February 28th, 2020 A grandmother charged with illegally felling conifers in a Coillte forest beside her home in west Cork …
Closed Season: lay down your trimmers and step away from the hedge
February 28th, 2020 Last May, TCD and UCD were found cutting trees and hedges on their campuses during the closed …
‘Everything is Changing’ – Whale life from around the Irish coast
February 14th, 2020 Eighty-two feet long, the skeleton of a Wexford blue whale named Hope has supplanted ‘Dippy’, the much …
Manifesto Watch: SocDems on climate and biodiversity
February 6th, 2020 As we enter the final days of the election cycle, we are asking where the parties stand …
What the experts want from GE2020 – Irish Wildlife Trust
February 4th, 2020 Over the past three weeks, as in all election cycles, we have become accustomed to the knock …
Fraction of Sitka plantations in Leitrim locally owned, analysis finds
February 1st, 2020 Only a small fraction of Sitka spruce plantations in two prominently afforested areas of Co Leitrim are …
Poisoned Hen Harrier was found at pheasant shoot, says Birdwatch Ireland
January 30th, 2020 New information released by Birdwatch Ireland (BWI) reveals that the death of a poisoned Hen Harrier currently …
NPWS launch investigation into Hen Harrier poisoning
January 30th, 2020 An investigation is underway following the discovery of a dead Hen Harrier killed as a result of …
Manifesto for Nature: Biodiversity on its knees as election looms
January 20th, 2020 Ireland’s natural world is in appalling shape and needs the full backing of the public to push …
Two guilty of hedgerow destruction during nesting season
January 10th, 2020 A landowner and contractor charged with the destruction of vegetation growing in a hedge during the 2019 …