Bere Island Projects Group were one of a number of community groups who launched their community archive on the Irish Community Archive Network (iCAN) at a nationwide event in Laragh, Co Wicklow on May 31st. The event in Wicklow also marked The Heritage Council’s support of the programme. The Irish Community Archive Network was established by …
Bere Island Projects Group has been awarded €20,000 under The Heritage Council’s Heritage Organisations Support Fund 2024 to undertake further actions under the Bere Island Conservation Plan. In 2001 with concerns for the long-term viability of the island community, and a realization that the island’s built and archaeological heritage needed to be protected from further …
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The lates updates from the Bere Island Sustainable Energy Community can be found below. If you require any further information please contact 027 75099 or bereislandenergy@gmail.com
Bere Island has won the Tidy Island Award in the 2022 Supervalu Tidy Towns Competition, it’s the fourteenth consecutive year the island has won the competition. The Bere Island Tourism and Environment Group are responsible of the island’s entry into the competition, the year saw the island’s overlll score up by 13 points on last year …
Manual Handling Course and Abrasive Wheel Course – Tuesday 6th DecemberA manual handling course and an abrasive wheel course will be held on Bere Island on Tuesday December 6th starting at 10am. Each course is 2 hors in duration and costs 30 euro per course, if participants do both courses the cost is 50 in total. Booking …
Paula Larkin has very kindly installed a free children’s lending library outside her house in Rerrin. Children are welcome to help themselves to a book and to donate any book they have finished with so that other children can enjoy it. There’s also a small number of adult books in the library. Paula has installed …
Bere Island Community Radio have produced a series of podcasts on behalf of the EU Clean Energy Secretariat. The Clean energy for EU islands secretariat, an initiative of the European Commission, is the central platform for the clean energy transition of the more than 2,200 inhabited European islands. Despite having access to renewable sources of energy, …
Bere Island Radio producing podcasts for EU Clean Energy Secretariat Read More »
Bere Island Projects Group have been awarded €72,693 of CLÁR funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development to purchase an electric wheelchair accessible bus and install a PV charging point at the island community centre. The funding was announced by Minister Heather Humphreys, as part of an overall €412,000 funding package for eleven …
Bere Island Projects Group Awarded CLAR Funding to Purchase Electric Bus Read More »
The Hold, will open on Bere Island on Friday 17th June, and documents the lives of twenty four Bere Island women throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and the hold the island has on them. The women, formed a collective – Bere Island Women Create – and during lockdown worked remotely with award winning island artist Mary Sullivan to …
A project to record the oral history of Bere Islanders at home, and abroad is now underway. Earlier this year Bere Island Projects Group were one of a small number of community groups who were successfully accepted onto the Heritage Keepers programme, a new initiative set up by the Burren Beo Trust and facilitated by The Heritage …
