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2019 Local Authority Pollinator Award newsletter published

16th April 2020

Our newsletter on the 2019 Local Authority Pollinator Award has just been published. The Local Authority Pollinator Award is a special award in the Tidy Towns competition, funded by the Local Authority Heritage Officer network, and awards a total of … Continued

8 ways to help pollinators without leaving your garden

31st March 2020

These are very difficult times as we all come together to fight Covid-19 by staying apart. The most important thing is to help each other and to stay at home. Given the current situation, we have had requests for biodiversity-related ways … Continued

Bee Art/Photography Twitter Competition for kids

23rd March 2020

WINNERS ANNOUNCED! Congratulations to the six winners of our competition, and thank you so much to everyone for all your fabulous entries! About the Competition: The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan is running a kids’ art/photography competition for … Continued

Let It Bee – Wildflower Meadows for Limerick City

10th March 2020

Limerick City and County Council is to develop its programme of wild flower meadows around the city as part of our commitment to climate action and to celebrate Limerick’s year as a European Green Leaf City. Grass and wild flowers will … Continued

Is your action making a difference? You can help by tracking changes

5th March 2020

Dr Úna FitzPatrick explains how you can help to monitor our bee populations and test the impact of your actions for pollinators. One third of Ireland’s 98 wild bees are threatened with extinction and our common bumblebees continue to show … Continued

Sneem – counting their bumblebees and their awards

4th March 2020

Sharon Evans explains what their 2019 award means to Sneem Tidy Towns Juanita Browne, All-Ireland Pollinator Plan; Sharon Evans and Jane O’Sullivan, Sneem Tidy Towns, winners of the South and Mid-west regional Pollinator Award 2019, and Dr Una FitzPatrick, National … Continued

Kilkenny – a bee-friendly city

4th March 2020

The ‘Bee motorway’ at Kilkenny Castle Park Peter Bluett, Chair of Keep Kilkenny Beautiful, explains how they have made Kilkenny a pollinator-friendly city Keep Kilkenny Beautiful (KKB), Kilkenny City’s Tidy Towns group, were really honoured to receive the All-Ireland … Continued

Belmullet & the Great Yellow Bumblebee

4th March 2020

Margaret Tallott, Baile Slachtmhar Bhéal an Mhuirthead, Regional winners, North-west and West, 2019, explains how Belmullet are helping to protect Ireland’s most endangered bee Bhéal an Mhuirthead (Belmullet) is situated on an isthmus between Blacksod and Broadhaven … Continued

Ennis proves you can feed the bees and still win the Tidiest Town award!

4th March 2020

Ennis: South/MidWest Large Town Local Authority Pollinator Award winner 2019 & Tidiest Large Urban Town Winner Cormac McCarthy explains how Ennis was transformed into a bee-friendly town Well to everyone’s delight and excitement in Ennis Tidy Towns we managed to retain our … Continued

Geashill – still winning in the fight for pollinators

3rd March 2020

Having won the national Pollinator Award in 2017, and a regional award in 2018, Geashill continues to excel in the Local Authority Pollinator Awards and this year proudly took home the top prize for most pollinator-friendly small town in Ireland. … Continued

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