Post Tagged with: "Biodiversity"

IT was a busy start to the week at Holy Family School on Monday as school books were put to one side as all the children were invited to take part in a unique whole-of-school project to take climate and biodiversity action. Each pupil from Junior Infants to Sixth Class […]

TRALEE Tidy Towns and Tralee Rowing Club were among the Kerry-based groups represented at the Biodiversity in Action conference in Athlone on Saturday last. The Biodiversity in Action Conference was hosted by Community Foundation Ireland and follows on from the first four years of funding of Local Community Development on Biodiversity, […]

SCHOOL is now out for summer but before the holidays, Tralee schools enjoyed biodiversity walks and talks with students from secondary and primary schools in Tralee. Funded by the Kerry County Council Community Support Fund 2023, these walks are a continuation of the biodiversity awareness raising work Tralee Tidy Towns […]

NINE projects in Kerry will share €96,263  in funding announced today through the Local Biodiversity Action Fund (LBAF). Over €2.5 million is being awarded to local authorities nationwide under the fund announced today by Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform.  Projects in Kerry approved this […]

HAVING undertaken many actions for pollinators and biodiversity over the last year, Tralee Tidy Towns and the From the Ground Up network, supported by the Kerry PPN held a biodiversity training event, followed by a workshop at The Rose Hotel on Wednesday last. Part-funded by the Department of  Rural and […]

A NETWORK of community groups taking action to enhance biodiversity from all over Kerry, is inviting gardeners and others to pledge and register the great work taking place in gardens and grasslands throughout the county for the benefit of our local pollinators and biodiversity. ‘From the Ground Up’ is a […]

KERRY County Council is one of ten local authorities have been awarded funding to appoint biodiversity officers to deliver and drive local action for biodiversity. The creation of a biodiversity officer post in Kerry, announced today, is being warmly welcomed by the local branch of the Green Party. The new […]

KERRY Biodiversity Week has been running all this week, with International Biodiversity Day taking place today. The week is being coordinated with Kerry County Council in collaboration with the Irish Environmental Network (IEN), who are hosting a calendar of events nationally.  The theme this year is ‘We are all part of […]

SINN Féin councillor, Cathal Foley, has asked Kerry County Council to explore new, more sensitive methods of grass and weed control throughout the county. He made the call due to the success of the Tralee Municipal District’s effort to enhance biodiversity during the lock-down period ensuring the least negative impact […]