Heritage plan to turn past into jobs

A plan to turn the past into the future of job creation will be unveiled today when the Heritage Council publishes its new five-year plan.

One of the main concerns of the strategy, designed to guide council activities through to the end of 2016, will be creating jobs through heritage projects and heritage-related tourism.

According to the council, every €1 million of its grants programme directly created 69 jobs, maintained the jobs of 73 others and indirectly supported 307 jobs last year, meaning a return of 4.4 full time jobs for every €10,000 spent.