Darren Reidy
@darrenreidy.bsky.social
Curator of the National Seed Bank, DBN Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland.
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Darren Reidy
@darrenreidy.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) has long been my favourite wildflower, untiI I met the stunning Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima) for the 1st time last week, and then this week I saw my first ever Meadow Saffron (Colchicum autumnale) and now I just don't know anymore. #WildflowerHour
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Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said
Rate of judicial review in Ireland 'off the charts'
The rate of judicial review in Ireland is "off the charts," the Director of Housing and Planning at the Construction Industry Federation has said.
www.rte.ie
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Despite the click-bait headline my contribution has been accurately reported in this piece by @eithnedodd.bsky.social unfortunately on the industry side the wool has been pulled over her eyes by the usual self-serving rhetoric
By way of followup a short 🧵
By way of followup a short 🧵
I have never been wetter on a hike! Nor have I ever had to queue for the summit before!
Grand soft day on #Snowdon, celebrating 20yrs of friendship with my bestie.
Grand soft day on #Snowdon, celebrating 20yrs of friendship with my bestie.
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I have never been wetter on a hike! Nor have I ever had to queue for the summit before!
Grand soft day on #Snowdon, celebrating 20yrs of friendship with my bestie.
Grand soft day on #Snowdon, celebrating 20yrs of friendship with my bestie.
My workplace is so ugly this time of year. All those sad dying trees. 😉
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My workplace is so ugly this time of year. All those sad dying trees. 😉
I just love the moody landscapes of Autumn...
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I just love the moody landscapes of Autumn...
Its giving Autumn (National Botanic Gardens of Ireland)
October 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Its giving Autumn (National Botanic Gardens of Ireland)
Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
##WildflowerHour
##WildflowerHour
October 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Sorbus scannelliana, S. anglica & S. rupicola from Killarney National Park recently
##WildflowerHour
##WildflowerHour
Catherine Connolly only put a twenty in the wedding card
#Smearthebejaysis
#Smearthebejaysis
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Catherine Connolly only put a twenty in the wedding card
#Smearthebejaysis
#Smearthebejaysis
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🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: christina.campbell@opw.ie
October 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🌿 Celebrate 100 years of the Irish Naturalists’ Journal! Join Dr Rory Hodd & the Irish Bryophyte Group for a bryophyte walk/talk in Killarney NP, Sun 12 Oct 2025, 10:30–13:30. Free but booking essential: christina.campbell@opw.ie
What a crock of actual horse... burgers. 🙄
This is honestly the stupidest thing I've heard in a long time- banning the use of the words burger & sausage on plant based products.
The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?
P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?
The world is burning & war ravaged, & this is what our Parliamentarians think they need to 'fix'?
P.S. Fish also don't have fingers, right @oisinc.bsky.social?
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What a crock of actual horse... burgers. 🙄
Reposted by Darren Reidy
How many chances should be given to get it right?
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
How many chances should be given to get it right?
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality
Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
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Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) has long been my favourite wildflower, untiI I met the stunning Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima) for the 1st time last week, and then this week I saw my first ever Meadow Saffron (Colchicum autumnale) and now I just don't know anymore. #WildflowerHour
September 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris) has long been my favourite wildflower, untiI I met the stunning Oysterplant (Mertensia maritima) for the 1st time last week, and then this week I saw my first ever Meadow Saffron (Colchicum autumnale) and now I just don't know anymore. #WildflowerHour
If you have a project on Ireland's natural heritage in mind now is your chance to apply for the INJ Grant
🌿 Calling all naturalists! The Irish Naturalists’ Journal 2025 Grant offers funding up to €2,500 for fieldwork, research, publications & more. Apply by 5 pm, Monday 13 October 2025. Full details & application form: irishnaturalistsjournal.org/inj-grant/
September 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you have a project on Ireland's natural heritage in mind now is your chance to apply for the INJ Grant
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My FOI of Government memo confirms more data centres means higher electricity bills for all.
"The expansion of data centres has raised security of supply concerns and leads to associated costs to taxpayers and electricity bill payers," the memo stated.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
"The expansion of data centres has raised security of supply concerns and leads to associated costs to taxpayers and electricity bill payers," the memo stated.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
www.rte.ie
August 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My FOI of Government memo confirms more data centres means higher electricity bills for all.
"The expansion of data centres has raised security of supply concerns and leads to associated costs to taxpayers and electricity bill payers," the memo stated.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
"The expansion of data centres has raised security of supply concerns and leads to associated costs to taxpayers and electricity bill payers," the memo stated.
www.rte.ie/news/primeti...
I love science, the rigorous way we advance our understanding of the universe. But I don't love the egos and pressures that come with academia.
I also love nature and understand that it is in critical need of saving. That is where I want to put my efforts - being a practitioner and inspiring others
I also love nature and understand that it is in critical need of saving. That is where I want to put my efforts - being a practitioner and inspiring others
I often find myself feeling guilty for not like…trying to get academics to respect me more by writing op eds and publishing and generally being a more Serious Person, but it’s really does not matter very much for the work I do, so I don’t do it too often. Yet the leftover academia guilt persists…
August 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I love science, the rigorous way we advance our understanding of the universe. But I don't love the egos and pressures that come with academia.
I also love nature and understand that it is in critical need of saving. That is where I want to put my efforts - being a practitioner and inspiring others
I also love nature and understand that it is in critical need of saving. That is where I want to put my efforts - being a practitioner and inspiring others
Little treat to see Frogbit
(Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) today in the River Boyne, Oldbridge, Co. Meath. Not something you ever see in the South West so - happy dance💃🕺
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
(Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) today in the River Boyne, Oldbridge, Co. Meath. Not something you ever see in the South West so - happy dance💃🕺
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Little treat to see Frogbit
(Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) today in the River Boyne, Oldbridge, Co. Meath. Not something you ever see in the South West so - happy dance💃🕺
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
(Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) today in the River Boyne, Oldbridge, Co. Meath. Not something you ever see in the South West so - happy dance💃🕺
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
For this week's #WildflowerHour Asteraceae Challege I give you - Common Fleabane
(Pulicaria dysenterica) from a roadside embankment in Wexford
(Pulicaria dysenterica) from a roadside embankment in Wexford
August 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
For this week's #WildflowerHour Asteraceae Challege I give you - Common Fleabane
(Pulicaria dysenterica) from a roadside embankment in Wexford
(Pulicaria dysenterica) from a roadside embankment in Wexford
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This, in a nutshell, is why O’Leary talks down the Metro. He makes more money the fewer options there are for airport transit. Of course none of the news outlets that reported his misinformation verbatim ever bothered to mention this obvious conflict of interest.
I can understand why a company that gets commission from selling airport taxis, airport parking, airport coach tickets and car rentals may not want to compete with a metro. But MetroLink is about much more than Ryanair's business strategy or even the airport itself.
August 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This, in a nutshell, is why O’Leary talks down the Metro. He makes more money the fewer options there are for airport transit. Of course none of the news outlets that reported his misinformation verbatim ever bothered to mention this obvious conflict of interest.
A new one for me - Kangaroo Apple (Solanum laciniatum), and escaped house plant, naturalised in coastal habitats around Killiney in Ireland.
August 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A new one for me - Kangaroo Apple (Solanum laciniatum), and escaped house plant, naturalised in coastal habitats around Killiney in Ireland.
Lets keep and expand the Basic Income for Artists! Take the survey below!
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Lets keep and expand the Basic Income for Artists! Take the survey below!
Reposted by Darren Reidy
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
August 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
There's a REALLY quick and easy survey for the public consultation on the Basic Income for the Arts scheme - it only takes a few seconds, anyone can fill it in, and it could make a huge difference to arts workers in Ireland. Take a few ticks to places a few ticks here: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
My piece on establishing Ireland's National Seed Bank was published in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland back in the spring, but nothing beats seeing a copy in the flesh! My copy finally arrived in the post today 😊
August 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My piece on establishing Ireland's National Seed Bank was published in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland back in the spring, but nothing beats seeing a copy in the flesh! My copy finally arrived in the post today 😊
For this week's pollinator themed #WildflowerHour I cheat a little (no flowers) and give you a swarm of honey bees on a Hawthorn hybrid trunk at the National Botanic Gardens
August 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
For this week's pollinator themed #WildflowerHour I cheat a little (no flowers) and give you a swarm of honey bees on a Hawthorn hybrid trunk at the National Botanic Gardens
I recently went to check on the population of Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima (Coastal Round-Leaved Winter-Green) in at the Raven Nature Reserve in Co. Wexford. It was still in flower but I will be returning to collect seed of this vulnerable species for Ireland's seed bank later in the season.
August 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I recently went to check on the population of Pyrola rotundifolia subsp. maritima (Coastal Round-Leaved Winter-Green) in at the Raven Nature Reserve in Co. Wexford. It was still in flower but I will be returning to collect seed of this vulnerable species for Ireland's seed bank later in the season.
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Nice to see a familiar graph replicated in this @data.ft.com deep-dive on data centres and how they're powered.
August 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Nice to see a familiar graph replicated in this @data.ft.com deep-dive on data centres and how they're powered.