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  September 2017: Our new ‘Farmland Guidelines: Actions to help pollinators’ were launched on Wednesday, September 20th 2017, at the National Ploughing Championships, by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Andrew Doyle TD. Download the … Continued

August 2017:  Geashill win Pollinator Award at National TidyTowns Awards   At the National TidyTowns awards on Monday August 25th, Geashill won first place for the Local Authority ‘Let’s Get Buzzing’ Pollinator Award.  There were 70 entries in this year’s award and … Continued

This year’s Green Flag for Parks Awards saw the introduction of the Pollinator Project Award for those parks that have made a specific effort to support local pollinators or to promote their importance. This award is jointly run by An Taisce and the … Continued

March 2017: Our online mapping system for tracking the build-up of pollinator-friendly habitat throughout the landscape, Actions for Pollinators, has been released! If you have taken pollinator friendly actions in your garden please register for the site and log your … Continued

February 2017: Guidelines for how Councils can support the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan have been launched! Download them from our resources page or join us at the Lough Neagh Discovery Centre on February 17th & 18th for the official launch of … Continued

December 2016: The Pollinator Plan has made a lot of progress in its first year of implementation. The Year 1 Review, released in December 2016, reports on the progress made to date and the work still to be done. If … Continued

November 2016: Guidelines and a Framework for how businesses can support the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan are now available. “Businesses: Actions to Help Pollinators” is the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan’s third set of guidelines describing how different sectors can help implement pollinator … Continued

September 2016: This year Local Authority Heritage and Biodiversity Officers sponsored a pollinator friendly Special Award in the 2016 Tidy Towns competition. Competition was fierce with nearly 60 entries submitted from across the Republic of Ireland. Winners were announced at … Continued

September 2016: We’re excited to announce that an Irish language version of the Junior Pollinator Plan is now available! Huge thanks to Pól Mac Cana for translating the Junior Plan into Irish for us