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Irish Times journalist and author Peter Murtagh set for Immrama 2016
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The fourteenth annual Lismore Immrama Festival of Travel Writing is set to take place in the picturesque heritage town from June 16th to 19th.
Reporter with the 'Irish Times' and author Peter Murtagh is set to take to the stage on Friday, June 17th at 8pm at The Courthhouse Theatre.
Peter has held a number of senior positions in 'The Irish Times' over many years, as well as in 'The Guardian' in London. He is very well travelled and has written from many places in Europe as well as Asia, Central America and South Africa.
In 2011 he wrote, with his daughter Natasha, a book about their journey together on Camino de Santiago.
The festival will open with a film screening with a racing theme on the evening of Thursday, June 16th when Italian film 'Palio' will be screened at Lismore Heritage Centre.
Other guests on the Immrama Festival of Travel Writing programme this year include Kim Phuc best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8th in1972.
One of the BBC's most distinguished correspondents and award-winning broadcaster and author Fergal Keane is also a keynote speaker for the 2016 festival.
Best selling author and award winning historical consultant Turtle Bunbury will host the festivals 'Literary Breakfast' at Lismore House Hotel this year on Sunday, June 19th at 8.30am. Family Fun Sunday will take place at the Millennium Park where music and entertainment will be on offer with the Lismore Farmers Market on the castle avenue.
Taking the festival to a close on Sunday evening at 7.30pm author Jim O'Malley will take to the stage at the Blackwater School hall in Lismore at the Immrama Festival of Travel Writing.
For full details of the festival schedule and for tickets see http://www.lismoreimmrama.com or call (058) 53803.

Press release from the Dept. of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (Thursday) announced funding of €904,530 to 57 heritage projects under the Structures at Risk Fund (SRF) for 2016. The scheme provides funding for protected buildings in private and public ownership. The funding being provided ranges from €4,000 per project to over €26,000 per project.
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Speaking today Minister Humphreys said:
“This scheme was first introduced in 2011, and since then it has made an invaluable contribution to the preservation and protection of our built heritage. This year, 57 projects across 27 local authority areas will benefit from direct funding from my Department. Heritage projects in every region across the country are set to benefit under this scheme.
“Support for our built heritage, is vital not only for the safekeeping of Ireland’s architectural heritage, it also helps to support employment in the conservation and construction industries. Investing in our heritage will also play a very important role in rural regeneration, which of course will be a priority area in my new expanded portfolio.
“This year, historic houses were eligible to apply for funding under the scheme. I launched the Action Plan for the Sustainable Future of the Irish Historic House at the end of last year, which set out a roadmap of actions, including the broadening of funding sources, for this specific area of Ireland’s architectural heritage.
“Improving the quality and aesthetics of historic structures can add to a community’s sense of pride and contributes hugely to the revitalisation of rural towns and villages. Heritage buildings are a very important part of our cultural landscape, and as the economy continues to improve, I hope to be in a position to support the heritage sector to the benefit of communities across the country.”
The Structures at Risk Fund provides funding for works to safeguard structures, in private and public ownership, protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and in certain cases, works to structures within Architectural Conservation Areas. Typical works to be funded under the scheme include roof repairs, structural consolidation and measures to ensure weather tightness.

See list of projects funded.

LONDON -- They came, they saw, they got down to business.
Archaeologists announced Wednesday they have discovered hundreds of writing tablets from Roman London - including the oldest handwritten document ever found in Britain - in a trove that provides insight into the city's earliest history as a busy commercial town.
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