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About Rapid

The RAPID Programme (Revitalising Areas Through Planning Investment & Development) was launched in 2002 by the Minister for State for Local Development Eoin Ryan T.D. Under the Programme 20 provincial centres in Ireland were selected for inclusion in the Programme including the following areas in Sligo Town.

  1. Cranmore Estate
  2. Forthill Estate / Cartron Estate
  3. Garavogue Villas / Doorly Park
  4. St.Joseph’s Terrace / St. Bridget’s Place / Pilkington Terrace
  5. Maugheraboy / Jinks Avenue / Tracey Avenue

The RAPID Programme has three specific objectives in accordance with the Programme for Prosperity & Fairness.

  1. To develop a specific integrated policy focus, across the Social Inclusion Measures identified in the National Development Plan, directed at the social groups who are excluded, especially where cumulative disadvantage is pervasive.
  2. To tackle, in particular, the spatial concentration of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion within the 25 identified designated disadvantaged areas.
  3. To stem the social and economic costs of social exclusion by developing a range of integrated measures such that the physical, social and community infrastructure of designated communities is developed to allow them harness the social capital and capacity necessary for economic and community development.

The following Principles underpin the implementation of the programme.

  • Community Participation and local Ownership
  • Promotion of Strategic Planning
  • Co-ordination of provision of State Services
  • Targeting of additional services, investment and facilities
  • Building on Existing Structures
  • Complementing existing initiatives


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