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The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan was invited to run a session at the National Biodiversity Conference on engaging across sectors for biodiversity: 21st February 2019 at Dublin Castle. As part of that process, we’ve been reflecting on ten things the All-Ireland … Continued

The AIPP annual review for 2018 has been published. Huge thanks to all of our partners for providing their annual updates. Thankfully, it has been another very positive year! Of the 81 actions in the Plan, 92% are now either completed … Continued

One third of our 98 wild bee species are threatened with extinction from the island of Ireland. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan was published in September 2015 to address this problem. It is supported by 90 governmental and non-governmental organisations and … Continued

The National Biodiversity Data Centre is delighted that its project application for Protecting Farmland Pollinators under the Department of Agriculture’s EIP Programme was successful. €1.26 million has been made available to test the delivery and evidence base for actions to … Continued

Anne Murray, Biodiversity Officer, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; Tom Sullivan and Peggy McLeod, Massachusetts Pollinator Network; Una FitzPatrick and Gemma Hughes, All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.   On October 15th, Peggy McLeod and Tom Sullivan from the Western Massachusetts Pollinator Network … Continued

  Clonmel has won the top Pollinator Award at the TidyTowns awards on Monday September 24th, at the Helix in Dublin, recognising all that has been done by the town to help pollinating insects. One third of our 99 bee species are … Continued

On September 3rd, Market Research Agency iReach Insights published results of their survey on Irish attitudes to bees. Their research included a nationally representative survey on 1,000 adults in Ireland to discover how they feel about bees and measures that … Continued