Heritage Hero 2024
Our 2024 National Heritage Hero Award recipient is James Scully from Co Offaly.
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Climate Change and Sustainability
The Heritage Council is committed to addressing climate change by supporting Ireland’s national climate goals and integrating climate action into the conservation of the country’s natural, built, and cultural heritage.
Reporting on Climate Action
The Heritage Council’s Climate Action Roadmap 2024 outlines our actions to meet these climate goals.
Climate and Heritage
Climate change is already having significant impacts on Ireland's heritage, threatening natural and built environments as well as tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Heritage Council’s work aligns with a broad spectrum of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), recognising that heritage conservation and sustainability are deeply interconnected.
Standard Terms and Conditions of Grant Offers
Standard Terms and Conditions for organisations offered a Grant from the Heritage Council.
Critically endangered skill given lifeline with launch of first thatch training course in 15 years
A new course on thatching in Kilkenny has been launched by the Heritage Council in partnership with Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB).
Our Vision for the Future
The last five years have been a period of significant growth for both the heritage sector and the Heritage Council. During this time, annual exchequer funding for heritage has increased from €97.6m to €267.8m. Research undertaken by the Heritage Council estimates that the heritage sector now contributes €4.9 billion to Ireland’s annual economic output.
Heritage Council welcomes appointment of new Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity
The Heritage Council is today welcoming the appointment of Christopher O’Sullivan TD, as Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with special responsibility for nature, heritage, and biodiversity.