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Keepers of the past

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / October 21 2000: Keepers of the past

Heritage, says archaeologist John Bradley, is the politics of the future. He is undoubtedly correct. However, on the issue of its destruction and protection, the natural and built heritage has already become politically sensitive. Environmentalists have been dismissed as eccentrics and it is widely felt that the powers of Dúchas, the Heritage Service (formerly in the remit of the Office of Public Works) are limited by its closeness to Government.

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