Nature restoration can slow floods and hold back wildfires. Fatalism is the enemy
Whether Ireland gets these benefits in the future is a choice about proper funding, not fate
If we build it, the lesser horseshoe bats will come
Native to the west of Ireland, the species is struggling to survive amid intensified agriculture and light pollution. But small ‘bat towers’ are helping to turn the tide
A moonlit walk by the River Suck in Roscommon, where thinning flocks underline modern realities
Tracing the path of the bulging Roscommon waterway as its peak winter season approaches
Dogs not welcome if we want to to enjoy the spectacle of returning overwintering birds
Pets should be kept away or kept on leash as bay welcomes these beautiful visitors
What Paris can teach Ireland about clean water
We’re paying a lot to clean polluted water, while investing little in restoring the rivers, wetlands and farmlands that could keep it pure in the first place
This man had found one of the scarcest craneflies around in Ireland
Most of us have encountered a daddy-long-legs, but that is just one of 211 known cranefly species in Ireland
Ireland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failing
Funding nature restoration looks like an easy line to leave blank in the budget. That would be an expensive mistake
Irish schools are world leaders in a green initiative. So why are most covered in tarmac?
Nature education here has been described by one expert as ‘dismal’. What could be done better?
Living with breast cancer: ‘I’ve possibly had one of the best years of my life. I’ve got rid of anything that didn’t matter’
A farmer tells of how astonishingly beautiful seemingly ordinary things can be after a hellish year coping with cancer
What is the acceptable price, in people and in land, of producing food?
Kentucky farmer and author Wendell Berry spent six decades arguing that agriculture is an act of stewardship, community and care
Cunnigar spit in Waterford looks a little forsaken. It needs care and protection
One councillor said earier this year that erosion is happening at an ‘alarming’ rate
The floods will overwhelm Irish land. We can’t just sit back
Water is arriving in ways our infrastructure and modified landscape can no longer cope with
What ospreys ask of us is simple: clean, fish-rich waters
Imposing bird of prey can make Ireland home if plankton thrive
Ireland punishes tax evaders. Pollution should be just as risky
Nature absorbs the impact of polluters because the political will isn’t there to make the consequences serious enough to stop them
Something is happening in the underwater world of Irish kelp
As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere