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PaludiFair 2026

The Rivers Trust and South Kerry Development Partnership CLG are excited to invite you to exhibit your work at our once-off special PaludiFair on Thursday, 8 October 2026. This is a unique event that will highlight peatlands and paludiculture initiatives from across Ireland and Europe.

Showcase your work, products, or research in the growing paludiculture space.
Connect with a diverse and engaged audience.
Build valuable relationships with like-minded organisations and collaborators.
Best of all, exhibition spaces are completely free.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, innovator, producer, educator, researcher, or organisation working in peatland innovation, the PaludiFair offers a welcoming platform to share your expertise and spark new conversations.

Apply now to secure your free exhibition space

Spaces are limited, and early applicants will receive priority placement.

This event is part of the Interreg NWE BUFFER+ project. Encouraging landscape-based solutions for climate adaptation aimed at enhancing the natural buffering abilities of peatlands through restoration processes. Interreg NWE BUFFER+ involves 21 partners and 7 associated organizations from 5 countries: Germany, Ireland, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Together, they represent all types of peatlands in North-West Europe, from low peat bogs and boggy soils to peat meadows, wet grasslands, and raised bogs. You will have an opportunity through this exhibition to network directly with our partners, local farmers, governance and policymakers, learners and educators and members of the public.

Event Date: Thursday, 8 October 2026

Times: Open 11:00 – 16:00 (Set up between 07:30 & 10:30 / Breakdown and close from 16:00. The hall will also be available the day before should you prefer to set up earlier)

Location: Killasser Community Centre: Listernan, Co. Mayo, F12 HH97

PaludiFair would be delighted to have you join them and help shape this exciting and evolving sector.

For more info, please contact Shereen.Rogers@theriverstrust.org or Freya.connolly@theriverstrust.org

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The EPA Catchments Unit is based in Dublin, and the team is involved with catchment science, chemistry, ecology, hydromorphology, modelling, Geographic Information Systems and planning. We work with the wider EPA, all of our local authorities, the Local Authority Waters and Communities Office, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, and other public bodies and Departments to ensure we have the best available data and information about our catchments.

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Quite simply, everyone in Ireland has a role to play. This can be from something as simple as making sure you don’t pollute your local stream, or a local community working together to establish a Rivers Trust to enhance the rivers and lakes in their area, to a Government Department or Agency helping a Minister implement a new policy to help protect and enhance all our water bodies.

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The Department is responsible for making sure that the right policies, regulations and resources are in place to implement the Water Framework Directive, and developing a River Basin Management Plan and Programme of Measures to protect and restore our waters.