$2,000,000,000! That is the latest fine that Monsanto has been ordered to pay to a couple that got cancer after using its weed killer. A jury ruled against Monsanto, now owned by the German company Bayer. marking the third and the largest verdict against the company over Roundup. The jury […]
Environment
Irish Bumblebee populations recorded in 2017 are the lowest they’ve been since monitoring began in 2012. The All-Ireland Bumblebee Monitoring Scheme, coordinated by Dr Tomás Murray, Senior Ecologist at the National Biodiversity Data Centre, has revealed marked losses in our native bumblebee species. The bumblebee populations recorded in 2017 were […]
This year The Community Foundation for Ireland has established an Environment and Nature fund of €200,000 and is inviting community groups to apply for grant funding to engage an ecologist and develop a Community Biodiversity Plan (CBP) for their local area. Within the scheme, three levels of grant funding will […]
At a packed meeting on Thursday, May 16, 2019, local election candidates met people from Skibbereen and the surrounding area to discuss ‘The Future of Skibbereen’. Fiona Hayes reports. Through the evening it became clear that people are concerned not just about Skibbereen but also about the future of West […]
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is returning to Bloom this weekend with a marine garden that highlights the need to protect our marine environment against plastic waste. The concept garden, supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, resembles a giant rockpool and has a fishing net […]
Mags O’Riordan Bumblebee Flower Farm Coming off the end of National Biodiversity week here in Ireland I thought I’d continue the discussion, as it’s an ongoing crisis. Some disturbing news in the recent IPEBS report had some very sobering statistics. One million species about to become extinct and if we […]