2005 – ar aghaidh
Supporting collaborative projects that assess the functions, unique selling points, quality of public spaces and civic landmarks in historic towns in order to formulate and develop visionary plans for their future development.
Supporting collaborative projects that assess the functions, unique selling points, quality of public spaces and civic landmarks in historic towns in order to formulate and develop visionary plans for their future development.
The programme was introduced by the Heritage Council through its Irish Walled Towns Network (IWTN) in 2005. It is delivered in partnership with the local authorities, government departments, Tidy Towns and Spatial Planning Units, Fáilte Ireland and Chambers Ireland. Its success has resulted in expansion to include non-walled historic towns.
The public realm broadly refers to those areas of a town or city to which the public has access. It includes streets, footpaths, parks, squares, bridges and public buildings and facilities.
These public spaces give a town its character and also determine how inhabitants and visitors circulate, travel and interact within the town’s environs.
The public realm therefore has a significant impact on how a town or city functions and on its attractiveness as a place in which to live and work, or as a destination for tourism and investment. How it is planned, designed and managed is therefore very important.
Public Realm Plans set out the details of phased co-ordinated projects that will enhance and improve the way historic town centres function on a day-to-day basis.
Their goal is to provide long-term socio-economic, cultural and environmental benefits for residents, communities, businesses, and visitors.
Public Realm Planning tasks involve:
An annual grants scheme funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the conservation and repair of traditional farm buildings and related structures.
This scheme is funded under the transitional arrangements of the 2014-20 Rural Development Programme - the Agricultural Fund for Development in Europe (n+3).
The Farming for Nature Technical Group was convened by the Heritage Council as part of its ongoing High Nature Value (HNV) Farming Ireland work to feed into the development of Ireland’s Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027.
Our podcasts this year will explore a broad overview of the multi-layered experiences which encompass Ireland’s past. These podcasts will also put into context how this sense of heritage is all part of our collective experience, and why so much of what went before, still resonates in the present.