

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