Water is our great truth-teller. You cannot fake your way to a drinkable river.
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On April 29th a fire raged through a bog on Slieve Beagh, nearly destroying a curlew nest with 4 eggs had it not been for Roosin Kearney @rspbni.bsky.social Donal Beagan @breedingwaderseip.bsky.social. Listen here - www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... @rteradio1.bsky.social
You know what walking on a bog should sound like but that's not what could be heard underfoot at Slieve Beagh following a wildfire last week. Ella McSweeney joined Philip Boucher Hayes to talk more.
We changed how we treated dogs and how we viewed dog ownership. We can - and must - do the same for the pet that poses a much greater and more immediate threat to wildlife: cats.
“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.“
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Why Ireland needs to stop forcing parents to buy their children laptops for school
The mandate that secondary students should have individual laptops is a mistake. Weak to no evidence it improves learning outcomes; expensive for families; bad for concentration and focus of our kids, and their physical health; damaging to the environment.
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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.
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Imagine a world where we could safely drink and swim in all our rivers? 🤔
Unfortunately, that is not the case in Ireland today! 🚨🤮
💧Check out the most recent article by Irish Times writer Ella McSweeney for more on the state of rivers in Ireland and why we should be angry about it!
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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Ella McSweeney: Educational technology is now marketed aggressively to schools, which are treating individual laptops as an unquestioned educational good
Ella McSweeney: Educational technology is now marketed aggressively to schools, which are treating individual laptops as an unquestioned educational good
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Nature restoration isn’t a luxury. It’s one of the highest-return investments available to the State
