The re-emergence of the land question in Ireland.

This briefing examines the history of the Irish land question and its re-emergence in recent years, as a background to an international conference: Land, The Claim of the Community to be held at the Tara Towers Hotel, Booterstown, Dublin on 9th and 10th October 2003. The first land reform ?The history of Ireland must be based on a study of the relationship between the land and the people? Thomas Nulty, Bishop of Meath, ?Back to the …

…been suggested. Clearly, the time has now come to address the core issues of land ownership, review initiatives abroad and suggest workable tax and other mechanisms to deliver social cohesion and sustainable development in Ireland. It is against this background, and with these aims in mind, that Feasta and the Henry George Foundation are holding the Land: The Claim of the Community conference at the Tara Towers Hotel, Booterstown, Dublin on 9th and 10th October 2003.