Fairtrade Fortnight 4th February – 24th February

Fairtrade Fortnight

4^th February – 24^th February 2026

This is the Fairtrade Fortnight message 2026.

This Fairbruary, we are calling on people throughout Ireland to shop Fair for a month and buy Fairtrade products: From chocolate to coffee, bananas, flowers and cotton!  You can contribute to better working conditions for famers  and workers who produce and grow some of our favourite foods, So If Its Fair Just Buy It!

The Annual Fairtrade Fortnight will be celebrated this year between the 4^th of February and to 24^th of February.

Carrick on Shannon is the only town in Ireland where the Fairtrade parade is going to be held. The Fairtrade parade through Carrick on Shannon streets takes place on the 24^th of February at 10.30 am, starting from the Heartland Credit Union and marching to the Marketyard Town Centre . Everyone is welcome to join in!

Traders are advised to look at your products and do their best to make Fairtrade stock more visible and varied on your shelves.

Fairtrade Schools use your creativity to mark the fortnight e.g. design some posters and bring them along to the parade and perhaps get permission to display some of them in the town.

Leitrim County Council Environment Department and The Chamber of Commerce advertise the fortnight in local papers, and in parish community newsletters creating an awareness of our desire as a town to keep our Fairtrade status as awarded in 2011.

For more information about Fairtrade go to Fairtrade website: https://www.fairtrade.ie/