The Whooper swan is a winter visitor to Ireland from Western Iceland where they breed during the summer. The 8th International Swan Census completed during January 2020 recorded 19,111 Whooper Swans throughout Ireland. Some of the Whooper Swans over-winter along …
As part of a new Biodiversity project in Platin, local beekeeper Ed Kirwan has established 7 beehives on a purpose-built hexagonal concrete pad close to the quarry. The area around the quarry is rich in wildflowers and the bees have …
Following the success of last year’s Great Limerick Run the Irish Cement team in Limerick had chosen Pieta as this year’s charity. Preparations were well under way for the run in May, however, in response to public health guidance the …
The Platin Local Neighbour Newsletter for the year 2019 is now available online. It details some of the local community interaction over the year. Download a copy of the newsletter.
Irish Cement has launched a series of tools for our bag customers. Available at www.irishcement.ie/howto this dedicated website contains a number of features. There are 3 short ‘how to’ animations: how to plan your concrete job how to mix concrete …
The Specifyingconcrete.ie website was officially launched in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, February 4th. It has been developed by a joint working group of the Irish Concrete Federation, Cement Manufacturers Ireland and the Irish Concrete Society. The new website was …
Vintage Car and Tractor Run September 14th 2019 Ballybrown & District held their annual Tractor and Vintage, Car and Bike Run on Saturday September 14th. Up to 170 participants in a variety of vintage vehicles traveled in glorious sunshine, on …
Monday 13 May 2019: A team of 30 runners and walkers from Irish Cement completed this years’ Regeneron Great Limerick Run; between them raising €10,000 for St Gabriel’s Children’s Respite House Mungret. For some of the team it was their …
As part of the 2019 Team Limerick Clean-up 23 staff from Irish Cement’s factory in Limerick collected 54 bags of litter from the roadside verges around the neighbourhood. Now in its 5th year, this annual Good Friday clean-up saw …
On Wednesday 17th April, staff from Irish Cement’s factory in Platin took part in a 60 kilometre cycle through the Boyne Valley to launch next month’s Malin2Mizen Cycle4CF. Two Irish Cement employees, Alan Dawe and Aidan Savage, who both work …
