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Grass-cutting to be reduced in Derry parks to support local bee population Project being implemented across the local area Mayor Brian Tierney pictured at Drumahoe District Park at the launch of the Dont Mow, Let it Grow Campaign, with Cllr Hilary McClintock and Kitty Hepburn, Drumahoe Community Association. Reporter: ); Grass in many public areas of Derry will be cut less frequently this summer. Its all part of a project being managed by Derry City and Strabane District Council to nurture and...

Wallasey Town Hall, where Wirral Council meets in normal times VOTERS in Wirral will go to the polls on Thursday in an election which could transform the borough. Wirral Council is currently in no overall control, meaning no one party has a majority and different groups must work together to get policies through. Labour has 32 of Wirral’s 66 councillors, meaning just two gains for the party would see it retake the majority it lost in 2019. On the other hand, should the party lose seat...

Local Elections 2021: The big issues set to decide Wirral Council’s future ahead of crunch vote Wirral Councils local elections take place on Thursday 13:41, 4 MAY 2021 Wirral Council is on a knife edge heading into Thursdays vote. Pic by Gary Bawden (Image: UGC TMY) Get our MyWirral newsletter, for the best news, pictures, opinions and video from across the peninsulaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you subscribe we will use the information you pr...

Host in Ireland extends DCs for Bees scheme 8h | Melanie Mingas Host in Ireland marked Earth Day by extending its DCs for Bees scheme. Launched in 2019, DCs for Bees promotes urgent action to save bees, which are facing extinction across the world. However, in Ireland, which has 98 wild bee species, one third of these are threatened with extinction. Now, the DCs for Bees Pollinator Plan will unite Host and 40 of its industry partners to help preserve bees in Ireland. Its a first of its...

Each partys key promises to voters in Wirral’s crunch elections The vote could completely change the council 11:43, 17 APR 2021 Councillors in the chamber at Wallasey Town Hall before physical meetings were halted by the pandemic Get our MyWirral newsletter, for the best news, pictures, opinions and video from across the peninsulaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Y...

As we look to the future we can look to an initiative of the recent past that is playing a very real role in the shaping of that future, by addressing or indeed redressing the very real concerns of biodiversity loss and knock-on reductions in pollinator numbers. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, 2015-2020, has motivated and inspired groups and people the length and breadth of the country to undertake actions in their locality to improve conditions for nature to thrive and a publication remarking...

Minister Pippa Hackett announces support for Farmland Pollinator Officer   The Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, with responsibility for Land Use and Biodiversity, Senator Pippa Hackett, today announced support for the All-Ireland Pollinator plan through the provision of funding for a Farmland Pollinator officer. Making the announcement, the Minister stated, “I am delighted to be providing the financial resources for this important post....