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, in Clones Fire Station, Co. Monaghan. The report, Advancing a Focused Cross-Border Approach […]
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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 emerging strategic issues which provide a context for the concept of a cross-border spatial strategy in terms […]
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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 and concluded in Summer 2022, the reports prepared by a team from Maynooth University and […]
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In April 2021, the ICLRD launched a new two-year action research programme, InPLACE: Investigating Place, Planning and Commuting. COVID-19 has been a major disruptor in all our lives, since early 2020. The global pandemic has dramatically changed the activity patterns of individuals and families, transforming everyday geographies, and the scale at which we live our […]
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In October 2020, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) commissioned Maynooth University, in partnership with the International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD), the Innovation Value Institute (IVI) and LERO to develop a scoping paper on building resilient and sustainable cities on the island of Ireland. The resulting report, Building Long Term Resilient […]
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The International Centre for Local and Regional Development (ICLRD) were appointed to undertake a socio-economic and geo-spatial analysis of Buncrana, the second-largest town in County Donegal. The study, commissioned by Donegal County Council, considers the growth potential of Buncrana as gateway to the Inishowen Peninsula and a key town within the North West City Region. […]
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The pending exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union has far-reaching consequences for the political geography of the island of Ireland. In the period since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement (GFA), the island of Ireland has emerged as a coherent functional space with extensive effort gone into the development of shared cross-border spaces […]
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Abstract The notion of ‘functional geographies’ has gained momentum across academic and policy communities in recent decades. In an EU context, the elevation of territoriality and functionality in policy-making has drawn attention to ‘spatial context and distribution’ (Faludi and Peyrony, 2011) and ‘place-based’ approaches (Nosek, 2017) for nurturing a more just distribution of opportunities in […]
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This paper identifies opportunities for cross-border cooperation on the historic environment on the island of Ireland. Title: Retrospect and Prospects for Cross-Border Cooperation on the Historic Environment Publication Date: June 2017 Author: Dr. Andrew G. McClelland Summary: This paper identifies opportunities for cross-border cooperation on the historic environment on the island of Ireland. The policy context to […]
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This paper reviews the concept of functional territories and their application in drafting flexible development strategies that are not bound by administrative boundaries; highlighting that such strategies can often better capture the importance of development processes, collaborative working and social networks in driving and/or supporting spatial patterns of local economic activities. The potential application and benefits of functional territories to the forthcoming […]
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