January 30th, 2020 New information released by Birdwatch Ireland (BWI) reveals that the death of a poisoned Hen Harrier currently subject to a National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) investigation is linked to a pheasant shoot in Co Meath in November. Earlier this week the NPWS issued a statement that Read more…
January 30th, 2020 An investigation is underway following the discovery of a dead Hen Harrier killed as a result of poisoning in Co Meath earlier this month. According to the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), meat baits treated with a toxic substance were discovered at the scene near Drumconrath Read more…
January 28th, 2020 Energised as a party, as deputy Catherine Martin put it at the launch of the Green’s election campaign earlier this month, spirits were high that the green wave of the local and European elections would continue to crash against the Irish electorate in the brawl for the Read more…
January 24th, 2020 You see them everywhere. They are on our radios, in our timelines and sitting across from us at the dinner table. They give you that “oh my sweet summer child” look as you bring up the latest homelessness statistics. They use phrases like “But Venezuela…” if you Read more…
January 24th, 2020 General Election 2020 must be the ‘Climate Election’. As the global climate and biodiversity emergency deepens, it is surely inconceivable that Irish politics can continue to ignore and sideline the greatest crisis in human history. After all, ignorance is no longer an excuse. Yet, this is manifestly Read more…
January 23rd, 2020 RTE has balked at the idea of holding a standalone climate debate in the run up to the general election next month. A petition launched earlier this month calling on the national broadcaster to host the debate has gathered over 3,600 signatures. Signatories want a debate focused Read more…
January 23rd, 2020 Voters don’t care about the environment. There, I said it. And I wouldn’t have believed it until this week either. I think I have been living in a bubble for a very long time – seeing the increased coverage of the climate emergency in the media, watching Read more…
January 22nd, 2020 A new nationwide climate campaign launched today calling on general election candidates to ensure a faster and fairer route to climate leadership if they are elected to the next Dáil. Launching this morning at an event at Sandymount Strand, the One Future Ireland campaign looks to push election candidates to Read more…
January 22nd, 2020 The European Parliament’s Energy Committee today voted down a motion to reject the EU’s list of priority energy projects that includes dozens of gas schemes critics say are incompatible with the bloc’s climate ambitions. Inclusion on the Projects of Commons Interest (PCI) list gives large-scale energy projects Read more…
January 20th, 2020 Ireland’s natural world is in appalling shape and needs the full backing of the public to push election candidates to bring it back from the brink, a leading nature conservation group has warned. Launching its Manifesto for Nature this afternoon, BirdWatch Ireland (BWI) starkly laid out the Read more…
