Public Lecture Wednesday 12th February 2020

East Waterford Beekeepers' Association Meeting
Subject All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020: Lessons learned and looking to the future.
Speaker Dr Una Fitzpatrick
Date 12th Feb 2020
Time 7 pm
Venue Dunhill Education Centre, Dunhill Ecopark, Dunhill, Co Waterford
Type Lecture
Cost There is no charge.
Notes Una will also be discussing how beekeepers can contribute to the plan. This lecture is for members and is also open to the public.

Our next EWBA lecture is on Wednesday 12th February at 7pm in Dunhill Education Centre. The Lecture title is: All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020: Lessons learned and looking to the future.

The Lecturer for the evening will be Dr Una Fitzpatrick of The BioDiversity Centre, Waterford. Una will also be discussing how beekeepers can contribute to the plan.

Úna has a PhD in botany. She worked on a project on the conservation of Irish bees before joining the National Biodiversity Data Centre in 2007. She is responsible for the plant, vegetation and pollinator work programmes of the Centre.  She is the chair of the steering group that produced the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2015-2020 and oversees its implementation.


The Eircode for Dunhill Education Centre is X91 FVF9, and directions are as follows:

From M9 Waterford/Dublin Motorway (Alternate route via toll bridge)
Continue from M9 following signs for Cork via toll bridge (car charge €1.90) – Take the next exit after the toll bridge, signposted Waterford IT, Waterford Crystal, Tramore.  Follow the road going straight through the roundabouts until you come to the Butlerstown Roundabout  – Take the third exit, signposted N25/Cork and follow this road past Whitfield Clinic until you see signs for Tramore Seaside Resort and Copper Coast Geopark on your left and on the junction a sign for Dunhill Education & Enterprise Park. Take the left turn on this crossroads. Continue straight out for 2.8 miles where you will meet a small crossroads with Dunhill Education & Enterprise Park signposted, take the right-hand turn. Continue on this road for 3 miles where you will meet Pairc Ui Bhain(Dunhill GAA Park) on your left and Dunhill Ecopark on your right. Enter the Ecopark. Continue down past the first building. Turn right and park along the front of the second building. Dunhill Rural Enterprises and Dunhill Multi-Education Centre are in through the small conservatory on the left-hand side of the building and up the stairs. There is also parking at the rear of the building.