Louth PEACE IV Action Plan will build on progress achieved under PEACE III in contributing to building positive relations, supporting reconciliation, tackling discrimination, prejudice & intolerance, developing shared spaces and services, and improving prospects for children and young people to live in a community that is free from hatred, intolerance and prejudice. It equips individuals, groups, organisations and communities with the skills and capacity to realise their vision of a peaceful Louth. It is informed by the Louth community’s own statement of needs and demands as articulated through the pubic consultation process that underpins it. These needs and demands resonate with the findings and conclusions of extensive research and analysis undertaken by Louth County Council and others in profiling the county and in describing the particular challenges facing Louth as a border county with a demographic that has been shaped by the legacy of the conflict and, more recently, by the social and cultural changes that come with the establishment of the new communities in Louth.