Hands Off Ennis Post Office Field

23/03/2026

⚠️⚠️Ennis Post Office Field is not safe yet and we need your help!⚠️⚠️

Please email [email protected] the following before Tuesday April 7th, 2026:

● In the subject heading you must put “Submission to Variation No.1 to the Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029”

● In the body of the email, please copy and paste the following wording:

"I request that no development proposals to build on any part of the Ennis Post Office Field, including the adjoining infill site at Bank Place, be included in any of the final documents when Variation No 1 is adopted by our elected representatives"

● You must finish your email with your full name and address in order for your submission to be counted.

Thank you very much for your support and collaboration.

05/03/2026

🚨🚨Breaking News🚨🚨

We are understandably delighted that the Ennis Post Office Field is OFF THE TABLE!

People power works again, so we would like to thank everyone who contributed in some way, especially our supporters.

We should all enjoy this victory and when the dust settles (not hard with all the rain...), we look forward to the Council developing an appropriate management plan for the LAST meadow in Ennis Town centre, the "lung" of the town.

Finally, the campaigns to save the Post Office Field started a long time ago and we want to give special mention to three campaigners who did not get to see this outcome - Cornelia Wahli, Bernie Loftus and Dermot Hayes ✊️

02/02/2026

We've all seen the images of flooding the last week or so, here's what a flood plain can do to help

Happy !

🌱 Wetlands cover only 6% of the worlds' land surface, yet 40% of all plants and animals depend on them.

They are biodiversity hotspots, and they act as powerful carbon sinks helping to fight climate change.

⚠️ But they're also the ecosystems with the highest rates of decline, loss, and degradation.

That’s why the EU Habitat Directive protects 28 wetland habitat types, such as peatlands and wet forests, listing them as priority habitats for restoration actions.

The EU Nature Restoration Regulation focuses on restoring wetlands by:

🦆 increasing biodiversity
💧 securing the things nature does for free, like cleaning our water and air and protecting us from floods
🌡️ limiting global warming to 1.5°C
🌽 preventing natural disasters and reducing risks to food security

🆕 With the LIFE programme's biggest project so far – LIFE HumedalES – the EU will restore more than 26,000 hectares of wetlands across Spain.

28/01/2026

Great to see an otter in the town, habitats need to be preserved and protected, and we all benefit from it

27/01/2026

A lot of rain promised today. Please, IF IT'S SAFE, send us in your pictures of the flooded field

06/01/2026

We at the Hands off Ennis Post Office Field campaign were saddened to hear of the passing of Dermot Hayes. Dermot was a committed supporter of our campaign and contributed to our documentary over the summer of 2025.

We wish to express our condolences to Dermots family, friends and all who knew him. Dermot had a particular fondness for the heron that can be seen on the field.

Dermots contribution to our documentary can be seen at the 1 minute, 20 second mark below.

https://youtu.be/EEZKsEUW2jQ?si=SaVumTfiB3sJlMvR

13/12/2025

Fantastic efforts need to he celebrated, we have our own biodiversity centre in Ennis, can you guess where it is?

05/12/2025

Unfortunately, illegal dumping is a blight everywhere, particularly in unsupervised urban locations. Will the proposed boardwalk through the Post Office Field be another dumping ground?

18/11/2025

Great to be this close to wildlife and all WITHOUT a 2 million euro boardwalk

14/11/2025

Some more images of the flooding, right up to the wall. To build anything on this field will mean water is displaced somewhere.

13/11/2025

During the summer, we put out a short documentary (20 minutes) about the Post Office Field. Please give it a watch

The Banner County's treasured Ennis Post Office Field, a vital green space encompassing approximately 1.8 hectares along the Fergus River, stands at the hear...

13/11/2025

People sometimes ask why we are against the construction of a boardwalk on the Post Office Field. One of our answers is "Because it's a flood plain"

(Picture taken today, November 13th, 2025)
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