A hike in the Wicklow uplands is always a mix of joy, despair, and hope. Native trees growing on walls and bare rock. Remnant woodlands lingering like a terminally ill patient. Vast areas just waiting for nature’s potential to be unleashed. Do we have the vision and leadership to make it happen?

If I read one more reference to 'gold plating' of EU law in Ireland....Can anyone show me the evidence? Should we look to the over half our rivers and lakes polluted? The trend which is getting worse? The 25% of our most pristine waterbodies now lost? A 🧵 www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

Gold plated environmental standards? In a country where: 90% of protected habitat types are in unfavourable conservation status 371,884 t of peat exported in 2025, with no compliance with env or planning law At least 9 env cases in the CJEU & 16 infringements www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

Incredible that the NPWS would say this: "a national conservation objective, and deadlines for habitat restoration within SPAs, was not a priority, as there was a need to keep a flexible approach." The State is running down the clock on the Hen harrier. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

We have submitted our recommendations for Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan — over 300 actions calling for real political leadership, proper funding, and transparent delivery to restore farmland, rivers, coasts, forests and towns for nature and communities. files.constantcontact.com/4a14a939001/...

Public funds flowing to the fossil fuel and fertiliser industries, indirectly contributing to Russia’s war economy. At the same time, no additional funding is being allocated to nature restoration, and the LIFE Programme remains under threat.

I just made a submission to the draft Nature Restoration Plan. I emphasised the need for funding and ambition but also how rewilding should be central to meeting restoration targets. We can trust nature to heal itself! www.environmentalpillar.ie/have-your-sa...

Water levels at Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre 'best' locals have seen - ABC News share.google/8ZDNUawYoDFa...

We are urging YOU to make a submission to the public consultation on Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan🫵 Email your views to [email protected]. before July 1st and see more about our key priorities on our webpage https://swanireland.ie/take-action/nature-restoration-plan/

📢 Have Your Say! Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan. ⏳ The consultation is open now. The deadline to have your say is 1 July 2026. Read more, including recommendations from @envpillar.bsky.social (we are a proud member): iwt.ie/have-your-sa... #NatureRestorationLaw #HaveYourSay #HopeThroughAction

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

Waiting “to bring everyone with us” feels a lot like leaving everyone behind. When we reach the point where nothing can be done, we can at least comfort ourselves with the thought that no one was inconvenienced to get us to this point. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan is a generational opportunity to restore nature at scale, and you have a chance to influence it by emailing a submission to the public consultation. 📩 We've joined up with @envpillar.bsky.social to identify 9 key priorities to help 👇 swanireland.ie/take-action/...

Make difference for Ireland’s nature! The public are being asked for their views on Ireland’s Nature Restoration Plan, which is a generational opportunity to restore nature at scale. Find out how you can be a voice for nature: www.environmentalpillar.ie/have-your-sa...

I never said thank you...

The EC is pouring 540 million euro into fertiliser subsidies. In one go. The EU LIFE budget for all ecologically related projects is under 340m euro this year. Nicely captures everything that is wrong with our policies that promote crisis situations instead of preventing them.

We hope our Plan for Restoration of Habitats of Red and Amber listed bird species informs the National Restoration Plan as reporting on relentless declines of bird species is not fun. The time for restoration is now. Take action birdwatchireland.ie/help-make-ir... youtu.be/4_gKFT73XOw?...

Albanian prime minister said on CNN that my PPNEA colleague was spreading disinformation, and some other troubling things. This is my reply. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Cats are a serious issue for nature conservation. Responsible pet ownership has to mean more than good intentions. It should mean real limits, including keeping cats indoors at dawn, dusk, and night, when evolution has tuned them into devastating hunters. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

I don’t think people realise what’s happening in CAP negotiations: proposals from farm groups and EU politicians would shift public funding away from small and marginal farms to the largest, most intensive operators, risking causing the collapse of farming in most of the country.

More than 20,000 fish feared killed in pollution incident in Co Louth river

🌿 96% of Europeans believe we have a moral responsibility to protect nature. 💚 95% say our health and well-being depend on biodiversity. Yet powerful polluters and their political allies are trying to weaken Europe's environmental laws right now. #HandsOffNature Speak up: handsoffnature.eu

The European Commission is taking Ireland to the Court of Justice for failing to enforce EU environmental law on industrial peat cutting operators. Significant illegal industrial scale peat cutting continues without planning or environmental impact assessments. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Scorched Earth I took this today following a wildfire in the Dublin Hills at the weekend. Nothing survived. 1/🧵

Every cent of this scrappage scheme should be redirected towards investment in EV charging infrastructure. People will continue to transition if the infrastructure is in place share.google/OeLwVq0USYiG...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin & Minister Timmy Dooley talked about progress on legislation for marine protected areas at the #FairSeas Conference No sign of it being introduced yet though so please on #WorldOceanDay let them know you want this done urgently: https://only.one/act/ireland-protect-our-seas

Stop the destruction of Albania’s protected wild coast. Bulldozers are tearing into Pishë Poro–Narta, a vital habitat for flamingos, pelicans, sea turtles, and migratory birds, to make way for an unauthorised resort linked to Jared Kushner. This must not be allowed to continue. c.org/y6kFWdLgMw

Cartoon by Steve Breen. Especially relevant to Ireland. #SpeirGorm

Not one, but two disposable BBQs sparked separate gorse fires on Bray Head. Disposable BBQs pose a real and preventable risk for both wildlife and public safety. Its time to ban them altogether. www.greystonesguide.ie/the-high-cos...

@aislinnn.bsky.social and I write about how Irish state-owned companies like Coillte and Bord na Móna could, but don't, go all-in for nature restoration. biosphereforireland.substack.com/p/public-lan...

Bray Head is a highly protected area as both an SAC/SPA, yet it’s trapped in a cycle of gorse fires. This is a relatively small and well-loved protected site. Any number of actions could be taken to break this cycle, but due to a lack of investment and capacity, nothing changes. It’s symptomatic!

An important message from Teagasc on the dairy industry and water quality: a sustained "long-term trend of improvement" is the only way to secure a sustainable future for the (dairy) industry." share.google/QL5VF0zgy0c7...

Recently I went to Italy to visit a landscape-scale initiative that challenges many of the myths surrounding rewilding www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

602 barriers were removed across Europe last year, restoring 3,740 km of free-flowing rivers, bringing the EU closer to its goal of restoring 25,000 km of free flowing rivers by 2030. Now is the time to invest in Nature Restoration and focus on delivery. share.google/V8uHGCaQVZzh...

Israel's ultranationalist National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shared this video showing Israeli forces abusing detained flotilla activists. Zeteo calls for the immediate release of all activists, humanitarians, and journalists abducted, including our contributor Alex Colston.

INHFA president Pheilim Molly pointing out that ICMSAs proposal for the next CAP is a cash grab by a minority of big farmers. This is as blatant an example you'll see of farming reps not acting in the interests of the majority of farmers, including the most vulnerable share.google/QfJSNXpLxPL7...

ICMSA has shown its hand, but in reality, all the major farming orgs have been pushing for this with their positions on active farmer, capping, & degressivity. Food production is a Trojan horse for the redistribution of public money away from farm viability & sustainability toward intensive farmers

Larger-scale farmers want to free up land and public money by targeting the CAP supports that currently go to small and marginal farms. It feels like every man for himself. www.farmersjournal.ie/amp/sheep/ne...

LIFE has been responsible for some of the greatest conservation success stories across Europe, including Ireland. But now the EU want's to scrap it as a stand alone funding source in the name of 'simplification' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

This is a dark day for the environmental movement. In one of most regressive moves I've seen by this Government, they are effectively shutting down the majority of environmental public interest litigation. Over 1400 people told them not to do this. Did they listen? Of course not.

'I miss my old life': Doctor severely injured in hit-and-run speaks out on road safety crisis www.thejournal.ie/oireachtas-s...

Another important site for nature purchased by the State. Ireland is below the EU average for area of land protected for nature. We need to continue expanding our reserve network. Major conservation milestone with purchase of Mayo corncrake breeding site share.google/NivF0wSu1BXU...

Climate Changemakers: Biodiversity blueprint ‘an important step forward for nature restoration’ Recommendations submitted to the Government could have a huge impact on the country’s biodiversity crisis. www.independent.ie/life/climate... @irishenvnet.bsky.social

Wet woodland supports a rich diversity of woodland and wetland species. Its striking to see yellow flag iris in the ground layer.

Ireland already knows how to deliver an ambitious plan, and it comes down to this: you fund it. A nature restoration plan without money is like a human without a heart. It will never work. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Before Doug Tompkins there was Ted Turner. Rest easy cowboy. share.google/Sl3WPNd6aj24...

More clarity needed on Nature Restoration regulations - There is strong concensus between farming reps and environmentalists on the need for dedicated long-term funding for nature restoration, and that the State must lead from the from on public lands. share.google/cd8n9Zki7JbX...