Biodiversity Week to be marked in Tipperary with a fantastic array of local events

Biodiversity Week is set to start tomorrow, Friday, May 19, in Tipperary and around the country. 

And there is great line up of events in the Premier County. 

Launching this year's Biodiversity Week, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD said:

“National Biodiversity Week offers something for everyone to go wild and have fun connecting with nature in their local area.

"I’d like to encourage everyone to check out the website and see what’s going on locally, get involved in one of the hundreds of free events and learn about the work being done by organisations around the country to protect and conserve our natural world. 

Nenagh will kick off the week with The Importance of Community Seed Banks to Biodiversity with Kevin Dudley at Nenagh Library, May 19 at 2pm. 

On Saturday in the Cloughjordan Ecovillage there will be a family event Exploring Biodiversity – using forest school techniques at Cuan Beo from 2-4pm. 

On Sunday, The Cloughjordan Ecovillage will host, Getting to Know Your Local Birds – with Jamie Durrant at Cuan Beo at 10:30am. 

Also on Sunday, Feeding Ourselves Soil Social on Cloncannon Biofarm at Cloncannon Biofarm at 3:30pm. 

The event will run again at Cloughjordan Community Farm on Monday from 7pm – 9pm. 

In Roscrea there will be a series of events called Trees and Biodiversity – Treasuring trees and books from Monday, May 22.  

On Wednesday, Cloughjordan Ecovillage will host Wonderful Weeds – with Rachel Hussey at 11am. 

And on Thursday, they will host Wonders of the Night Sky and Why we Need to Keep our Night Sky Dark – with John Flannery at 7:30 pm. 

Finally, on Sunday, there is a Sustainable Gardening Course in the Cabragh Wetlands from 10am to 4pm. 

More information on all of these events is available at biodiversityweek.ie.

"I’d also like to congratulate the many groups participating in Biodiversity Week and the huge work done by the Irish Environmental Network to coordinate an excellent programme in celebration of nature,” said Mr Noonan. 

National Biodiversity Week is a collaboration between the Irish Environmental Network and the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 

The purpose of the week is to nurture an interest and love in nature through public events.  

Community groups, education providers, NGOs and nature experts will share their expertise in Ireland’s habitats, plant and animal species and ecosystems.

Virginia Teehan, CEO of the Heritage Council, commented:

 “It’s wonderful to see such momentum behind our natural heritage, and as the biodiversity officer network grows, I know we’ll see even more local activities to involve communities in biodiversity protection.

"Local communities play a huge part in preventing further biodiversity loss, and National Biodiversity Week will help to get more people involved in local efforts. Congratulations to all the groups who have put on events in celebration of nature.”