ICLRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
PLANNING AND GOVERNING METROPOLITAN REGIONS AND CITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY - 24th & 25th October 2024 About this event There is a growing recognition within metropolitan cities and regions that these spaces are characterised by fragmented planning and governance...
New Research Highlights the Impact of Commuting on Rural Towns Across Ireland
October 9 2024 – A comprehensive study conducted by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) sheds new light on the growing phenomenon of commuting from rural settlements to urban centres. The InPLACE (Investigating Planning, Place-Making,...
Minister launches MU-ICLRD research on a cross-border approach to public safety messaging in emergency management
A major new research report on public safety messaging on the island of Ireland by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) at Maynooth University was launched today, 19th June, by Minister for Housing and Local Government, Darragh O’ Brien,...
Ministers launch MU-ICLRD research on the role of councillors
A major new research report on the evolving role of councillors in Ireland by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) at Maynooth University was launched by Minister for Housing and Local Government, Darragh O’ Brien. Also...
ICLRD Welcomes New Executive Board Member
In February 2024, the ICLRD Executive Board was delighted to welcome its newest member, Mr. Kevin Lynch. Kevin is Assistant Director/Senior Planner with the Southern Regional Assembly, with responsibility for the development and implementation of the Regional Spatial...
ICLRD contributes to British-Irish Council Symposium on Placemaking
The British-Irish Council, in partnership with the Welsh Government, the Design Commission for Wales and the Department for Infrastructure NI held a 1-day symposium on ‘Placemaking in Practice’ in Cardiff on Friday 8th September. Following an invitation from the...
ICLRD Invited to Join Planning Advisory Forum established to Inform the First Revision of the National Planning Framework (NPF)
The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) is one of three cross-border agencies invited to sit on the Planning Advisory Forum which was been established by the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage to inform the first revision...
ICLRD Partnering with Monaghan County Council on Study Examining Public Messaging in Emergency Management
The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) and Monaghan County Council have secured funding under the Shared Island Research Funding 2023 as part of the All-Island Disaster Risk Reduction Research Programme. This 10-month programme will...
Scoping Paper explores strategic issues for a North West Metropolitan Spatial Strategy
The North West Metropolitan Spatial Strategy – A Scoping Paper, developed by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), in partnership with Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council, constitutes an overview of...
Report Series informing development of Smart Southern Region Launched
On 18th January 2023, three reports co-authored by the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) were launched by the Southern Regional Assembly (SRA) as part of its journey to becoming a ‘Smart Southern Region’. Commissioned in Summer 2021...
Commuting, People and Place: Critical Reflections from Practice and Implications for Policy
This webinar considers the implications of changing work practices and the potential for growing home and remote working to alter commuting patterns, bring about a mobility shift, and revitalise small towns. More broadly it has implications for climate change, quality...
Commuting, People and Place: Emerging Perspectives from the InPLACE Project
This webinar offers initial reflections from the first phase of this research programme – focusing on three small towns across the island of Ireland and two in Maryland. One of the most significant transformations in the socio-economic geography of Ireland in recent...
Societal resilience as a strategic local capability – how do we build it?
Strengthening societal resilience to crises is central to numerous policy frameworks shaping global to local action. As experienced through COVID-19, recent flooding, and the ongoing cost-of-living shocks, all people and places can benefit from becoming more...
Thriving Places Post-Pandemic: The Relationship between Spatial Planning, Health and Wellbeing
This webinar seeks to explore some of the key movements we see emerging in a post-pandemic planning context. Where and how does health and well-being ‘fit’ into spatial planning policy and practice? The focus of spatial planning has come full circle – from its origins...
Where land meets sea: planning challenges and opportunities at the coast
1st ICLRD webinar of 2022 discusses coastal and marine issues which are becoming increasingly relevant for spatial and environmental planning, drawing on a review of the NMPF commissioned by the Sustainable Water Management Network (SWAN) as well as recent scientific...
Investigating the Changing Spatial Relationships between Home and Workplace
Sixth & final webinar as part of ICLRD series Post Pandemic Planning - ‘Changing Spatial Relationships between Home and Workplace’ taking place Wed 22 Sept @ 15.30. With the COVID-19 induced interruption to work patterns, and the enforced switch to home / remote...