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Community Relations Funding Through Local Councils in Northern Ireland
Research and Information Service Briefing Paper Paper 130/14 28 November 2014 NIAR 716-14 Michael Potter and Anne Campbell Community Relations Funding through Local Councils in Northern Ireland 1 Introduction This paper briefly outlines community relations1 funding for groups through local councils in Northern Ireland in the context of the inquiry by the Committee for the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister into the Together: Building a United Community strategy2. The paper is a supplement to a previous paper, Community Relations Funding in Northern Ireland3. It is not intended to detail all community relations activities of local councils, but a summary is given of how funding originating in the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minster (OFMdFM) is used for grants to local organisations. 1 It is not within the scope of this paper to discuss terminology in relation to this area. The term ‘community relations’ has tended to be replaced by ‘good relations’ in many areas, although both terms are still in use in various contexts. ‘Community relations’ is used here for simplicity and does not infer preference. 2 ‘Inquiry into Building a United Community’, Committee for OFMdFM web pages, accessed 2 October 2014: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Assembly-Business/Committees/Office-of-the-First-Minister-and-deputy-First- Minister/Inquiries/Building-a-United-Community/. 3 Research and Information Service Briefing Paper 99/14 Community Relations Funding in Northern Ireland, 9 October 2014: http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Documents/RaISe/Publications/2014/ofmdfm/9914.pdf. Providing research and information services to the Northern Ireland Assembly 1 NIAR 716-014 Briefing Paper 2 Community Relations Funding in Local Councils Funding from OFMdFM is distributed to each of the councils at a rate of 75%, with the remaining 25% matched by the council itself. -
2012 Biennial Conference Layout 1
Biennial Delegate Conference | 2012 City Hotel, Derry 17th‐18th April 2012 Membership of the Northern Ireland Committee 2010‐12 Membership Chairperson Ms A Hall‐Callaghan UTU Vice‐Chairperson Ms P Dooley UNISON Members K Smyth INTO* E McCann Derry Trades Council** Ms P Dooley UNISON J Pollock UNITE L Huston CWU M Langhammer ATL B Lawn PCS E Coy GMB E McGlone UNITE Ms P McKeown UNISON K McKinney SIPTU Ms M Morgan NIPSA S Searson NASUWT K Smyth USDAW T Trainor UNITE G Hanna IBOA B Campfield NIPSA Ex‐Officio J O’Connor President ICTU (July 09 to 2011) E McGlone President ICTU (July 11 to 2013) D Begg General Secretary ICTU P Bunting Asst. General Secretary *From February 2012, K Smyth was substituted by G Murphy **From March 2011 Mr McCann was substituted, by Mr L Gallagher. Attendance At Meetings At the time of preparing this report 20 meetings were held during the 2010‐12 period. The following is the attendance record of the NIC members: L Huston 14 K McKinney 13 B Campfield 18 M Langhammer 14 M Morgan 17 E McCann 7 L Gallagher 6 S Searson 18 P Dooley 17 B Lawn 16 Kieran Smyth 19 J Pollock 14 E McGlone 17 T Trainor 17 A Hall‐Callaghan 17 P McKeown 16 Kevin Smyth 15 G Murphy 2 G Hanna 13 E Coy 13 3 Thompsons are proud to work with trade unions and have worked to promote social justice since 1921. For more information about Thompsons please call 028 9089 0400 or visit www.thompsonsmcclure.com Regulated by the Law Society of Northern Ireland March for the Alternative image © Rod Leon Contents Contents SECTION TITLE PAGE A INTRODUCTION 7 B CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS 11 C TRADE UNION ORGANISATION 15 D TRADE UNION EDUCATION, TRAINING 29 AND LIFELONG LEARNING E POLITICAL & ECONOMIC REPORT 35 F MIGRANT WORKERS 91 G EQUALITY & HUMAN RIGHTS 101 H INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS 125 I HEALTH AND SAFETY 139 APPENDIX TITLE PAGE 1 List of Submissions 143 5 Who we Are • OCN NI is the leading credit based Awarding Organisation in Northern Ireland, providing learning accreditation in Northern Ireland since 1995. -
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Data Structure Report: Geophysical Survey and Excavation at the Mound of Down, County Down 2012 Philip Macdonald (with a contribution by Tim Young, GeoArch Ltd) (CAF DSR 091) (Licence No. AE/12/29) (SMR No. DOW 037:028) The Mound of Down, County Down 2012 (Licence No. AE/12/29) CAF DSR 091 Contents Chapter 1: Summary 2 Chapter 2: Introduction 5 Chapter 3: Geophysical Survey (Tim Young and Philip Macdonald) 18 Chapter 4: Account of the Excavations 24 Chapter 5: Discussion 33 Chapter 6: Recommendations for Further Work 36 Bibliography 38 Appendix 1: Context List 42 Appendix 2: Harris Matrices 48 Appendix 3: Photographic record 52 Appendix 4: Field Drawing Register 58 Appendix 5: Small Finds Register 59 Appendix 6: Samples Register 68 1 The Mound of Down, County Down 2012 (Licence No. AE/12/29) CAF DSR 091 Chapter 1: Summary 1.1 Background 1.1.1 The Mound of Down (SMR No. DOW 037:028) is an impressive, elliptical-shaped, earthwork enclosure that contains a crescent-shaped mound. The monument is located on the northwestern edge of Downpatrick. In 2012 an episodic programme of archaeological fieldwork, consisting of topographic and geophysical survey followed by a limited season of excavation, was undertaken at the monument with the aim of refining and expanding the known archaeological sequence of the site with a view to improving both its public presentation and informing any future management strategy developed for the site. The archaeological investigations formed part of a wider programme of works commissioned by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency that were intended to make the monument more presentable and attractive to both the local public and visitors from further afield. -
270 the Belfast Gazette, March 25, 1927
270 THE BELFAST GAZETTE, MARCH 25, 1927. PROVISIONAL LIST No. 380. LAND PUECHASE COMMISSION, NORTHERN IRELAND. NORTHERN IRELAND LAND ACT, 1925. ESTATE OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE MAXWELL RICHARD CROSBIE, VISCOUNT BANGOR. County of Down. Record No. N.I. 86. WHEREAS the above-mentioned Viscount Bangor claims to be the Owner of laud in the Townlands of Audleys- town, Ballyhosset, Ballyhosset Milltown, Coney Island, Ballyalton, Ballycultra Upper, Ballyculter Lower, Ballylenagh, Ballynagarrick, Ballyorgan, Ballinarry, Ballyrenan, Ballywalter, Ballywoodan, Carrintaggart, Carrownacaw, Carrow- carlin, Castlemahon, Corbally, Castleward, Loughkeelan. Loughmoney, Raholp, Russell's Quarter North, Russell's Quarter South, Launches Long. Launches Little, Green Island, Jackdaw Island, Chapel Island, Salt Island and Acre McCricket, Barony of Lower Lecale ; in the Townlands of Ballycam. Kilbride, Ballylig. Clogher. Commonreagh, Killough, Island Henry, Strand, Rathmullan Lower and Saint John's Point, Barony of Upper Lecale ; in the Town- land of Drumena, Barony of Upper Iveagh (Lower Half), and in the Townlands of Bally varnet and Corporation, Barony of Lower Ards—all in the County of Down : Now in pursuance of the provisions of Section 17, Sub-section 2, of the above Act the Land Purchase Commission, Northern Ireland, hereby publish the following Provisional List of all land in the said Townlands of which the said Viscount Bangor claims to be the Owner, which will become vested in the said Commission by virtue, of Part II of the Northern Ireland Land Act, 1925. on the Appointed Day to be hereafter fixed. Reference No. on . Purchase Standard Beg. Map filed „ 'Annuity Price No. Name of Tenant. Postal Address. Barony. Townland. in Land Area Rent if land if land Purchase becomes becomes Commis- vested. -
Belfast Interfaces Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space
2011 Belfast Interfaces Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space Belfast Interfaces Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space Belfast Interface Project 2011 Belfast Interfaces Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space First published November 2011 Belfast Interface Project Third Floor 109-113 Royal Avenue Belfast BT1 1FF Tel: +44 (0)28 9024 2828 Email: [email protected] Web: www.belfastinterfaceproject.org ISBN: 0-9548819-2-3 Cover image: Jenny Young 2011 Maps reproduced with permission of Land & Property Services under permit number 110101. Belfast Interfaces Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space Contents page Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations Introduction Section 1: Overview of Defensive Architecture Categories and Locations of Barriers: Clusters Ownership Date of Construction Blighted Space Changes Since Last Classification Section 2: Listing of Identified Structures and Spaces Cluster 1: Suffolk - Lenadoon Cluster 2: Upper Springfield Road Cluster 3: Falls - Shankill Cluster 4: The Village - Westlink Cluster 5: Inner Ring Cluster 6: Duncairn Gardens Cluster 7: Limestone Road - Alexandra Park Cluster 8: Lower Oldpark - Manor Street Cluster 9: Crumlin Road - Ardoyne - Glenbryn Cluster 10: Ligoniel Cluster 11: Whitewell Road - Longlands Cluster 12: Short Strand - Inner East Cluster 13: Ormeau Road and the Markets 5 Belfast Interfaces Security Barriers and Defensive Use of Space Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge the support of Belfast Community Safety partnership / Belfast City Council / Good relations Unit, the Community Relations Council, and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in funding the production of this publication. We also thank Neil Jarman at the Institute for Conflict Research for carrying out the research and writing a report on their key findings, and note our gratitude to Jenny Young for helping to draft and edit the final document. -
Dundrum Castle
CSG Annual Conference - Belfast - April 2014 - Dundrum Castle Fig. 1. Dundrum Castle from the south. From Francis Grose’s ‘Antiquities of Ireland’, Vol. 1, 1791. The remnants of crenellations are seen on the round tower, with a gaping hole to the south. Today the vaulted roof section over this gap has also gone. The twin-towered? Gatehouse, with small rectangular windows to the rear is without its D-shaped fronts, as today. There is a round-arched light in the Upper Ward outer wall in front of the round tower that does not exist today - this part of the wall is reduced to its footings. Uncertain date to gate in the Lower Ward. 38 THE CASTLE STUDIES GROUP JOURNAL NO 28: 2014-15 CSG Annual Conference - Belfast - April 2014 - Dundrum Castle Dundrum. Figs. 2, 3. Two views of the castle by John Bulman. c. 1800. © British Library . Ref: Shelfmark: Ktop LII Item number: 48.a. The heavily cropped lower view is probably from the west. Nassau Williams Senior, a 19th century economist wrote the following lines about Dundrum Castle in his ‘Journal of a visit to Ireland, 1862’,‘The most in- teresting object is Dundrum cas- tle, finely situated on a hill above the little town. It was built by the Knight’s Templars. Ex- tensive outbuildings surround an inner court, containing per- haps a couple of acres. In the middle of this court, unconnect- ed with any other building rises a solitary round tower, about fifty feet in diameter, and sixty or seventy feet high.’ The castle was built by John de Courcy, following his invasion of Ulster in 1177. -
The Down Rare Plant Register of Scarce & Threatened Vascular Plants
Vascular Plant Register County Down County Down Scarce, Rare & Extinct Vascular Plant Register and Checklist of Species Graham Day & Paul Hackney Record editor: Graham Day Authors of species accounts: Graham Day and Paul Hackney General editor: Julia Nunn 2008 These records have been selected from the database held by the Centre for Environmental Data and Recording at the Ulster Museum. The database comprises all known county Down records. The records that form the basis for this work were made by botanists, most of whom were amateur and some of whom were professional, employed by government departments or undertaking environmental impact assessments. This publication is intended to be of assistance to conservation and planning organisations and authorities, district and local councils and interested members of the public. Cover design by Fiona Maitland Cover photographs: Mourne Mountains from Murlough National Nature Reserve © Julia Nunn Hyoscyamus niger © Graham Day Spiranthes romanzoffiana © Graham Day Gentianella campestris © Graham Day MAGNI Publication no. 016 © National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland 1 Vascular Plant Register County Down 2 Vascular Plant Register County Down CONTENTS Preface 5 Introduction 7 Conservation legislation categories 7 The species accounts 10 Key to abbreviations used in the text and the records 11 Contact details 12 Acknowledgements 12 Species accounts for scarce, rare and extinct vascular plants 13 Casual species 161 Checklist of taxa from county Down 166 Publications relevant to the flora of county Down 180 Index 182 3 Vascular Plant Register County Down 4 Vascular Plant Register County Down PREFACE County Down is distinguished among Irish counties by its relatively diverse and interesting flora, as a consequence of its range of habitats and long coastline. -
Landscape Character Assessment
Local Development Plan (LDP) - Position Paper Landscape Character Assessment 2 Contents Executive Summary ............................................................................................. 4 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 5 European Context for Landscape Character Assessment ............................... 7 Regional Context for Landscape Character Assessment ................................ 8 The Regional Development Strategy (RDS) 2035 ................................................. 8 The Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) .................................................. 9 What is Landscape Character Assessment (LCA)? ........................................ 10 The existing NI Landscape Character Assessment (NILCA) 2000 ................. 11 Wind Energy in Northern Ireland’s Landscape (Supplementary Guidance to Planning Policy Statement 18) .......................................................................... 13 Northern Ireland’s Landscape Charter (January 2014) .................................. 15 NI Regional Character Assessment (NIRLCA) (Consultation draft Report, April 2015) .......................................................................................................... 17 Ecosystem Services .......................................................................................... 18 NI Regional Seascape Character Assessment (NIRSCA) ............................... 20 Existing Scenic Landscape Designation -
Language Notes on Baronies of Ireland 1821-1891
Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Language Notes 1 Language Notes on Language (Barony) From the census of 1851 onwards information was sought on those who spoke Irish only and those bi-lingual. However the presentation of language data changes from one census to the next between 1851 and 1871 but thereafter remains the same (1871-1891). Spatial Unit Table Name Barony lang51_bar Barony lang61_bar Barony lang71_91_bar County lang01_11_cou Barony geog_id (spatial code book) County county_id (spatial code book) Notes on Baronies of Ireland 1821-1891 Baronies are sub-division of counties their administrative boundaries being fixed by the Act 6 Geo. IV., c 99. Their origins pre-date this act, they were used in the assessments of local taxation under the Grand Juries. Over time many were split into smaller units and a few were amalgamated. Townlands and parishes - smaller units - were detached from one barony and allocated to an adjoining one at vaious intervals. This the size of many baronines changed, albiet not substantially. Furthermore, reclamation of sea and loughs expanded the land mass of Ireland, consequently between 1851 and 1861 Ireland increased its size by 9,433 acres. The census Commissioners used Barony units for organising the census data from 1821 to 1891. These notes are to guide the user through these changes. From the census of 1871 to 1891 the number of subjects enumerated at this level decreased In addition, city and large town data are also included in many of the barony tables. These are : The list of cities and towns is a follows: Dublin City Kilkenny City Drogheda Town* Cork City Limerick City Waterford City Database of Irish Historical Statistics - Language Notes 2 Belfast Town/City (Co. -
Project Documents – Proposed Scheme Report Part 1- Appendix 9 Cultural Heritage
Transport NI - York Street Interchange APPENDIX 9: CULTURAL HERITAGE Cultural Heritage Bibliography ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT (VOLUME 2) January 2015 DRD Transport NI York Street Interchange CULTURAL HERITAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES Regulatory and Policy Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 (BMAP) [site accessed: 24 September 2014] http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/dev_plans/devplans_az/bmap_2015.htm Council of Europe (2005) Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (Faro 2005) http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/199.htm Highways Agency (2001) Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. Volume 10 Environmental Design and Management Section 6 Archaeology Part 1 HA 75/01 Trunk Roads and Archaeological Mitigation http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/vol10/section6’ha7501.pdf Highways Agency (2007a) Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. Volume 11 Environmental Assessment. Section 3, Environmental Topics. Part 2, HA 208/7, Cultural Heritage. http://www.dft.gov.uk/ha/standards/dmrb/vol11/section3/ha20807.pdf Highways Agency (2007b) Assessing the Effect of Road Schemes on Historic Landscape Character. HA49/06. Department for Transport/Highways Agency http:// www.helm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Road Schemes2.pdf Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/1625/contents/made Planning Service (DoE) (1999, updated 2011) PPS6: Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, Belfast http://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/policy/policy_publications/planning_statements/pps06.htm Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991; Article 42 of the Planning (NI) Order 1991 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1991/1220/article/121 The Treasure Act 1996. -
Mount Stewart Motte Mount Stewart Co
V gf gg gf Survey Report No 53. Randal Scott and Chris Stevenson Mount Stewart Motte Mount Stewart Co. Down 1 © Ulster Archaeological Society First published 2016 Ulster Archaeological Society c/o School of Geography, Archaeology and Palaeoecology The Queen’s University of Belfast Belfast BT7 1NN Cover illustration: Aerial view of site, showing outline and overgrown vegetation. 2 CONTENTS Page List of figures 4 1. Summary 5 1.1 Location 5 1.2 Aims 6 2. Introduction 6 2.1 Background 6 2.2 Documentary and Archaeological Evidence 6 2.2.1 P.S.A.M.N.I. (1940). 6 2.2.2 A Survey of County Down 1966 7 2.2.3 Sites & Monument Record (S.M.R.) 7 2.2.4 Ulster Journal of Archaeology (U.J.A.) 38 (1975) 11 2.3 Cartographic Evidence 12 2.3.1 Ordnance Survey 1834 12 2.3.2 Ordnance Survey 1920 12 2.3.3 Ordnance Survey 1967 13 2.4 Archiving 13 2.5 Credits and Acknowledgements 13 3. The 2015 UAS Survey 14 3.1 Methodology 14 3.2 Production of Plan Drawings 14 3.3 Photographic Archive 15 3.4 Description of Motte 15 3.5 The Surrounding Area 16 4. Discussion 17 4.1 Introduction 17 4.2 The Anglo-Normans in Ulster 18 4.3 The Nature of the Ulster Earldom 20 4.4 Mottes, Types and Functions 21 4.5 Ownership and Settlement around Mount Stewart 23 5. Summary and Recommendations 25 6. Bibliography 25 Appendix: 1. Photographic record 26 3 List of Illustrations and Figures Figure Description Page No. -
Natural Environment
Local Development Plan (LDP) - Position Paper Natural Environment Contents Executive Summary .......................................................................................... 4 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 5 Regional Policy Context ................................................................................... 5 Regional Development Strategy (RDS 2035) ...................................................... 5 Regional Planning Policy Statements .................................................................. 7 The Role of Development Plans .......................................................................... 8 Design and Placemaking .................................................................................... 9 Extant Area Plan Context ............................................................................... 10 North Down and Ards Area Plan 1984-1995 (NDAAP), Belfast Urban Area Plan, draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 (dBMAP) and Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 (BMAP) .................................................................................... 10 Ards and Down Area Plan 2015 ........................................................................ 12 Council Plans and Strategies ......................................................................... 13 Ards and North Down Corporate Plan 2015-2019 ............................................. 13 The Big Plan for Ards and North Down 2017-2032 ..........................................