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# Biodiversity

This year
2023
Landlords selling up will have to give tenant option to buy as delayed legislation goes to Cabinet
The much-delayed law has been promised since the eviction ban was lifted earlier this year.
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Oct 24th 2023, 6:00 AM
Algal blooms raise 'alarm bell' at Blessington Lake in wake of Lough Neagh disaster
The blooms can be harmful for human and animal health and for the environment.
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Oct 4th 2023, 4:30 PM
Citizens' assembly on biodiversity loss had 'no urban-rural divide' in forming recommendations
The Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action met this morning to hear from members of last year’s Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss.
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Sep 19th 2023, 1:04 PM
Analysis: From the Curlew to the Natterjack Toad - how are Ireland's native species doing?
Conservationist Mary McGrath looks at Ireland’s indigenous species and the ways we can all help them survive.
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Sep 17th 2023, 8:30 AM
24 white-tailed eagle chicks released in Ireland this month
The birds are predators who play an important role in nature and the ecosystem.
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Aug 14th 2023, 1:08 PM
Irish climate activist: How my Just Stop Oil arrest gives me hope for the future
Dr Genevieve Shanahan is an Irish lecturer in Cardiff. She explains why she joined Just Stop Oil.
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Jul 31st 2023, 7:00 PM
Pádraic Fogarty: 'Farmers' power has seeped like a smothering fog through Irish politics'
The environmental campaigner who quit the Irish Wildlife Trust this week says the farm organisations are blocking progress on green goals.
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Jul 28th 2023, 6:00 AM
Opinion: We've just had the hottest week on record and we're cheering a gutted EU Nature bill?
Lorna Bogue says the Nature Restoration Law debacle in the EU this week should be viewed as the climate failure it is.
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Jul 13th 2023, 11:00 PM
Rising ocean temperatures spell 'real threat' to fish species in Irish waters
A report by
Lauren Boland
There are many warning signs that Earth’s oceans are heating up due to climate change.
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Jun 25th 2023, 12:05 AM
John Gibbons: Insects are in big trouble and that's bad news for birds and amphibians too
The environmental journalist and campaigner looks at the devastating losses to the global insect population and its ripple effects.
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Jun 13th 2023, 9:00 PM
Wildlife service enlists the public's help for otter spotting project
In 2011 otters were spotted in every county on the island of Ireland.
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Jun 6th 2023, 1:08 PM
The Bee Guy: 'All we are saying is give bees a chance - ditch that lawnmower'
Paul Handrick says now that No Mow May has passed it’s time for Too Soon June – stop mowing the lawn to give nature a chance.
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Jun 3rd 2023, 8:00 AM
Eoghan Daltun: 'Yes, state budget surpluses should be used to pay farmers to rewild their land'
The author and campaigner says if we are at all serious about reversing the death of Irish nature, we need to be rewilding on as big a scale as possible.
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Jun 2nd 2023, 6:00 AM
Rewilding row: Green minister warns of ‘horrible conservative scaremongering’ on EU nature law
Ossian Smyth said he was ‘not happy’ that Fine Gael’s EU party, the EPP had walked out of talks on the issue.
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Jun 1st 2023, 5:16 PM
Some aspects of proposed Nature Restoration Law 'go too far' says Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar says some proposals in the new law do not fully recognise land use in Ireland.
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May 23rd 2023, 8:18 PM
Degraded land in Dublin mountains to be restored under new biodiversity project
The project is seeking to restore land and improve biodiversity across 2,000 hectares around the Glenasmole Valley.
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May 22nd 2023, 7:38 PM
Biodiversity: The Bee Guy shares some home truths about saving the bees
Paul Handrick of the Bee Sanctuary is taking issue with the direction of the ‘save the bees’ narrative.
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May 20th 2023, 7:00 AM
Green MEPs 'very' concerned by opposition to plan for restoring nature and rewetting Irish bogs
A report by
Lauren Boland
Two Green MEPs from Ireland and Germany gave an in-depth interview to The Journal on the proposed Nature Restoration Law.
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May 20th 2023, 12:05 AM
Extract: 'There is a legend that all the Irish rivers were created by a single hailstorm'
Ecologist and author, Richard Nairn shares an excerpt from his new book Wild Waters.
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May 8th 2023, 7:00 PM
Over 80% believe national deer herd is damaging biodiversity as call for cull grows
Over 1,500 people took part in a public consultation on the issue.
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May 8th 2023, 11:04 AM
Children's assembly on biodiversity calls on Ireland to 'treat the Earth like family'
Young people aged seven to 17 have created nearly 60 recommendations on protecting and restoring Ireland’s biodiversity.
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Apr 22nd 2023, 6:00 AM
Opinion: We have many lost Irish woodlands - let's document, cherish and protect them
The best place to rebuild our native woodlands is from the remnants of ancient ones which still exist, writes Ray Ó Foghlú.
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Mar 18th 2023, 7:00 AM
The Bee Guy: It's Mother's Day soon, so let's pause and thank the original mother - this planet
Paul Handrick of The Bee Sanctuary pays tribute to his late mother and the way she inspired him to champion biodiversity.
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Mar 13th 2023, 9:30 PM
Over half of Ireland’s native plants have declined since the 1950s
A 20-year research project blamed agriculture, climate change and non-native invasive species for the decline.
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Mar 8th 2023, 9:08 AM
United Nations reach landmark agreement to protect ocean life
An agreement to protect marine life in the regions outside national boundary waters, known as the high seas, had been discussed for more than 20 years.
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Mar 5th 2023, 4:56 PM
Public reminded not to cut hedges from today to protect nesting birds
The annual summer ban comes into force comes into force today until the end of August.
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Mar 1st 2023, 7:46 AM
Ireland fares worst at managing protected nature sites in new EU report
A report by
Niall Sargent
Out of 10 countries, Ireland underperformed in every measure aimed at protecting at-risk species such as the curlew and corncrake.
Report examined the effectiveness of measures to protect vulnerable species in Special Protection Areas (SPAs)
No Irish case had targeted, measurable and time-bound conservation measures to deliver the favourable status of species
"Incomplete and/or irregular” monitoring of many species also found
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Feb 2nd 2023, 12:05 AM
Assembly on biodiversity calls on Government to reassess aims of Coillte at final meeting
The assembly’s conclusions so far include that the State has “comprehensively failed” on biodiversity.
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Jan 22nd 2023, 12:39 PM
Two thirds of reef sharks and rays risk extinction due to climate change and overfishing
Sharks are under most threat in the Western Atlantic and parts of the Indian Ocean.
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Jan 17th 2023, 7:08 PM
Last year
2022
Malcolm Noonan: It's not enough to watch threatened species struggle to survive
The Green Party TD looks at the agreement at Cop 15 Biodiversity conference in Canada and says time is running out for nature.
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Dec 20th 2022, 8:56 PM
Opinion: Our fields may be green, but we are failing to protect biodiversity
Professor Jane Stout looks at the COP15 UN biodiversity conference underway in Canada and reminds us why it is so important.
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Dec 13th 2022, 10:20 AM
Pesticide lobbyists pushing against environmental protections, research finds
A UN conference in Montreal is trying to finalise a new framework for living in harmony with nature.
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Dec 8th 2022, 8:02 PM
Call to deliver global deal for nature at UN biodiversity conference
Cop15 talks kick off in Montreal this week, with pressure on to strike an historic deal to reverse nature declines.
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Dec 4th 2022, 12:24 PM
Australia to lobby against ‘endangered’ status for Great Barrier Reef
A UN report released yesterday warned that without ‘ambitious, rapid and sustained’ climate action, the world’s largest coral reef is in peril.
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Nov 29th 2022, 9:18 AM
Citizens' Assembly on biodiversity to hear from Dr Jane Goodall at final meeting
The assembly will send recommendations to the government on how to solve the biodiversity emergency.
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Nov 26th 2022, 6:45 AM
Opinion: The war in Ukraine is also a war on nature
Ukrainian writer and journalist Polina Bashkina is living in Ireland while war rages at home – she looks at the impact the war is having on the environment.
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Oct 16th 2022, 7:30 AM
Opinion: This planet is not one we 'own' - it's a resource we share
Environmental campaigner Jamie Rohu says we must rethink our relationship with the natural world.
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Oct 1st 2022, 1:00 PM
UN session on high seas biodiversity ends without agreement
After 15 years, negotiators have yet to reach a legally binding text to address the multitude of issues facing international waters.
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Aug 27th 2022, 10:20 AM
Taoiseach releases eagle chicks in biodiversity initiative to restore native bird to Irish skies
This year a total of sixteen young eagles will be released at three sites across Munster.
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Aug 5th 2022, 2:37 PM
Opinion: In order to tackle the climate crisis, we must look to collective action
Dr Patrick Bresnihan and Dr Fiadh Tubridy write that action on social problems should be considered a core part of the climate movement.
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Jul 21st 2022, 10:40 AM
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