ABP Donate Mature Native Trees to Support Biodiversity at Nenagh & Cahir

Mature native trees will be planted in Cahir and Nenagh to support biodiversity at key locations in a partnership between ABP Food Group and Tidy Towns’ committees in the two Tipperary towns. ABP Sustainability and Environmental Manager John Durkan said the Tidy Towns’ volunteers in Nenagh and Cahir have selected the sites where the mature […]

Mature native trees will be planted in Cahir and Nenagh to support biodiversity at key locations in a partnership between ABP Food Group and Tidy Towns’ committees in the two Tipperary towns. ABP Sustainability and Environmental Manager John Durkan said the Tidy Towns’ volunteers in Nenagh and Cahir have selected the sites where the mature native trees will be located in an operation that ABP Food Group will fund. Cahir Tidy Towns chairperson Breda Gallagher said they were thrilled with the support for ABP. “We have aspirations for Cahir to win gold at the Tidy Towns competition, and with the support of ABP Food Group for the planting of mature native trees in our town, we are getting closer to our goal,” added Ms Gallagher. Mr Durkan said the Tidy Towns groups have made a massive effort in developing local spaces in the last number of years to enhance the sustainability of their towns. “In Cahir, this includes considerable developments the River Suir Blueway, the local Inch field and the Swiss Cottage walk. These efforts have ensured that the group have been steadily increasing their competition points each year. ABP are proud to collaborate with the local group in biodiversity efforts as well as supporting their aluminium can recycling initiative,” he added. Mr Durkan pointed out that ABP Cahir has already signed up with the Every Can Counts initiative to recycle soft drinks cans consumed on site. “ABP Cahir have collaborated with and donated to the two local primary schools in Cahir through the initiative. More recently, ABP collaborated with and donated close to €1,000 to Cahir Tidy Towns towards planting efforts through the Every Can Counts initiative. Mr Durkan also disclosed that ABP employees had volunteered for a large biodiversity citizen science project on the River Suir. “The project is being run by BioID laboratories in Dublin and SuirCan environmental group in Clonmel. It involves training members of the public in concepts of the Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) approach and non-invasive environmental DNA water sampling protocol. The project aims to examine for the presence and population of three threatened river species, Freshwater Pearl Mussel, Sea Lamprey, and White-clawed Crayfish,” he added.