The Nore Vision is an initiative of Kilkenny LEADER. It takes a partnership approach across agencies, organisations and communities in the Nore Catchment to set out a vision for the river, its land and people. This presentation sets out the process and a profile of the river and its catchment from land uses and water quality to population density. It concludes with four key questions being answered by participants in The Nore Vision.

1. The Nore Vision
WHAT WE WANT FOR THE RIVER, ITS LAND AND PEOPLE
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2. Contents
 What is a Vision – and what is The Nore Vision?
 Overview of The Nore Vision process
 Steering group
 Initiatives happening across the Nore
 Steps to complete The Nore Vision
 Focus on stakeholder consultations
 Profiling the Nore Catchment
 Life along the Nore
 Pressures on the Nore
 Workshop on The Nore Vision
 Get in touch & stay up-to-date

3. A motivating force that
compels people to action
towards a shared
understanding of a
desirable future
What is a Vision?

4. What is The Nore Vision and its aim?
 People → agencies, groups, youths, farmers, businesses, parents
 Place → across the Nore catchment of 2,500km2
 Process → set out a shared vision for the river, its land and people
 Period → within a ‘lifetime’
 Plan → to reach some consensus around a desired future
 Proposal → to use The Nore Vision to:
 help inform plans that affect the river, its land and people
 identify funding opportunities and interested partners to achieve
elements of The Nore Vision

5. Kilkenny LEADER
Partnership
Kilkenny County Council and
Water & Communities Office
(LAWCO)
Residents, landowners,
recreation & conservation
interests
Office of
Public Works
(OPW)
National Parks &
Wildlife Service
(NPWS)
Inland Fisheries
Ireland (IFI)
The Heritage
Council
The Nore Vision Steering Group: a
partnership approach

6. Other initiatives that involve the Nore
SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THE NORE VISION STEERING GROUP HAVE
HEARD ABOUT SO FAR

7. 1. Kilkenny LEADER ‘Turn to the River’ Development
Programme
KLP (2016). Local Development Strategy 2014-2020: Local
objectives and project actions. 38pp.
→ communities to re-engage with rivers

8. 2. Kilkenny Co. Co. Heritage Audit of Northern Nore
→ lesson
plans for
primary level
Devine et al. (2009). Heritage Audit of the Northern River Nore: An action of the Kilkenny Heritage Plan 2007-2011. 94pp.

9. 3. Dinin River Riparian Rehabilitation
Programme
BEFORE - 2011
AFTER - 2012
BEFORE - 2011
2017
2017
→ landowners, Nore River
Trust, NPWS & IFI

10. 4. Breagagh Biodiversity
Project
 Nore River Trust and Keep Kilkenny Beautiful (tidy
towns)
 Himalayan Balsam removal by KKB volunteers
Breagagh
Biodiversity
Project
Keep Kilkenny
Beautiful
Biodiversity
Group
NPWS, IFI
Kilkenny County
Council
Anglers

11. 5. Thomastown
Community River
Trust
→ creating a safe river
amenity for all the
community
→ enhancing natural &
cultural heritage
→ Open Waters River
Festival 2017

12. FUTURE initiatives at
the catchment level
…
… invasive species
eradication?
… litter pick?
… ?
www.keepkilkennybeautiful.com
mulkearlife.comwww.dulhallowlife.com

13. Steps to complete The Nore Vision
01
Hear from
stakeholders
&
communities
02
Gather &
organise
input
03
Draft Nore
Vision
04
Allow
everyone
review draft
Nore Vision
05
Revise draft
to address
issues
06
Publish Nore
Vision and
sign up to it

14. The Nore Vision Stakeholders
Interest/resource stakeholders e.g. kayakers, farmers, ecologists, wood
anglers, property owners, co-ops, quarries
Statutory/agency stakeholders e.g. County Council, OPW, EPA, Teagasc, Coillte,
IFI, NPWS, Heritage Council, Fáilte Ireland
Communities e.g. Kilkenny City, Thomastown, Callan, Ballyragget, Urlingford, plus
all other areas through which the Nore and its tributaries flow

15. Date Location Time
Nov 6th Kilkenny City 7:30pm
Nov 8th Thomastown 7:30pm
Nov 9th Callan 7:30pm
Nov 15th Ballyragget 7:30pm
Nov 16th Urlingford 7:30pm
Community Consultations in Kilkenny

16. Profiling the Nore Catchment
LAND USES, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

18. Life along the Nore
HOW PEOPLE IN KILKENNY ENJOY THE NORE THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE

19. 0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
0-4 yrs 5-9 yrs 10-14
yrs
15-19
yrs
20-24
yrs
25-29
yrs
30-34
yrs
35-39
yrs
40-44
yrs
45-49
yrs
50-54
yrs
55-59
yrs
60-64
yrs
65-69
yrs
70-74
yrs
75-79
yrs
80-84
yrs
85+ yrs
RIVER of LIFE – The Nore & Age Groups in Kilkenny across their Life Cycle, 2016
Castlecomer MD Kilkenny City East MD Piltown MD Kilkenny City
Further & Higher
Education
Secondary
School
Primary
School
Early
Years
Active Career & Family Years
Pre-Retirement
Active Retirement
Quieter retirement
Travel & Early
Career
RESTFUL NATURESTAYING ACTIVEADVENTURE FAMILY & COMMUNITY QUALITY TIMELEARNINGDISCOVERING

20. Pressures on
the Nore
 123 water bodies in Nore Catchment
 49 (40%) at risk of failing to meet environmental
objectives
 Significant pressures identified in 48 ‘At Risk’ water
bodies
 21 water bodies have multiple pressures.
Source: EPA Catchments Unit

21. Workshop on The
Nore Vision
“What we
want for
the river, its
land &
people”
thomastownfishing.wordpress.com
evoke.ie
theriverfield.blogspot.ie

22. Workshop questions
 What is your interest in the River Nore & its catchment?
 What concerns would you have for the River Nore & its
catchment?
 Within your lifetime, what do you want to see happen to
the River Nore & its catchment?
 What are the steps needed to achieve these goals
(vision)?

23. Share your stories, ideas, photos, videos &
keep up-to-date with The Nore Vision
 Facebook: The Nore Vision
 Instagram: thenorevision
 Email: TheNoreVision@gmail.com