7 July 2021 Minister of State Malcolm Noonan met with protesters today outside the Dáil who are demanding the State act urgently on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Representatives from Extinction Rebellion Ireland, Irish Wildlife Trustl Flossie and the Beach Cleaners, and Solutions not Pollution brought symbolic fishing nets and marine-inspired Read more…
24 June 2021 Next Monday 28th June, our Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue will decide, jointly with his European peers, how fishing activities must be monitored and controlled to ensure their compliance with fisheries sustainability rules. Twenty NGOs, including 10 from Ireland, have recently encouraged the Read more…
18 June 2021 The decline of coastal habitats is set to continue unless the state takes significant action, a number of campaigners have warned. Current Government inaction on marine eco-systems is “quite shameful” according to Campaign Officer for the Irish Wildlife Trust, Padraic Fogarty. While some communities are ready and Read more…
4 February 2021 Last week, the Department of Housing published a report on expanding our Marine Protected Area (MPA) network here in Ireland. Which, naturally, got us thinking about them, and we wanted to find out more. What does the picture look like for MPAs right now? Why are they Read more…
September 2nd, 2019 The expansion of the Irish dairy herd is placing significant pressure on aquatic biodiversity, a conference on marine protected areas (MPA) heard today. Speaking at the Bigger and Better MPA conference at Trinity College Dublin, Dr David Lyons of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) said Read more…
September 7th, 2018 It is time for the Government to take a zero-tolerance approach towards illegal fishing by foreign vessels in Irish waters, an Irish MEP has warned. The call for a “serious crackdown” from MEP Liadh Ní Riada comes after the discovery of over a tonne of illegal shark Read more…
August 17th, 2018 The recent arrival of species like minke and humpback whales and other species of whales and dolphins along the Irish coast is a good omen for this years All Island Whale Watch day. The day, hosted by the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group (IWDG), will see whale Read more…
August 15th, 2018 A group of skilled international divers will arrive in Ireland next month to clear ghost fishing gear threatening marine life along Ireland’s coast. Arriving in September, a team of six volunteer divers from the Ghost Fishing Foundation and the Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delphine (GRD) will be Read more…
August 9th, 2018 For decades, fish oil supplements have been advertised as key to improving cardiovascular health and the secret to dodge Alzheimer’s disease later in life. A new book, however, is now questioning the long-touted benefits of the omega-3 booster and, to boot, details the golden pill’s impact on Read more…
July 2nd, 2018 A Cork-based citizen group held a peaceful demonstration against a controversial, large-scale kelp harvesting project in Bantry Bay area on Sunday. Dozens of protestors from the Bantry Ray – Protect our Native Kelp campaign, joined by a number of local councillors, rallied along Bantry’s Abbey Beach, carrying Read more…
