Council seeks heritage assets database in tourism drive

Cork County Council has appointed consultants to compile a database of heritage sites under its control to see which of them could be exploited for tourism purposes.

Anne O’Donnell, the council’s tourism development officer, said its heritage unit had recently appointed the consultants to establish a database of heritage sites and determine which of them have tourism potential and what issues need to be addressed, such as access, to achieve this.

“This is only the start of a very large undertaking and the speed at which this can be progressed will be largely dependent on available resources, funding and appropriate planning,” Ms O’Donnell said.