I don't expect people who rely on trawling to make a living to ever be in favour of Marine Protected Areas. That is why we need to offer them a way out: buy outs of gear, cheap loans for new businesses, training etc. www.independent.ie/regionals/we...

If it's not poisoned/shot eagles or killing life in rivers it's just plain bulldozing of important habitats. What they all have in common is the ease with which perpetrators escape meaningful punishment... if they're caught in the first place. www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

📺 Watch it back: Rewilding in Ireland 🌱 Feat. Eoghan Daltun @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds @wearetheark.bsky.social Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social 🔗 youtu.be/j8X8bD8GmGA?... @irishenvnet.bsky.social #Rewilding

Loughrea in Galway becomes the lastest water body to suffer acute poisoning. People warned not to swim or let their dogs near the water. www.galwaybeo.ie/news/galway-...

Fair Seas unveil 200ft hourglass in sand after it was announced that it will be the middle of 2026 before any MPA legislation is passed. Press Release: https://fairseas.ie/2025/09/24/time-running-out-to-protect-irelands-seas/  #FairSeas

Rewilding in Ireland by @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social and @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities👇 Thanks to @irishrainforest.bsky.social , @whittledaway.bsky.social @wearetheark.bsky.social for speaking and @kbruisch.bsky.social for chairing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8X8...

Another small stab in the heart of a dying planet as the EU caves in to pressure and delays... again, its deforestation law. www.politico.eu/article/eu-d...

The Prime Time episode on our lack of Marine Protected Areas can be seen here. I thought it was really disappointing to hear Minister Timmy Dooley say that the government is still stroking its beard on how to approach the issue and maybe, if we're lucky, we'll get... www.rte.ie/player/serie...

Tune in to Prime Time on RTÉ One tonight at 10.35pm for a feature on why Ireland is lagging behind on marine protection and why this matters🦈 More here: www.rte.ie/.../1534897-.... @fairseas.ie Image credit: Basking Shark by George Karbus

Tonight RTE's Prime Time looks at Marine Protected Areas... or rather the lack of them. I was interviewed for this and stressed the importance of doing it quickly but also doing it right 🐳 www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

The big issue I have with this is that the OPW are not culling enough of the deer. The Phoenix Park would be wonderful for wildlife if the deer numbers were lower. jrnl.ie/6824300

Regulations on slurry storage have been based on faulty numbers says Teagasc www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

Very encouraging to read this from Marina Conway in @hometreecharity.bsky.social - clearly stating that new ways of thinking are needed if we are to reach forest objectives www.farmersjournal.ie/focus/forest...

While farm orgs fight to weaken regulation on land, a campaign is underway by the fishing industry to do the same at sea. They want to weaken the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, the public body which helps prevent criminality at sea.

This is an unfortunate necessity and should not detract from the need to re-establish healthy natural ecosystems www.independent.ie/farming/fore...

History made for the ocean: #BBNJ Agreement enters into force, protecting high seas & deep seabed, safeguarding life under water. “Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step forward to save our ocean, & to save our future” - ED @ingerandersen.bsky.social

Following the course of most environmental crime in Ireland, we will never know what happened in Cork last month and no one will be held responsible www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

🎉BREAKING: The High Seas Treaty has reached 60 ratifications — enough to enter into force! This landmark agreement creates a pathway to help protect the high seas — waters beyond any one country’s authority that cover nearly half our planet. https://oceana.ly/3VqpI2Y

More great news for the sea this week! The passing of this treaty will allow for the creation of Marine Protected Areas on the 'High Seas'😃 This took a long time but was still faster than Ireland, which has done nothing on its promise to pass MPA legislation 🫩 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Se...

Decolonising entrenched patterns of power and thinking needed as part of response to environmental nightmare www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

A bit about why I think rewilding needs to be central to our response to the eco-emergency and my work in helping landowners rewild their land. Climate Changemakers: The rewilding advocate who helps landowners to restore nature www.independent.ie/life/climate...

Some good news as a deal to end harmful subsidies for fishing fleets comes into force today www.reuters.com/business/env...

Recent EPA report highlights river nitrogen pollution rising again River wildlife is vulnerable to pollutants, as evidenced by devastating River Blackwater fish kill. We can’t build resilient river ecosystems with ongoing high levels of nitrate pollution www.antaisce.org/news/continu...

The state of our rivers is not improving 🫠 "nitrogen levels have increased by 16% in the first half of 2025, relative to the same period in 2024. N levels remain too high in the southeastern half of the country. Agriculture is the primary source of N in these areas" www.epa.ie/news-release...

"marine rewilding is hugely important, not least because healthy seas safeguard fish populations, protect the land from coastal erosion caused by storms, improve water quality, and absorb and store vast amounts of carbon" www.discoverwildlife.com/people/opini...

Notice: Tomorrow evening from 19:00 the @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social in collaboration with @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities will host a two hour seminar on #Rewilding with @irishrainforest.bsky.social Mary Reynolds (We Are the Ark) and @whittledaway.bsky.social 1/2

🔥 Few tickets available! We have just released a very limited number of tickets for tomorrow's Rewilding Panel discussion at Trinity College Dublin! 💚#Rewilding Get them fast: www.eventbrite.ie/e/rewilding-... @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @wearetheark.bsky.social

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Farmers will have a tough time understanding why we need to shrink cow herds while joyfully celebrating the prospect of doubling passenger numbers in Dublin airport (no mention of climate pollution in this puff article) www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...

North Cork Creameries is a member of Bord Bia's 'Origin Green' greenwashing programme despite 125 non-compliance notices since 2020 and listing on the EPA's top polluter watchlist 🙈 www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

This is great news and shows that collaboration between state/EU, scientists and farmers leads to positive outcomes. Well done to all but especially the Corncrake/Traonach LIFE team who have been at the coalface 👏 www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

The amount of agricultural land is shrinking, which is good news, but we need it to shrink much more www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules‼️   Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate. The lack of protection in protected areas is astounding. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Over the following 17 years [after banning bottom trawling], the reserve saw a 52 per cent increase in species diversity and 370 per cent more commercial species abundance inside the protected area compared with outside it" Marine protection works! geographical.co.uk/climate-chan...

Very good news from England, which is banning burning on peat over 30cm deep. Ireland needs to follow suit by banning the burning of land outright 🔥 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The European Commission has criticised the government for allowing the TB Forum (i.e. the livestock industry) make the decisions around measures for tackling the disease. Small surprise TB is out of control. www.independent.ie/farming/news...

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it? Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New research from Queens University shows the critically endangered flapper skate continues its slide to extinction. The lead author, Patrick Collins, told me that it's not too late but decisive action is needed. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Pod of today's extended interview with @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social on NewsTalk to discuss THE LIE OF THE LAND is now online www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

As @greenparty.org.uk has always said, the #BadgerCull is unscientific, unjustified, inhumane and disastrous for the #Biodiversity on these battered islands protectthewild.substack.com/p/over-23000...

Check out my review of @thinkorswim.bsky.social's "explosive" Lie of the Land as well as Tim Lenton's Positive Tipping Points. Neither for the faint-hearted, both leaning in to the urgent need for action. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Absolutely delighted with extensive and thorough review of THE LIE OF THE LAND in today’s Irish Times by Pádraic Fogarty

In the last year I have visited all 8 of our National Parks. Today I visited the last one, Boyne Valley in Meath. I'm very grateful to the NPWS staff for their time and the many discussions, including difficult ones, that I've had with them. Article for the Examiner coming soon.

Congratulations to @thinkorswim.bsky.social on the launch of his critically important new book on Ireland and the climate crisis. Part murder scene part road map, it's an essential read for anyone interested in the future of our country.

Great article from @hannahdaly.ie on the shameful proposal to lower Ireland's climate ambition www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Climate change made the hot, dry and windy weather that fueled recent wildfires in Spain and Portugal 40 times more likely, according to a scientific analysis released today.

Great news!

Scotland is to protect a further 60,000 km² of sea from bottom trawling 👏 When, if ever, will we see any action in Ireland? oceanographicmagazine.com/news/scottis...

Before and after,ending commercial/private extraction (without conflict),followed by community supported rewetting programme👏 @jamierohu.bsky.social @npwsireland.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @tipperarylive.bsky.social