Longford village to host World Wetlands Day this Saturday

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Newtownforbes Tidy Towns and Newtownforbes Heritage and Biodiversity Trail will host an event to mark World Wetlands Day, with speakers from the Local Authorities Waters Programme and the Communities Wetlands Forum on Saturday, February 4 at 11am.

This will be followed by the opening of their trail and a guided walk at noon. There will be children’s nature activities on the walk. The talks take place at Scoil Mhuire primary school.