We’d like to extend our gratitude to our members, volunteers, and Laois County Council who all contributed to the creation of the Portlaoise Biodiversity Action Plan.

We’d also like to give a special thanks to the Community Foundation for Ireland for providing funding for the Plan. Finally, we would like to express our appreciation to Dr. Fiona MacGowan, a consultant ecologist and botanist, and landscape architect Brian Gaynor from Green Pine Consultants for producing this report, without their expert support and advice, none of this would have been possible!

We believe that this Biodiversity Action Plan will serve as a valuable guide for promoting and protecting biodiversity in the local area for years to come – we would like to invite you to read it through and send us your thoughts and ideas.

Thanks again to everyone involved in this important project.

Love where you live!

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