The Government has allocated €13 million to improve a harbour on the Aran island of Inis Meáin.
The harbour will redeveloped and extended with the construction of a breakwater, a new road and turning area.
Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon ÓCúiv, announced the sanction of the grant for Caladh Mór Pier.
"It was a long campaign but we have finally reached the end," said Brídín Ní Chonceanainn, manager at Comharchumann Inis Meáinn. "These developments will greatly enhance the future of the island with regard to sustainability and progress. "A pier is to an island what a road is to the mainland."
Inis Meáin is the middle of the three Aran islands, between Inis Mór and Inis Óirr.
It is approximately five kilometres long and 2.5 kilometres wide and is home to around 200 islanders.