The next public meeting will be held on Tuesday 31 March at 8pm in Partry Community Centre. Our guest speaker is Kate McAney, the Ireland Mammal Programme Manager with the Vincent Wildilfe Trust https://www.vincentwildlife.ie/staff. Kate is working with the Lough Carra LIFE Project on the Lesser Horseshoe bat initiatives and will give a presentation about this initiative and conservation measures for other bat species.
On 28 January 2026, the Lough Carra Life Project Manager, Nicola Byrne and Surface Water Officer, Ann Marie Meaney, addressed the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy to underline the critical importance of continued EU LIFE funding for the protection of Lough Carra. The topic of this Committee meeting was Funding for LIFE Programmes. They stressed the need for sustained, dedicated environmental funding to support water quality, biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture in the catchment. You can watch a recording of this meeting at the link below:
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/video-archive/committees/11138