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Clapsholas i mBaile na hAbhann #speirgorm

Despite claiming to support environmental sustainability the Department of Rural and Community Development is partnering with Google and an Irish NGO to promote AI in the nonprofit sector. Applicants will get state funds for their AI 'adoption journey'. www.ontheditch.com/government-p...

Tacaigh le lucht stailce inniu. #siptu #speirgorm #strike

If we could get endangered wildlife to run around a race track they'd have a better chance at getting support from this government.

No extra funding for nature, carbon tax U-turn – the Government is clearly walking away from its climate, nature & energy security commitments in Budget 2027. Great to see coverage of our reaction to Budget 2027

Balla feidín - an bhfuil fhios ag aon duine cén bhunús atá leis an bhfocal ‘feidín’?

Ah, right. No moves for reduction in public transport costs, or expansion of bus and train routes; no push for investment in housing, healthcare or regeneration of rural towns and villages. Mé féiners exploiting justified anger and hurt, to turn people against each other. #spéirghorm #ireland

The silver washed fritillary evolved to lay its eggs in the bark crevices of oak trees. When the caterpillars hatch, they drop to the ground and seek out dog violet, the plant they evolved to eat. No oak or violet, no silver washed fritillaries. Get it? That's why native species matter: evolution.

Bus Eireann charging 2 of us €15 single from Cork to Macroom really shows how much this country cares about getting people out of cars No option to buy return on bus Bus 3/4 empty If we'd a car it would cost €11.00 return on fuel 6 times price This government hates public transport #speirghorm

“If they were serious about expanding public transport services, a lot of which are ready to go, then there would be a capital budget to meet it. There isn’t.”

So the commuter who helps reduce carbon emissions gets penalised while those who held the country up to ransom have been rewarded. Meanwhile we’re hurtling towards a climate crisis as global heating gets worse and worse.

Dùn Èideann

Ní fhaca mé abhainn Bhaile na hAbhann chomh híseal seo riamh. I’ve never seen this river as low before 😢

Capaillín Chonamara

An Irish Atlantic Rainforest - on now. Watch it on RTE 1! @irishrainforest.bsky.social

Caterpillar season

Aughinish Alumina: 'A ticking environmental time bomb' Irish Times investigation found: 🛑 Aluminium levels 4,700x safe EU limit 🛑 Arsenic levels 129x EU limit 🛑 Zinc levels 125x safe limit An Taisce calls for a full investigation by Government into plant www.antaisce.org/submission-o...

Oiniúin ag triomú ar an gclaí.

Astonishing attack on civil society and environmental justice by a government lacking either vision or basic competence. www.thejournal.ie/jack-chamber...

Uachtarán na hÉireann, Catherine Connolly af cur tús oifigiúil le féile Ealaíona na Gaillimhe. #GIAF #GIAF26

Loch portaigh

While we spend our time publishing reviews and setting targets plants and animals that have called Ireland home for thousands of years are going extinct www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Despite years of studies and discussions the fortunes of the hen harrier have yet to turn a corner. The NPWS told me that a "step change" will be needed in how we manage the landscape and that recovery is at least a decade off. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

This ⬇️…

‘The massively polluting Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina in County Limerick, which is shipping raw materials to Russia, which is being used to feed Russia's war machine’ open.substack.com/pub/tull/p/a...

Díreach sular thosaigh an toirneach agus tintreach ⚡️

Siopa an Cháis. @sheridanscheese.bsky.social

A quarter of our cleanest rivers lost since 2010-2012 — sites supporting iconic species like Salmon & Freshwater Pearl Mussel Nutrient pollution identified as main driver of decline — 43% of our rivers have excess nitrogen, primarily due to intensive agriculture www.antaisce.org/news/no-impr...

Rúibín sásta

The extremely remote, deserted pre-famine village of Coimín na Gaorthaidh, meaning "commonage of the wooded river valley". Almost no trees now remain. The clues to the ecological catastrophe that has befallen the Irish landscape are so often in the place names.

Seachtain sna sléibhte na hAlbain Am Monadh Ruadh. A week in the Scottish Cairngorms.

I feel like I've been reading the same article about the State's failures for 30 years www.irishexaminer.com/news/politic...

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Cabáiste an Mhadra Rua. Ach i mbéarla tugtar St Patrick’s Cabbage ar an bplanda beag seo.

Leave out some shallow water for hedgehogs and foxes tonight. They'll be thirsty

Sean Kyne tofa do Ghaillimh thiar

Ceann do phlandaí an phortaigh is breá liom an Drúchtín móna. Go leor acu le feiceál inniu. #speirgorm

#TeaTimeRush in Galway West. Went from an average turnout of 21% at 4pm to 38% by 8pm

Seileastram faoi bhláth agus an chuach ag glaoch #speirgorm

Let The Great World Spin, Colm McCann Country Girls, Edna O’Brien The Untouchable, John Banville The Borstal Boy, Brendan Behan Cré na Cille, Máirtín Ó Cadhain #top5irishnovels

The end of environmental public interest litigation? In a highly Trumpian move, the Government yesterday signed new regulations which will all but bring an end to public interest environmental litigation in Ireland. More: www.antaisce.org/news/the-end... #environmentaljustice #environmentlaw

Fíantas dochreidtí i sléibhte Bhosnia & Heirseagaváin.

This is a very balanced piece on the angel shark issue. It's the subject of a public talk in Dingle next weekend that I'll be speaking at with a local fisherman. www.independent.ie/life/are-we-...

Clapsholas i gConamara #spéirgorm

Ag sú na gréine #speirgorm