Munster Technological University has been awarded €574,683 by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for research for the SPRINGWOOL project, which aims to eliminate barriers and promote innovation in the Irish wool industry.
Currently, farmers get little in return for their wool; it costs farmers about €3.50 to shear a sheep with a return of roughly 20 cents/kg for the fleece. This funding will go towards key research to help create a brighter future for Irish-grown wool.
The wool funding is part of the €22.3 million aid grant for 21 new research projects arising from the Department’s 2023 Thematic Research Call.
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