In recent weeks, two stories broke, almost simultaneously, that caused shockwaves amongst environmentalists and climate campaigners. The first was a warning from Simon Stiell, the most senior climate figures at the United Nations. His message was stark: Governments, business leaders and development banks have just two years to avert the […]

In 2019, the people of Skibbereen won an important victory that all of Ireland should be proud of. Joining together as a community they stopped the construction of a plastic pellets factory that threatened our local environment and the natural heritage that is our Atlantic Ocean. It is estimated that […]

This month I was reminiscing with my friends over glass milk bottles and the little birds that would come and peck through the lid to get to the cream below. I couldn’t help but feel like, since then, we have been duped by the mass production of plastic and the […]

What better place to showcase the importance of protecting and restoring Ireland’s nature than the West Cork coast? And what better time than in the middle of June with the sun splitting the stones?  As the EU is proposing a landmark Nature Restoration Law, which would hold EU countries to […]

As the sun finally burst onto the scene in late May, an unlikely group paid a visit to Ireland’s shores on an important mission.  Members of the European Parliament, hailing from different parts of Europe and from opposing political groups joined together for a delegation to Ireland’s coastal and fishing […]

April has been a month focused on biodiversity, both with the launch of the Biodiversity Loss Report by the Citizens’ Assembly and with some recent trips across the vast constituency of Ireland South from Bray to the Blasket Islands. Having the ability to step out into nature this month and […]