1 February 2022 If you’re going to catch the sound of the lesser horseshoe bat, you’re going to need both a bat detector and chance on your side. “If you’re lucky enough to be in an area where there are some horseshoes, close to one of their roosting sites, there Read more…
12 January 2022 As you might have already seen – we’re taking a new direction this year and that includes our biodiversity coverage. We’re going to be taking a closer look at the mosaic of creatures that make up Ireland’s biodiversity. We’ll be speaking to experts about all sorts of Read more…
1 July 2021 In July 2020, history was made when Friends of the Irish Environment challenged the Government in the Supreme Court – and won. Climate Case Ireland was a landmark legal action taken by Friends of the Irish Environment. It wasthe first case in Ireland in which citizens fought Read more…
15 April 2021 Over a quarter of all Irish birds now find themselves on the highest level of conservation concern. According to a paper in the latest issue of Irish Birds, 54 Irish bird species are now Red-listed, a 46 per cent increase from the previous “Birds of Conservation Concern Read more…
29 January 2021 The first episode of Shaping New Mountains dropped today, and safe to say, we are excited. Irish Wildlife Trust Campaign Officer and ecologist Padraic Fogarty hosts and spear-headed the series, and it took two years to put together. It’s a follow-up from his book Whittled Away, and Read more…
29 September 2020 Ireland is among the countries who signed up to a global initiative yesterday to halt biodiversity loss just days before an international summit on the issue. A total of 64 countries and the European Union signed the declaration yesterday, a few days shy of the official opening Read more…
May 9th, 2019 The Dáil is set to debate a motion this evening calling on the Government to declare a national climate emergency. The motion to accept and endorse the recommendations in the new landmark report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action was amended by the Green Party Read more…
May 4th, 2019 Dozens of protesters gathered before the Dáil today to demand a national declaration of a climate emergency. The demonstration was organized by prominent school striker Saoi O’Connor and word spread via social media. A smaller protest also took place in Cork city. “We need to declare a Read more…
February 20th, 2019 Biodiversity decline is too pressing an issue to be left to future generations to halt as habitats show increasing signs of deterioration, the head of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has warned. Speaking this morning at the National Biodiversity Conference, Dr Ciaran O’Keefe said that Read more…
January 21st, 2019 Writing in 2002, renowned nature journalist Michael Viney let loose his frustrations with Fianna Fáil and their inability to prioritise nature conservation when in power. Viney quipped: “What is it about Fianna Fáil that make it so hard to visualise the words ‘flower’, ‘bird’, ‘tree’, ‘moth’ being Read more…
