This book might seem to tell a depressing tale, but it is enlivened by Ms Elliott's use of folklore material and regional writing to shed light on the intricate and (to the outsider) baffling ways of life and thought of the Ulster people as a whole.

ECONOMIST: Irish history

It re-states that World Heritage Sites are a key material consideration which regional and local authorities must take into account when considering and deciding planning and related applications in or around World Heritage Sites.

UNESCO: UK National Commission for UNESCO :: New Circular on the Protection of World Heritage Sites published

But the ruling said the some weight should be given to "the level of local unmet need and considers that national and regional need for more permanent gypsy sites also has material weight".

BBC: Travellers on Beausale land lose appeal

After a planning dispute with British Romany Gypsies in Beausale, in Warwick district, in 2011, the inspector acting for the Secretary of State said some weight should be given to "the level of local unmet need and considers that national and regional need for more permanent gypsy sites also has material weight".

BBC: Warwick council seeks land for Gypsy sites

It also provides a huge amount of material for BBC network TV and radio outlets, the BBC News website and regional TV and local radio.

BBC: This is BBC News

He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.

BBC: Savings needed to meet future demand for resources

Over the past decade, the strongest regional economies (as measured by GDP, job and wage growth) have overwhelmingly been those that produces material goods.

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