Let’s be ambitious for a plan to establish a real record of the majestic Shannon’s condition www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

A few weeks ago, a local walking along Bray seafront came across a leathery, pouch-shaped object with tendrils on each corner. It turned out to be a flapper skate egg case - a find so rare in the Irish Sea that scientists have been left astonished. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...

“How do you build a local food community when the money is not going towards the people who are trying to do that?” Cass & Nick on the challenges of being small-scale farmers in Ireland - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social

Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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/...

25 years ago local community stood up for bog's protection for people, place and nature - celebrating community action #Abbeyleix @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social beautiful storytelling via @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

This article by Ella McSweeney covers a fish die-off in one of Ireland’s rivers like a crime story. Brilliant read.

“Using their 40-year data set and historical research as far back as 1886, Little and Sterling see the extent of the decline of life in the lake. Life is draining away. It is, says Little, “very sad”.” #loughhyne www.irishtimes.com/environment/...