The IRH is a founder and member of CIH (Community of Irish Herbalists) who organise the annual HerbFeast event in Ireland, a celebration of all things botanical. The IRH also makes submissions to the HPRA (formerly the Irish Medicines Board) and aims to protect and enhance the legal status of the herbal practitioner. The IRH maintains discussion with the Department of Health concerning the recognition of herbal practitioners. The IRH also works alongside the other herbal professional associations in Ireland. In 2014 the IRH established a Physic Garden at St Anne’s Park in Dublin to provide an educational resource in botany and field skills, and to help reintroduce threatened species.