PAGE Chairperson’s Address ........................................................................................................................2 Manager’s Report .................................................................................................................................3 IRD Duhallow Board Members ................................................................................................4,5, 6 IRD Duhallow Ltd Company Structure..........................................................................................7 Staff ......................................................................................................................................................8, 9 EPA ..........................................................................................................................................................10 After LIFE ..............................................................................................................................................11 Raptor LIFE ..................................................................................................................................... 12,13 Agriculture ...........................................................................................................................................14 LTI Horticulture ...................................................................................................................................15 Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence ....................................................................................16 Environment........................................................................................................................................17 Tourism..................................................................................................................................................18 Culture & Heritage ............................................................................................................................19 Enterprise .............................................................................................................................................20 Skillnet ...................................................................................................................................................21 Community Development ......................................................................................................22, 23 LEADER .................................................................................................................................................24 SICAP & Projects .................................................................................................................................25 Equality and Social Inclusion (Carers, Disability, Domestic Violence, Pal and Migrants) .....26, 27 Employment and Training .......................................................................................................28, 29 COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES IN DUHALLOW Youth and Education ................................................................................................................30, 31 Mental Health and Towards Occupation ...........................................................................32, 33 Equality for Women ..........................................................................................................................34 Duhallow Furniture Revamp .........................................................................................................35 Duhallow Community Laundry ....................................................................................................36 The Saoi Network ..............................................................................................................................37 Duhallow Warmer Homes Scheme .............................................................................................38 CE Scheme ...........................................................................................................................................39 The Land & People Rural Social Scheme ..................................................................................................................40, 41 The expanded IRD Duhallow region includes Tús ....................................................................................................................................................42, 43 North West Cork and South East Kerry and DCFS .......................................................................................................................................................44 Mid Cork. It is a largely rural area. Over 85% of the population live in the open countryside or in settlements of less than 200 people. The expanded Duhallow region has five market towns: Dublin Macroom (3738), Kanturk (Pop 2263), Millstreet (Pop 1574), Newmarket (Pop 988) and Rathmore (Pop 778). Limerick DUHALLOW Justin Black and Sheila Fitzgerald Justin Black and Sheila Cork Republic Creative Carroll Sheila Kanturk Printers hotographs by: by: hotographs rinted by: by: rinted James O’Keeffe Institute, Designed by: P P Newmarket, Co. Cork, Ireland. Tel: 00-353-29-60633 Fax: 00-353-29-60694 Email: [email protected] IRD Duhallow Chairperson Anne Maria Bourke Web Site: irdduhallow.com with Vice Chair Brian Kelly and CEO Maura Walsh Chairperson’s Address Manager’s Report I was honoured to accept the role of Chair of IRD Duhallow Due to the strategic planning and entrepreneurial vision In this, the 26th Anniversary of the founding of IRD Duhallow Our first LIFE programme Salmon and Pearl Mussels, Otter, and will endeavour during my term of office to serve the of our Board and management team we are proud of the company has much to celebrate, despite the challenges Dipper and Kingfisher – SAM OK was completed last year Board and the Duhallow Region to the very best of my the Community Laundry Services, Duhallow Community to our very existence from National policies in the past and the final reports were submitted during the year. Our ability. We, the present Board are not only caretakers for this Food Services, The Pitch and Putt Course and the extensive few years. It is over ten years since governance was first project scientist and technical assistant have gone to take wide ranging organisation, which has been built over the renovation of the James O’Keeffe historic buildings. mentioned in the IRD Duhallow annual report at a time up employment with the new The Local Authority Waters years, but we are entrusted to do our best to meet the ever At their recent book launch here, former owners, the when National policy was directing us to become “Boards of and Communities Office. We wish them both well in their changing needs of our communities, businesses, farming Sisters of St. Joseph were so proud that the house was management”. IRD Duhallow always felt management was new roles. IRD Duhallow was absolutely delighted to be and local organisations. There will be both challenges and restored and maintained and still carrying on much of the function of CEO and management team and that our awarded its second LIFE programme focused on raptors, opportunities. The challenges are from National, political the work, to which they dedicated themselves to deliver Board was best placed keeping its eye on the governance salmon and lamprey in the upper Blackwater catchment. decisions that can be urban based and more beneficial to on the missions. Credit must be given to the Tús and RSS of the company. That was an insightful decision that has Eileen Linehan has taken up the role of project manager and those who live in bigger towns and cities. There is a need supervisors and participants for much of this work. served us well. I do hope that in the new arrangements for therefore I have every confidence that this programme will to present our concerns in Europe, from where many of LEADER and other progammes that Boards are not forced, meet all targets and surpass all expectations. through unrealistic reporting deadlines, to abdicate their the development programmes come. I am grateful to Jack The communities need to encourage their members to During the year we bade farewell to a number of Tús and vital governance function and leave it on the shoulders of Roche who has represented us and spoken so well on use these facilities. This will help defray costs and ensure RSS supervisors, who have gone on to new opportunities junior staff. our behalf in Europe. I also acknowledge the work done that the services can be sustained into the future. and other jobs in the public and private sector. Tús and RSS by MEPs Marion Harkin and Liadh Ní Riada on our behalf. On our behalf I want to express a sincere thank you to the From a governance perspective IRD Duhallow, having thrown continue to be a very significant part of our work in that Currently we need to make representations, not only on off the shackles of the prescribed articles and memorandum the supervisors and participants support our communities Board members who chair each of these working groups. the Financial Budget for post 2020 but also on the design and thrust of the new and returned to our original first principles, through the new company in several aspects of their work as well as supporting the work of community Under their leadership and with the hard work and dedication of the staff great programmes to ensure the concept of Community Led Local