Publications & Reports

Community-Led Village Design Statements Toolkit: Workshop Document

Community-Led Village Design Statements Toolkit: Workshop Document

Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

The Community-Led Village Design Statement Toolkit was launched at the inaugural community-led VDS workshop, held in Kilkenny in October 2012. This document provides useful information on the background to the Toolkit for participants on the day.

The toolkit was prepared by the Heritage Council in partnership with Dublin City Council and Meath County Council; and in collaboration with the village communities of both Sandymount, Dublin and Julianstown, Co. Meath.

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
Community Led Village Design Statements Toolkit Workshop

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Community Led Village Design Statements Toolkit

Community Led Village Design Statements Toolkit

Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

The toolkit sets out a step-by-step guide to undertaking a community-led VDS, using a collaborative and participative process. It has been developed in accordance with the UNECE Aarhus Convention and the European Landscape Convention.

While this toolkit deals specifically with community-led VDS, it is hoped that the information and guidance provided on relevant structures, processes, outputs and potential outcomes will enable and empower local communities throughout the island of Ireland to become involved in shaping their local environments.

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Community Led Village Design Statements Toolkit

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Operating A Business in Ireland

Operating A Business in Ireland

Market Research & Economic Evaluation

The Heritage Council wished to understand to what extent, if at all, Ireland’s natural or built heritage act as drivers in the decision to locate or expand a business operation in Ireland.

Operating A Business In Ireland

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Built Heritage Conservation & Ecological Sustainable Development

Built Heritage Conservation & Ecological Sustainable Development

Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

This document examines many interesting overlaps between the building conservation and sustainable development.

The conservation of the built heritage has a contribution to make to the achievement of environmental balance in sustainable development.

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Built Heritage Sustainable Development 2012

PDF (1.864 MB)
Heritage Council Strategic Plan 2012-2016

Heritage Council Strategic Plan 2012-2016

Corporate Publications

Strategic four-year plan of the Heritage Council.

This Strategic Plan will guide and direct the work of the Board and staff during 2012–2016. In particular, the Heritage Council realises the need to contribute to national recovery and to demonstrate how heritage can be a resource for social and economic development. A quality heritage supports employment, offers an outstanding educational resource, and supports heritage-based tourism.

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Strategic Plan 2012 – 2016

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Record of Protected Structures compiled from Local Authority Lists

Record of Protected Structures compiled from Local Authority Lists

Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

This index is compiled from the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) held by each planning authority, the list changes annually but the document provides a record for 2011.

In 2011 the Heritage Council estimated that there are 38,171 protected structures in Ireland.

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Record Of Protected Structures 2011

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Quanta Research: Grant Aid Building Conservation - Executive Summary

Quanta Research: Grant Aid Building Conservation - Executive Summary

Built/Urban Heritage & Archaeology

An executive summary of the report which examines existing grant-giving towards building conservation in Ireland. The study specifically set out to provide an analysis of the amounts of money that are offered (‘quanta’), and how effective they are.

This study on grant-giving in Ireland makes the case for continued state authority funding of a wide range of built heritage grants. The study also outlines the growing interest in ‘preventative maintenance’ and how to achieve value for money in grant-giving for building conservation. The Heritage Council received a grant in 2010 from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to implement the Government Policy on Architecture 2009 - 2015. 

  • Published by: The Heritage Council
  • Author(s): Carrig Conservation International Ltd in association with Louise Harrington & Integral Finance Technology Ltd.
Quanta Report Executive Summary 2011

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Heritage Outlook: Winter 2011/ Spring 2012

Heritage Outlook: Winter 2011/ Spring 2012

General

Quarterly magazine of the Heritage Council, with news, events, opportunities and heritage features.

In this issue:

Ireland's Distinctive Past Inspiring an Innovative Future - This issue examines the contribution that heritage can make to both economic recovery and to Ireland's re-emerging sense of identity.

Also in this Issue: - Building Ireland’s Creative Economy - Understanding Limerick: Place, Heritage and Inequality in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland - The Impacts of Historic Environments on Towns & Cities.

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Heritage Outlook Winter 2011 Spring 2012 115Mb

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