Donal Hickey: Top eco award for Tralee wetlands group

Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco and Activity Park has won the overall All-Ireland Pollinator Award. The 22-acre park, alongside the road to the Dingle Peninsula, has a 20metre viewing tower, nature walks, pedal boats, a nature reserve and ecology section

Top Green Flag Award 2024/2025 for Tralee Bay Wetlands

Untrimmed road margins and patches of land set aside for growing wild flowers, often in parks and schools, are evidence of changing attitudes to nature. And ‘Bee Friendly’ signs around the country also indicate a willingness by more people to do their bit for biodiversity.

Those of us who remember the constant, almost orchestral, drone of busy bees — once an essential element of summer — miss the buzz as these fascinating creatures collected pollen from flowers and transferred it to help plants fruit and reproduce... a vital role in food production.