“Wild salmon connect wild mountains to the sea, their presence or absence a verdict on how humans value, treat and manage the world. Wild salmon are the measure; when they go missing, it signals that things are completely out of ecological whack.“
By me, for @irishtimes.com
Over the 19 years Ireland has had a derogation from the nitrates directive we have backed ourselves in to a corner. Which now leaves us having productive and economically viable farms or cleaner rivers and lakes, but not both.
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Wildlife belongs in the wild, not hung up on walls as decoration 🦇🦇
That's why we're urging #Amazon to stop selling painted woolly #bats so their populations can again flourish in the wild — where they belong.
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To protect the health of birds at Harpers, we kindly ask you not to scatter bird seed or feed wildlife. Introducing food can disrupt sensitive habitats, harm birds and attract pests. Wildlife at Harpers is best supported by leaving nature as you find it. Thanks all 🙏
I've just signed this petition to save Lady's Island Lake, Co. Wexford. Will you sign your name too? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sa... @uplift.ie
Don’t allow the Irish Open to be played at Doonbeg please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
Center for Biological Diversity
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: my.uplift.ie/petitions/st... @uplift.ie
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
Philip Boucher-Hayes
Ella McSweeney
Many people still imagine beekeeping and honey making are somehow 'good for nature'.
But it's the *total* opposite.
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Harper's Island Wetlands
Caroline O'Doherty
Eoghan Daltun 🌍
Deer management is a necessary reality of native woodland conservation. Those of us who want to see more woodlands in our landscape really need to accept the necessity and see the opportunity in deer hunting. Thanks for raising awareness @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social
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Seán’s guest has decided to take deer culling into her own hands.Ella McSweeney has bought a ...
Donald Trump, owner of Doonbeg where the 2026 Irish Open is taking place, is out of control. His warmongering, illegal actions, lying, global bullying and misogyny (to name just a few) has gone too fa...
There should be a public consultation on this plan opening soon but lets gather signatures to demonstrate the fact that up and down the west coast, thousands of people don't want our seaweed rights gi...
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
It is now over 20 years since I led the project to give the first scenario-based projections of Ireland’s future climate. We warned Ireland’s winters would become significantly wetter
