Heritage Week is celebrated vn Ireland from 23 August to 31 August. It is expected that over 400.000 people will participate in events across Ireland. The County of Cork isw particularly active with over 130 events occuring during the week. Information on events may be found on the Heritage Council web site or the Cork County web site.

Preserving heritage can contribute much to learning cities and communities which have a deep sense of the past in charting their way into sustainable futures. THis is an area that the "Harnessing Cultural Policies" Network of PASCAL will explore in developing views about the cultural dimension of sustainable learnhing cities for the future.