Meath Expand The Meath Local Association runs a programme of events and manages the Boyne Navigation property along the River Boyne from Navan to Drogheda. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Limerick Expand Our Limerick Local Association is very active in advocating for Limerick's natural and built heritage. Keep up with their work on Facebook, Twitter and their own website. They have also compiled a register of Limerick Buildings at Risk available for download here. The Associations is also authorised to make planning submissions to the Local Authority and to recommend appeals for approval by An Taisce Advocacy Head Office. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Donegal Expand The Donegal Local Association is active in the north of the country and publishes an annual calendar with photos of Donegal, as well as managing Rough and Gull Islands in Mulroy Bay. There's also the Crocnafarragh Nature Reserve beside Glenveagh National Park which is leased to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. They also run an annual series of Walks and Talks that are free, open to the public and suitable for all ages. Download the 2019 brochure here. Donegal has also publish a book on the Gate Lodges of Donegal, which is available for download. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Cork Expand The Cork Association is active in making planning submissions to the Local Authority and recommending appeals for approval by An Taisce Advocacy Head Office. An Taisce also holds Kanturk Castle as one of its properties. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Clare Expand The Clare Local Association is active in advocacy and manages the Mullaghmore Nature Reserve, an An Taisce property beside the Burren National Park. The association has annual rhythm each year, starting with the Annual General Meeting, which is now held in April. Meeting are also held during Biodiversity week (Environmental Fair) and Heritage week (our Annual Bat meeting) with the tenth Bat meeting in 2015. Two or three newsletters are published per year and typically to members by email. They detail of our two annual meetings, projects we are involved with, and they welcome new members. A lot of time and effort was put into the setting up of the Clare PPN (Public Participation Network), which is now has a secretariat and is formed in each municipal district. Interim environmental representatives have been appointed to the Clare County Council Strategic Policy committees, two of which are An Taisce members. This Association has been functioning for many years with a short break in the late 1990s. There are two sub-committees: Burren Committee which looks after our land in the Burren KULYANA Communities Combatting Climate Change who are preparing for a busy time ahead. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Kerry Expand The Kerry Association is authorised to make planning submissions to the Local Authority and to recommend appeals for approval by An Taisce Advocacy Head Office. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Galway Expand The Galway Association is authorised to make planning submissions to the Local Authority and to recommend appeals for approval by An Taisce Advocacy Head Office. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Northwest Expand The Northwest (LN, RN, SO) Local Association covers the counties of Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Dublin South (R. Dodder - N11 - Commons Rd.) Expand The Dublin South association is authorised to make planning submissions to the Local Authority and to recommend appeals for approval by An Taisce Advocacy Head Office. The Dublin South association area is from the source of the Dodder to the Co. Wicklow border west of the N 11 excluding Dun Laoghaire South to Ballybrack River. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Kilkenny Expand Kilkenny city centre has a rich medieval heritage consisting of a network of streets, laneways and public spaces, city walls, historic buildings and nine architectural conservation areas. There is also a green infrastructure that includes the River Nore and its tributaries, parks, trees and trails. Much of the work of the Local Association is concerned with monitoring developments here through the planning process and ensuring that adaptations for modern use protect its character, historic structure and biodiversity. In pre-Covid times we regularly had nature walks that addressed biodiversity loss in the rural landscape and held lectures on heritage issues. We have over 30 local members and an active committee of six. Our service to the local community is providing a voice for the natural and build heritage in local planning and contributing to education in this field. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]
Dún Laoghaire Expand The Dún Laoghaire Local Association is an active group in the areas of planning, heritage and the natural environment. In particular, they engage in education and conservation activities at the Booterstown Nature Reserve at Booterstown Marsh. To get in contact, please email: [email protected]