William Hunt
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@npwsireland.bsky.social now seeking tender submissions for #habitat #mapping and habitat condition assessments across the Blaskets Islands, Skelligs, and Puffin Island. Deadline for submissions is 21 October, 2025.
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European Dynamics - View CfT Workspace
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September 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
@npwsireland.bsky.social now seeking tender submissions for #habitat #mapping and habitat condition assessments across the Blaskets Islands, Skelligs, and Puffin Island. Deadline for submissions is 21 October, 2025.
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Mike Flippin' Murphy, indeed! Mike's cadence and distinctive tones lit up this interview. Always a class act, my parents had fond memories of him dining in the restaurant - several pictures adorned the walls in pride of place. Thank you, @roisiningle.bsky.social
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Mike Murphy: ‘It should have been the RTÉ payments scandal, not the Ryan Tubridy payments scandal’
Broadcaster talks about Roy Keane and the mothers of Cork, angry Trumpite golfers and finding a fan in Martin McGuinness
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September 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Mike Flippin' Murphy, indeed! Mike's cadence and distinctive tones lit up this interview. Always a class act, my parents had fond memories of him dining in the restaurant - several pictures adorned the walls in pride of place. Thank you, @roisiningle.bsky.social
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‘It’s all over’: The uphill struggle to revive Europe’s shrinking rural populations
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‘It’s all over’: The uphill struggle to revive Europe’s shrinking rural populations
Across the continent, remote villages are fading amid declining births and residents departing for jobs in urban centres
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July 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
‘It’s all over’: The uphill struggle to revive Europe’s shrinking rural populations
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A lovely thread, with interesting snippets on the importance and values of trees in the Brehon laws, reflecting their cultural and practical significance to Irish society of the time
🧵 In Ireland, for some 2000y, there were laws relating to trees & woods. This was because of their economic, spiritual & cultural importance. The history & traditions associated with them are relatively unknown, so let’s take a brief look!
Reenadinna Ancient Oakwood, Killarney [1]
Reenadinna Ancient Oakwood, Killarney [1]
July 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A lovely thread, with interesting snippets on the importance and values of trees in the Brehon laws, reflecting their cultural and practical significance to Irish society of the time
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At a time when the boom is even boomier, this statistic should mortify us
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Fintan O'Toole: At a time when the boom is even boomier, this statistic should mortify us
The stark fact is that there are students sitting Junior and Leaving Cert exams today who went to bed hungry last night
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June 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
At a time when the boom is even boomier, this statistic should mortify us
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Ireland to ratify high seas treaty and scale-up marine-protected areas, Taoiseach tells UN summit
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Ireland to ratify high seas treaty and scale-up marine-protected areas, Taoiseach tells UN summit
UN secretary general António Guterres urges world leaders to move ‘from plundering to protection’
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June 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ireland to ratify high seas treaty and scale-up marine-protected areas, Taoiseach tells UN summit
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Where are Ireland’s ‘sitting ducks’ - the places most vulnerable to extreme weather?
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Where are Ireland’s ‘sitting ducks’ - the places most vulnerable to extreme weather?
Cork is ‘very, very vulnerable’, but Dublin, Galway, the east coast and areas along the Shannon are also at high risk
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June 9, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Where are Ireland’s ‘sitting ducks’ - the places most vulnerable to extreme weather?
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The IUCN is launching a €2.1M EU-funded Rapid Response Fund to tackle invasive species across Europe. 💸
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Funding rapid action to combat invasive alien species in Europe - IUCN SOS
Invasive alien species remain one of the biggest causes of biodiversity loss and species extinction. These non-natives animals, plants or microorganisms are
iucnsos.org
June 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The IUCN is launching a €2.1M EU-funded Rapid Response Fund to tackle invasive species across Europe. 💸
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Grants of €10–50k for urgent action, plus training and expert support. First call opens June 2025. 🫰
👉 Find out more: iucnsos.org/funding-rapi...
#Bioinvasions #EUGreenWeek #SavingOurSpecies
Ireland’s plan to weaken legal protections for waterways will push many of them beyond recovery
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Why is Ireland planning to all but give up on protecting its waterways?
Ella McSweeney: The Department of Housing is proposing to give up trying to restore or naturalise many of our rivers
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June 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Ireland’s plan to weaken legal protections for waterways will push many of them beyond recovery
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Speaking rights for Michael Lowry would not be on my list of issues critical to our democracy
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Speaking rights for Michael Lowry would not be on my list of issues critical to our democracy
Row is yet more evidence of politicians’ preoccupation with trivia as storm clouds gather abroad and housing crisis worsens at home
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March 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Speaking rights for Michael Lowry would not be on my list of issues critical to our democracy
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action does lead to change if implementation reaches critical mass - but change is only real if those actions are sustained and become ingrained
action does lead to change if implementation reaches critical mass - but change is only real if those actions are sustained and become ingrained
Decline in nitrate levels and sewage pollution found in Irish coastal areas
Coastwatch survey finds nitrate levels were lowest since 2012, while raw sewage discharges also declined
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January 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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action does lead to change if implementation reaches critical mass - but change is only real if those actions are sustained and become ingrained
action does lead to change if implementation reaches critical mass - but change is only real if those actions are sustained and become ingrained
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The EU is on the wrong side in this one, both ecologically and ethically (and some might suggest economically 👉 2012 Lenfest Report)
The EU is on the wrong side in this one, both ecologically and ethically (and some might suggest economically 👉 2012 Lenfest Report)
Sandeels vs the EU: how the puffin’s favourite food sparked first post-Brexit courtroom trade battle
This week the EU will argue the UK’s ban on catching the tiny fish, celebrated by conservationists, amounts to discrimination against Danish fishers
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January 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The EU is on the wrong side in this one, both ecologically and ethically (and some might suggest economically 👉 2012 Lenfest Report)
The EU is on the wrong side in this one, both ecologically and ethically (and some might suggest economically 👉 2012 Lenfest Report)
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How to do Managed Retreat, and how not to.
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
December 9, 2024 at 9:36 PM
How to do Managed Retreat, and how not to.
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
First look at how the French are responding to flooding in the Pas de Calais.
Houses built on flood wplains will be demolished and the area will absorb water during floods, protecting the higher density city of Blendecques.
#Climate #Adaptation
Rewilding: A meaningful response to tackling the biodiversity crisis
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Rewilding: A meaningful response to tackling the biodiversity crisis
The concept is an eco-centric approach which is nature-led and human-enabled
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January 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Rewilding: A meaningful response to tackling the biodiversity crisis
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Political science must not trump climate science. Here are the key tests for the new government
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Eamon Ryan: Political science can’t trump climate science. Here are 4 key tests for the new government
The scale and speed of change required to tackle climate issue is unprecedented and not always immediately popular
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January 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Political science must not trump climate science. Here are the key tests for the new government
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