Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social
Author of award-winning bestseller 'An Irish Atlantic Rainforest'. Over 16 years living with 73 acres of wildland in Beara, West Cork. #Rewilding.
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After 2 years of work, I've finally taken delivery of an actual printed copy of my second book 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey'.
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
I've done my best to capture the essence of these priceless, but mostly dying, ecosystems, and am over the moon with the results. 🌎
GREAT presidential acceptance speech from Catherine Connolly, including a repeated focus on the threat of climate and environmental breakdown.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
GREAT presidential acceptance speech from Catherine Connolly, including a repeated focus on the threat of climate and environmental breakdown.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
She's clearly announcing that she'll be an activist president: *exactly* what's needed right now.
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These pools are vital places for certain insects like hoverflies to breed and also as watering holes for wildlife. There must have been so many more of these tree pools when more trees were allowed to grow old enough to accommodate them.
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
These pools are vital places for certain insects like hoverflies to breed and also as watering holes for wildlife. There must have been so many more of these tree pools when more trees were allowed to grow old enough to accommodate them.
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Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Very excited to share this! My new book, published by @pelagic.bsky.social is out June 2026 pelagicpublishing.com/products/tar...
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Tarka Revisited - 100 Years of Rivers & Wildlife
@irishrainforest.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Living sculpture.
Notice also the pool of water held in the crook of this ancient oak on the shores of Kenmare River (bay).
Notice also the pool of water held in the crook of this ancient oak on the shores of Kenmare River (bay).
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Living sculpture.
Notice also the pool of water held in the crook of this ancient oak on the shores of Kenmare River (bay).
Notice also the pool of water held in the crook of this ancient oak on the shores of Kenmare River (bay).
Plantation forestry is an ecocidal abomination across the entire planet, not just Ireland.
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‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant
Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations
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November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Plantation forestry is an ecocidal abomination across the entire planet, not just Ireland.
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Looking forward to reading this.
November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Looking forward to reading this.
Seems like an appropriate time to repost this.
Bird flu is being painted as a problem wild birds are inflicting on the poultry industry, but it's precisely the reverse.
Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
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Where do they think it developed in the first place, if not in the disease incubators that are mass battery farms?
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Bird flu outbreak at commercial turkey flock in Carlow
Restriction zones have been put in place around a commercial turkey farm in Co Carlow, after an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza, or bird flu was detected there.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Seems like an appropriate time to repost this.
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Yes, they're still being built; they're a beautiful form of artwork as well as being practically useful. I think I read somewhere that their artform was brought back quickly when the right people realized they were dying out; here in Wales they're part of our cultural heritage, in all structures.
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yes, they're still being built; they're a beautiful form of artwork as well as being practically useful. I think I read somewhere that their artform was brought back quickly when the right people realized they were dying out; here in Wales they're part of our cultural heritage, in all structures.
"Will the Government use its financial and political capital now to secure a cleaner, cheaper, fairer future, or will it keep betting that Europe won’t enforce its own climate law?
If the latter, we’ll lose time, money, and the chance to build a sustainable country."
GREAT piece by @hannahdaly.ie
If the latter, we’ll lose time, money, and the chance to build a sustainable country."
GREAT piece by @hannahdaly.ie
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Will the Government use its financial and political capital now to secure a cleaner, cheaper, fairer future, or will it keep betting that Europe won’t enforce its own climate law?
If the latter, we’ll lose time, money, and the chance to build a sustainable country."
GREAT piece by @hannahdaly.ie
If the latter, we’ll lose time, money, and the chance to build a sustainable country."
GREAT piece by @hannahdaly.ie
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Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
BBC Gives Israeli Deaths 33 Times More Coverage, New Study Reveals | Novara Media
An analysis of over 35,000 broadcast segments and articles found that the BBC referenced the 7 October attacks in at least 40% of its coverage - but only 0.5% of articles referenced Israel’s decades o...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Yes, absolutely there is an impartiality crisis at the BBC. But it's not the one the billionaire media insists it is. novaramedia.com/2025/06/16/b...
There was a great art to the building of drystone field walls, since, without mortar, every stone needed to be held in place by gravity.
Construction styles varied according to locality and stone type, and some walls could be 100s or even 1,000s of years old (but with periodic repairs).
Construction styles varied according to locality and stone type, and some walls could be 100s or even 1,000s of years old (but with periodic repairs).
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
There was a great art to the building of drystone field walls, since, without mortar, every stone needed to be held in place by gravity.
Construction styles varied according to locality and stone type, and some walls could be 100s or even 1,000s of years old (but with periodic repairs).
Construction styles varied according to locality and stone type, and some walls could be 100s or even 1,000s of years old (but with periodic repairs).
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Meanwhile at my house, on a maple tree in the rain forest.
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Meanwhile at my house, on a maple tree in the rain forest.
Extremely interesting discussion/debate around what's going on in our national parks.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
I discussed the management of our National Parks earlier with Minister Christopher O'Sullivan. There are positives but we're not at the stage where we can say that the State is managing Parks to a high standard.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Are we doing enough to protect our National Parks?
Padraic Fogarty, Ecologist and Author and Christopher O’Sullivan, Minister of State with responsibility for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity
www.rte.ie
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Extremely interesting discussion/debate around what's going on in our national parks.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
In short: some good stuff (but not nearly enough), and still a lot of bad stuff. As Pádraic outlined, a huge part of the problem remains a lack of management plans and statutory legislation for the role of NPs.
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This is one of my favourite photos taken on banks of Loch Lomond x
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
This is one of my favourite photos taken on banks of Loch Lomond x
On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 AM
On the left, goldenrod growing as an epiphyte on an oak in my place.
This is rainforest.
This is rainforest.
The TFFF is the biggest and boldest plan yet to staunch the loss of tropical forests that are a pillar of climate stability.
Its success depends on buy-in from governments and financial institutions that until now have directed their funds towards destruction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Its success depends on buy-in from governments and financial institutions that until now have directed their funds towards destruction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle deforestation?
Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservation
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The TFFF is the biggest and boldest plan yet to staunch the loss of tropical forests that are a pillar of climate stability.
Its success depends on buy-in from governments and financial institutions that until now have directed their funds towards destruction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Its success depends on buy-in from governments and financial institutions that until now have directed their funds towards destruction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heavy shower incoming.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Heavy shower incoming.
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There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
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November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
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This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This week's column is on Billionaire Brain: the condition which seems to prevent extremely rich people from perceiving the utterly bleeding obvious.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I am a patient in St.James’s, Dublin
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I am a patient in St.James’s, Dublin
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
Chainsaws are cutting an Alder tree
It has survived 30yrs at least I went out to stop it but had to leave. I am distraught. It grew straight to get some light. Why do this. DH
A real pleasure and privilege yesterday to participate in the Irish Landscape Architect Institute's conference in Dublin, along with Seán McCormack, @philipb-h.bsky.social, @unamullally.bsky.social, and others.
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A real pleasure and privilege yesterday to participate in the Irish Landscape Architect Institute's conference in Dublin, along with Seán McCormack, @philipb-h.bsky.social, @unamullally.bsky.social, and others.
Wonderfully wet and wild.
Make up all the bug hotels and bird boxes you want, but without way more healthy wild natural habitats like this, nature will continue to crash.
Rewilding is how we make that happen.
Make up all the bug hotels and bird boxes you want, but without way more healthy wild natural habitats like this, nature will continue to crash.
Rewilding is how we make that happen.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Wonderfully wet and wild.
Make up all the bug hotels and bird boxes you want, but without way more healthy wild natural habitats like this, nature will continue to crash.
Rewilding is how we make that happen.
Make up all the bug hotels and bird boxes you want, but without way more healthy wild natural habitats like this, nature will continue to crash.
Rewilding is how we make that happen.
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Your regular reminder that by throwing away nature, we throw away *everything*.
We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.
As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.