€4.4 million awarded to support public interest journalism

Coimisiún na Meán has today (27.08.2026) announced €4.4 million in funding to support public interest journalism in Ireland, under the News Reporting Scheme.  Following a successful pilot last year, the second round of the Scheme will provide funding for 80 long-form projects covering news items which are under-reported or are at risk of being under-reported The post €4.4 million awarded to …