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Posted on 18 August 2025

Pilot World Heritage Strategic Investment Fund to invest €240,000 to conserve, maintain, protect and promote World Heritage in Ireland Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne TD, and Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan TD, have today announced that three World Heritage Tentative List sites and one World Heritage Property

Posted on 6 August 2025

Cultural Route membership reflects strong progress in protecting and conserving heritage outlined in latest strategic update report Ireland has strengthened its heritage engagement with Europe by formally joining the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. This marks the start of a formal active role for Ireland within this important European network, which connects culture and heritage

Posted on 10 July 2025

New World Heritage Strategy outlines ambition to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in Ireland, supporting tourism and economic growth Decision to proceed to ratify the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage also announced Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne TD, will launch the Strategy for World Heritage in Ireland

Posted on 26 June 2025

A pilot World Heritage Strategic Investment Fund with a total value of €300,000 is now open for applications. The funding provides capital investment for World Heritage and is available through relevant local authorities for the conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion of archaeological and built heritage within World Heritage Properties and Tentative List Sites in Ireland. The

Posted on 2 May 2025

Postponement of launch of the Sceilg Mhichíl Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) Report. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, we anticipate hosting this event at another time in the coming months. The event has been postponed because of unforeseen circumstances beyond our control. We considered this decision and believe it is the best course of action. We look forward to sharing the

Posted on 18 April 2025

World Heritage Day marked with important development for Ireland The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne, TD, Minister of State with Responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity, Christopher O’Sullivan, TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, TD, today announced that the Historic Astronomical

Posted on 26 November 2024

World Heritage Ireland Second Capacity Building Workshop On November 25-26, 2024, the National Monuments Service, in collaboration with the ICCROM World Heritage Leadership Programme and the Office of Public Works, successfully delivered a two-day workshop in Dublin focused on World Heritage Impact Assessment. This engaging event brought together over 80 participants working in the public and

Posted on 2 July 2024

Ireland is strengthening engagement, education, and capacity-building for World Heritage through two new scholarship programmes established by the National Monuments Service (NMS) in collaboration with University College Dublin (UCD) and the Rome-based advisory body ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property). Over the next three

Posted on 18 April 2024

To mark World heritage Day 2024 the National Monuments Service is announcing the establishment of a Brú na Bóinne Community Heritage Forum with the appointment of Ms Mona O’Rourke as lead facilitator for the project. The forum will enable the community to be more involved in making decisions about the management, presentation, interpretation and conservation of the site and will help them

Posted on 28 March 2024

Sceilg Mhichíl is one of ten World Heritage Properties involved in the Preserving Legacies: A Future for our Past project, and is the only site selected in Europe. The aim of the project is to equip communities worldwide with the tools to accurately anticipate and assess worsening and future climate impacts on culture, and help them turn that scientific knowledge into action to safeguard