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Tidy Towns Pollinator Award Winners 2025

24th October 2025

The winners of the 2025 Tidy Towns Local Authority Pollinator Award have been announced. The Pollinator Award has run since 2016 as a Special Award in the annual Supervalu Tidy Towns awards. It is administrated by the local authority Heritage … Continued

Making Meadows at St. Joseph’s Secondary School

17th September 2025

In this guest blog, St Joseph’s Secondary School tells us how they have created new wildflower meadows in the school grounds. St Joseph’s Secondary School is an all girls school located in Castlebar in the West of Ireland. We … Continued

Make hay while the sun shines

18th August 2025

To celebrate Heritage Week 2025, and this year’s theme ‘Exploring Our Foundations’, we thought it would be nice to look back at the tradition of haymaking on farms, which has taken place in Ireland for several centuries and forms part … Continued

Seed mixes – be careful of unintended consequences

29th July 2025

As an ecologist, my heart sinks when I see brown areas that have been sprayed with herbicide in advance of putting down a wildflower seed mix. I know that in most cases, it is done with the intention of wanting … Continued

Wild Bee Festival 2025

1st July 2025

On Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd June, the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan visited Abbyleix, Co. Laois, for the 2025 Wild Bee Festival. Organised by the National Biodiversity Data Centre in collaboration with Abbeyleix Tidy Towns and Laois County Council, the annual … Continued

Pitches for Pollinators: How schools can help bees over the summer

3rd June 2025

Over the summer holidays, schools are invited to help save the bees by taking part in ‘Pitches for Pollinators’. This campaign aims to help Ireland’s pollinators like wild bees by leaving school pitches unmown over the summer, allowing wildflowers … Continued

Cherish our native Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

14th April 2025

Are native Common Bluebells in trouble? Yes. Unfortunately, our love for bluebells led to the Spanish bluebell Hyacinthoides hispanica being introduced to the horticulture market. This is a concern as the two species hybridise, with a possible threat to the … Continued

New resource: Managing healthcare sites for pollinators

2nd April 2025

The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is delighted to release a new free resource: Pollinator-friendly management of healthcare sites, developed with the support of the HSE. Biodiversity and human health Biodiversity and human health are closely linked. A growing body of research … Continued

The power of imperfection: how ‘wiggly’ mowing can help pollinators

2nd April 2025

Now that spring is here, lawnmowers up and down the country are coming out of hibernation. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan always recommends reducing mowing to help precious native wildflowers like Dandelions, which provide a vital food source for pollinators. But … Continued

Wild Bee Favourite Food Sources 2024

28th March 2025

Every year, the National Biodiversity Data Centre receives hundreds of records of bee sightings from all over the island of Ireland. In 2024, 1,707 bee records were submitted, including information about what the bee was feeding on. A huge thank … Continued

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