9a132b07-ca09-48df-b250-67bfaa4d6bd6 dataset Ali Robinson Compass Informatics GIS & Data Analyst 01 2000086 Compass Informatics Block 8 Blackrock Business Park Carysfort Avenue Blackrock ie arobinson@compass.ie 2010-11-22T11:53:47 Based on ISO 19115:2005/19139:2007 INSPIRE Directive 2007/2/EC Metadata Implementing Rules 1.2 INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules 39 TM65_Irish_Grid An Taisce Green Coast Beaches 2010-10-04 Heritage Council Coastal Heritage Beatrice Kelly Heritage Council Head of Policy and Research 056 7770777 áras na hOidhreachta Church lane Kilkenny Kilkenny ie mail@heritagecouncil.ie Beatrice Kelly Heritage Council Head of Policy and Research 056 7770777 áras na hOidhreachta Church lane Kilkenny Kilkenny ie mail@heritagecouncil.ie Annabel Mc Loone An Taisce - Environmental Education Unit Blue Flag & Green Coast Award Manager +00353 (01) 4002210 An Taisce - Environmental Education Unit 5a Swifts Alley Francis Street Dublin 8 ie amcloone@eeu.antaisce.org This dataset is owned and provided by An Taisce. “Each location must have excellent water quality, and must achieve high standards across a wide range of other criteria including environmental education and information, environmental management, safety and services.” Green Coast beaches are ideal for those wishing to enjoy a beach experience far removed from the intrusions normally associated with the traditional and more urban seaside beaches. To ensure high standards the Green Coast Award beaches meet the top water quality standard set by the European Union. They are also inspected to ensure management plans are being adhered to. Therefore Green Coast Award beaches are perfect places for enjoying our rich coastal heritage and diversity. 2010 Green Coast Award Information 2010 was another great year for An Taisce’s Green Coast Awards, with six new beaches receiving the award for 2010 bringing the total to 46. Green Coast Awards go to beaches which have excellent water quality and a clean and safe environment. They are often though not exclusively beautiful rural beaches in quieter areas which don’t require car-parking or other facilities as they are not catering for large numbers of users. The Green Coast Award is just one part of the two-part Clean Coast Programme, the second of which is Coastcare. Coastcare encourages the local community to become involved in the management and protection of their local coastline. An Taisce often link interested individuals to existing Coastcare Groups or we can help a group to get started with advice and small grants, please see; www.cleancoastproject.org. Community involvement is all-important when it comes to maintaining Green Coast Award standards and a lot of hard work goes into achieving and maintaining these awards by Local Authorities and local communities. To support local involvement, An Taisce staff work with local communities helping to tackle coastal environmental issues. The hundreds of volunteers from coastal communities and the hard work of coastal Local Authorities play a huge part in achieving the Green Coast Award and maintaining the beaches. The Clean Coast Programme and Green Coast Awards are programmes of An Taisce the National Trust for Ireland and are supported by the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government, Coca-Cola, Fáilte Ireland and SECAD (South East Cork Area Development). Beatrice Kelly Heritage Council Head of Policy and Research 056 7770777 áras na hOidhreachta Church lane Kilkenny Kilkenny ie mail@heritagecouncil.ie Sea regions GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 An Taisce Green Coast Beaches, Heritage Council, Coastal Heritage An Taisce Green Coast Beaches 2010-10-04 no limitations no conditions apply 50000 oceans Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500 -10.275988 8.518439 50.297687 55.25169 This dataset is owned and provided by An Taisce. This is a point dataset with Irish Grid Coodrinates. For further information on this dataset please contact An Taisce: http://www.antaisce.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.antaisce.org/education For further information on Ireland's 2010 Blue Flag and Green Coast Award beaches go to www.beachawards.ie