Several free 'exciting events' scheduled for week-long initiative in Limerick

THERE are several “exciting events” organised for Limerick for a week-long initiative at the end of the month.

Limerick City and County Council is offering a number of free events and activities for National Biodiversity Week 2025, taking place from May 16 to 25, incorporating a celebration of International Biodiversity Day on May 22. 

This week-long line-up aims to connect people with nature across Ireland through a series of walks and talks, offering opportunities to experience and learn about Ireland's rich biodiversity.

Sinead McDonnell, Limerick Council’s biodiversity officer, encourages everyone to participate in these events or simply spend time outdoors. 

She said: “Biodiversity week is a time to highlight the incredible nature around us. As humans, we are part of biodiversity, not separate from it. Use your senses to explore, listen, and immerse yourself in the nature on your doorstep.”

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Organised by the Irish Environmental Network (IEN) and funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), Biodiversity Week will feature a variety of online and in-person activities.

Limerick City and County Council are hosting several “exciting events”, including in-person events such as a nighttime fixture, Bats of Bruree: Friday, May 16, from 9pm to 12am, Awesome Pollinators on the Sallybank/Corbally Wildflower Meadow on Saturday, May, 17 from 11am to 1pm and the Irish Wildlife Trust Limerick Branch led Biodiversity Event on the same day in Curraghchase from 11.30am to 1pm.

Online events include: Nesting Up Close, The Organic Centre on Friday, May 16, and Green Bathing on the same day. As well as this, Insights from the Irish Stoat Survey for Vincent Wildlife Trust is online on Thursday, May 22, from 7pm to 8pm. 

A competition is also on offer, Ireland's Environmental Network Biodiversity-related Photography Competition. Photos must be taken in May 2025.

More information on activities and events for National Biodiversity Week in Limerick is available on Limerick.ie

Limerick’s biodiversity week events are supported by the Heritage Council’s Local Authority Biodiversity Action Plan programme and the NPWS’s Local Biodiversity Action Fund.