What is a Sustainable Energy Community? A Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) is a community which works together to develop and implement a sustainable energy plan for their community. We now have an SEC on Bere Island, with membership is open to all islanders. What are the benefits for Bere Islanders? A SEC will save money […]
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Bere Island Projects Group have been involved in a Biodiversity Project on the island in which over 1000 tree saplings which were donated from Trees of the Land were planted up with local farmers and small holders. BIPG also obtained LEADER funding to supplement this project and purchase a number of apple trees, fruit hedging
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Council housing will soon become available on Bere Island. Please contact your housing officer at Cork County Council if you are interested.
If anyone has a property on Bere Island, which they would like to rent out for long term use, but it needs work done on it first, the Repair and Leasing Scheme provides funding for property owners to bring a vacant property back to use, in return for the property being leased to a local
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The rural transport bus travels to Castletownbere on Tuesdays and Fridays, travelling out on the 10am ferry from the west end pier and returns on the 1.30pm ferry. The bus also drops people to 10am Sunday Mass at St Michael’s Church, Bere Island. The bus will pick you up from your home and drop you
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Waste collections will take place on the following dates 2026Tuesday 7th JulyTuesday 21st JulyTuesday 11th AugustTuesday 25th AugustTuesday 8th SeptemberTuesday 8th OctoberTuesday 10th SeptemberTuesday 1st December Tuesday 15th December Rubbish should left outside your home by 5pm on the day. Stickers are €10 per bag and can be purchased from Murphy’s Shop and the Projects Group Office.
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