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# extinction - Thursday 23 April, 2020
Earth has lost more than one quarter of land-dwelling insects in the past 30 years
Insects are disappearing at a rate of just under 1% a year with much variation from place to place.
# extinction - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
Extinction Rebellion activist arrested following 'bloody' protest outside Dublin's Clayton hotel
An Garda Síochána said it responded to a “theft incident” at a hotel in the Dublin at approximately 1.30pm.
# extinction - Tuesday 11 June, 2019
Over 500 plant species became extinct in the past 250 years, new study finds
A new study has found that plant extinction is occurring up to 500 times faster than ‘natural’ rates.
# extinction - Sunday 12 May, 2019
'We should not let them go extinct': A conservation officer at the Botanic Gardens on how we can help save the planet
Following a UN report and Ireland’s declaration of a climate emergency, why is biodiversity crucial to the survival of our planet?
# extinction - Friday 10 May, 2019
What does the Dáil's declaration of a climate emergency actually mean?
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan said this move will put pressure on the government to be more ambitious with its policies.
# extinction - Monday 6 May, 2019
'We're in trouble': Landmark UN report details unprecedented decline in nature
Over one million animal and plant species are now at risk of extinction.
# extinction - Tuesday 20 March, 2018
Last male northern white rhino dies in Kenya
Scientists have gathered his genetic material and are working on techniques to preserve the subspecies.
# extinction - Sunday 30 April, 2017
'It's about how we speak and live': How rap music is saving languages on the brink of extinction
From Norwegians to Native Americans, people are using rap music to keep indigenous language alive.
# extinction - Sunday 12 February, 2017
New plan to stop extinction of corncrake in Ireland
The bird used to be widespread in Ireland but is now only found along the north coast of Donegal and in the west of Mayo and Connemara.
# extinction - Tuesday 27 December, 2016
Cheetahs are heading towards extinction thanks to human impact
Cheetah numbers in Zimbabwe have plunged by more than 85% in 16 years.
# extinction - Thursday 8 December, 2016
Experts warn giraffes face 'silent extinction' as population substantially drops
The species population has dropped around 40% in the past 30 years.
# extinction - Tuesday 2 August, 2016
New study finds last woolly mammoths died of thirst
Mammoths lived on Alaska’s St Paul Island in the Bering Sea until about 5,600 years ago.
# extinction - Sunday 24 July, 2016
Sharks in South Africa that regularly maul people are now facing extinction
Shark nets, ocean pollution and baited hooks are being blamed for the dwindling numbers.
# extinction - Thursday 12 November, 2015
# extinction - Saturday 18 July, 2015
'We'll depopulate - and very, very quickly the island will be gone'
The people of Inis Meáin are campaigning hard to get a second teacher for their primary school – but so far their protests are falling on deaf ears.
# extinction - Saturday 20 June, 2015
Bad news: the human race is at risk of extinction
Which is less than ideal.
# extinction - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
Gingers could go extinct due to warming temperatures
Who are the Viking tour going to shout at now?
# extinction - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
Despite what you may have heard, great white sharks are NOT at risk of extinction
“If something is wrong with the largest, most powerful group in the sea, then something is wrong with the sea, so it’s a relief to find they’re in good shape.”
# extinction - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
CNN newsreader says humans 'hunted dildo into extinction'
The poor thing didn’t stand a chance. *sniff*
# extinction - Sunday 24 March, 2013
# extinction - Monday 18 March, 2013
Demand for exotic pets pushes species to brink
For every endangered animal in a pet shop or home – ten others could have died during capture or transportation.
# extinction - Sunday 10 February, 2013
10 animals that were hunted to extinction
It has emerged that the Tasmanian tiger – the last of which died in 1936 – was wiped out by human actions rather than an unknown disease.
# extinction - Tuesday 29 May, 2012
UK has a 'plan bee' to re-introduce extinct species
Bees from Sweden to be released into British countryside as Irish centre warns that some Irish bee species under threat…
# extinction - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
Native Irish mammals in danger of extinction - study
The Irish hare, red squirrel and red deer are all in danger of being wiped out by invasive foreign species, according to new research.
# extinction - Tuesday 21 June, 2011
Extinction of ocean life is ‘speeding up’
Different environmental factors are combining to accelerate the process of extinction in the oceans.
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Poll: Have fears of contracting Covid-19 stopped you visiting shops, pubs and cinemas?
THE COUNTRY LOOKS unimaginably different compared to a few weeks ago. Empty streets have been replaced with busy crowds eager to return to shopping, while pubs and restaurants are now largely open again.
Cinemas and museums have re-opened their doors, bringing more than a touch of normality to many lives.
But that doesn’t mean the pandemic has gone away. As concerns about street drinking in Dublin on Saturday night show, fears about a second wave are becoming heightened, while the danger of contracting Covid-19 hasn’t evaporated.
These two realities – a re-opened country and the spread of the virus – are now co-existing somewhat uneasily, and will likely do so in the months to come.
So today we want to know: Have fears of contracting Covid-19 stopped you visiting shops, restaurants, cinemas or pubs now they’ve re-opened?
Poll Results:
Yes (9257)
No (3267)
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