News Archive
Joint Research Call for Cultural Heritage Research by The Joint Heritage European Programme (JHEP)
The Joint Heritage European Programme (JHEP) has launched a Joint Research Call for Cultural Heritage Research. The Heritage Council, in partnership with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has allocated €100,000...
Over the past weekend many of us were saddened to learn of the death of Dr Billy Colfer. Billy was a member of the Heritage Council from 2005 – 2010.
Rich Arts & Heritage Audio Content at Podcast.ie
A great new website has been set up at www.podcasts.ie which delivers high-quality, free audio content from Irish writers of poetry, prose and song as well as radio documentaries and story telling about Irish culture, heritage...
Heritage the most significant reason for visiting County Louth: New Report
This report presents the findings of the Co. Louth Visitor Survey 2012 conducted between June and August 2012. By far the most popular reason for visiting the county was to visit Heritage Sites at 18%.
ICOMOS Ireland Photo Competition 2012: Winners Announced!
The competition invited amateur photographers, of all ages, to go out and try to 'capture' and explain their ‘moment’ in the wonderful diversity of the Irish countryside.
New walking app puts 400 walking & cycle trails at your fingertips!
The new iPhone app has details of more than 400 walking and cycling trails around Ireland, and will make it much easier for everyone to get out and enjoy one of Ireland’s many recreational trails.
The Fulbright Specialist Awards - Open for Applicants
The Fulbright Commission of Ireland is seeking expressions of interest from Irish institutions to bring a Fulbright Specialist to their institution for two to six weeks.
European Funding Call for Cultural Heritage Research Projects
The Heritage Council, in partnership with the Dept. of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, has allocated €100,000 towards this call for cultural heritage research projects.
Environmental Remote Sensing Role
This is a pre-call announcement. The 2.3 year contract will be based in Dublin and will form part of larger study (IdealHNV, funded by DAFM through the RSF) looking at the distribution of High Nature Value farmland habitats in...
Designation of New Marine Special Areas of Conservation
Jimmy Deenihan TD, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has today proposed six new marine sites for designation as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) to protect marine habitats and species listed on the 1992 EU...
Success for Irish Red Grouse on Boleybrack Mountain!
The recent annual survey of the Boleybrack Red Grouse Project counted at least 85 grouse on Boleybrack Mountain this autumn. This compares to only three calling Red Grouse males encountered when the project first started in 2007....
New Legislation regarding importation of Ash Wood
The Heritage Council is extremely concerned by the discovery of Ash Die Back Disease - 'Chalara fraxinea' in Ireland and welcomes efforts made to minimise the risk of further imports of infected ash products by the Dept. of...
Two New Monuments & Heritage Websites Launched
The websites highlight national monuments & heritage buildings that are open to the public but are not so well known. They are also intended to encourage tourists to visit locations that might not otherwise be on their...
ICOMOS Ireland Amateur Photography Competition
To celebrate '2012: International Year of the Rural Landscape' ICOMOS Ireland invites you to submit a photograph of an Irish rural scene. 1st Prize €400!
Call for Papers on Flood Protection and Heritage Conservation on Rivers and Streams
International Scientific Colloquium to take place in Dresden, Germany on 22-23 March 2013.
Golden Mile Competition 2012 - Slí Dhúlra na Gaillimhe 2012
A chance for your town, community, or local area to show and share your best motorways.
UCD Scholarship - Doctoral Research - Urban Resilience & Sustainability
UCD School of Architecture is pleased to offer a scholarship to fund full-time doctoral research in the area of Urban Resilience and Sustainability.
Towns and cities with heritage assets are more appealing places to live, work and visit
Something in the human psyche makes people enjoy being in historic environments.
New Burren 'movement' leads the way.
Economic and social benefits of heritage and culture can only be realised with astute management.
Council publishes blueprint to involve local communities in landscape management.
'People and their Place' Landscape Conference: Report available for comment
Everyone who has an interest in the ongoing management, planning and conservation of the Irish Landscape is encouraged to read the report and comment on it.
![Alison Harvey, David Kirkwood and Karen FoleyPam Harty, Alison Harvey and David KirkwoodILI Awards display. [Click on link at bottom of page to download and view.]](http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/typo3temp/pics/854b549958.jpg "Alison Harvey, David Kirkwood and Karen Foley")
Heritage Council and partners win Irish Landscape Institute President's Award
The Heritage Council and eight partner institutes have won the Irish Landscape Institute (ILI) 'President’s Award' 2009 for the design and delivery of their All-Island, Multi-disciplinary Introduction to Landscape Character...
A Green Field is a Blank Canvas... an opportunity for you to create something extraordinary
Late in 2006, an advertising hoarding appeared in Clondalkin, on the main access road to Dublin from the south, with the above inscription.
Decade of turbo-charged development has left lasting damage on the Irish landscape
Heritage Council calls on Government to introduce new way of working with Landscape Ireland Act.
The Heritage Council of Ireland's Work and Commitment to Ireland's Landscapes
Presentation by Michael D. Starrett, Chief Executive of the Heritage Council at the National Association of AONBs Conference University of Ulster, Coleraine on the 6th July 2009
The Landscapes We Deserve, If Only...
Michael Starrett CEO The Heritage Council makes an appeal to protect Ireland’s unique landscapes, in a real and tangible way, before it is too late.
The Cost of a Disappearing Ireland?
Irish Independent Special Supplement, Wednesday, May 17, 2006.
Launch of Tara Publication: Call for Landscape Legislation
Presentation by Dr Tom O’Dwyer, Chairperson, An Chomairle Oidreachta, Wednesday 14th December 2005 at 6.00 p.m. in the Royal Irish Academy