Cork County County are again offering their Painting, Signage & Improvement Scheme grant for Douglas. This year up to 100% of the costs will be covered by the grant (see below).

Through this scheme, tenants or owners of buildings in those areas can avail of a grant of up to 50% of the cost of painting the facades along the street. Applications on a full-street basis (10 or more adjacent buildings on one street) will get a grant of 60% and will get priority. Tenants or owners of buildings in the Town Centre can avail of a grant of up to 50% of the costs of replacing existing plastic, neon and printed signs etc. with ‘Heritage Type Signs’. A contribution to a max. of 100% will be given towards the cost of materials where it is proposed the tenant/owner will undertake the work themselves.
The application forms can be found here: