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The overall Green Flag for Parks Pollinator award 2019 went to Malahide Demesne and Talbot Botanical Gardens, managed by Fingal County Council.   On July 17th, over 250 park and garden staff from around the country attended the 2019 Green … Continued

    The new Pollinator-friendly management of Golf Courses guide is now available. It was written to give the keepers of golf courses a science-based list of actions to follow, which clearly explain how to provide food, habitat and safety … Continued

Each April, we ask people to keep an eye out for one of our rarest and most beautiful solitary bee species.                 The Tawny Mining bee (Andrena fulva) was thought to be extinct … Continued

  Chief Executive Colette Byrne and Cathaoirleach of Kilkenny County Council, Cllr. Eamon Aylward signing a framework agreement with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan to formalise Kilkenny County Council’s long-term commitment to support pollinators in County Kilkenny.  Pictured with Dearbhala Ledwidge, … Continued

With the start of the 2019 Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme today, the project co-ordinator Tomás Murray provides an update on what the latest data from the scheme is telling us. Our network of 76 citizen scientists monitoring 106 sites across the … Continued

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