More than €15 million in new funding has been confirmed for Irish media organisations to support journalism, broadcasting and digital development. Around €1 million of this is set aside for ancillary schemes, funding forty-one long-form and investigative projects. A new News Reporting Scheme will provide almost €4 million to support coverage of areas not currently well served by existing news provision. Alongside content funding, a new Digital Transformation Scheme will see €2.7 million allocated to fifty-eight projects. The Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport said the funding would help sustain public interest journalism and support democratic engagement across local, regional and national media.