Hedgerow walk with hedgerow specialist Neil Foulkes
Contact: nfeeney@roscommoncoco.ie
The Burren in Bloom festival are hosting ‘Wells, walls and wonderful flowers – a young Burren explorers’ outing’ at Slieve Carron Nature Reserve at 11am
Contact: …
Identification of Trees and Wildflowers. Meet at Girl Guides Centre, Mote Park, Roscommon.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/MoteParkConservationGroup
Bring a picnic lunch!
Contact: Andrew Cox 087 222 9677, Karin Dubsky 086 8111 684, James McCarthan 086 265 6305
Biodiversity on the move. Join the NWT for a walking exploration of the river Brosna’s flowing biodiversity. Life is always on the move. Rivers are …
A guided beach walk to explore our local marine biodiversity. Wild food: ID, collect & use. Followed by Nature songs.
Contact: Paul or Karin Dubsky, 0868 …
BCI have concerns about this roost and would like to gather additional information. This species in very impressive in flight and to experience a large …
Come along to view this beautiful colourful exhibition from the IWT about the importance of Wetlands to our everyday lives and find out more about …
2 May 2013: Four years after first asking An Bord Pleanala to determine if the vast industrial extraction of turf from the Irish midlands did …
2nd May 2013: A new looped walk is to be developed on and around Lullymore Island, Co. Kidare, taking in the surrounding natural and cultural …
An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland, has launched judicial review proceedings in London to challenge the legality of UK Secretary of State Ed …
18 April 2013: The ‘natural environment’ has been added to the list of good causes that can receive National Lottery funds.
‘This is a huge win …
Cloughjordan won the prize for best Green Community, for the second year in a row, at the 2013 National Green Awards held last Thursday at …
The addition of just two words to the National Lotteries Bill could make a big, positive difference in protecting our economy, our environment and the …
Huge public benefits if ‘natural environment’ is included in the National Lotteries BillPress Release from the Irish Environmental Network, 16 April 2013:
The Irish Environmental Network, …
The European Court of Justice today delivered a landmark judgment in the long-running Galway bypass case brought by environmentalist Peter Sweetman.
The road scheme would have …
10 April 2013: The Environmental Pillar, a coalition of 26 Irish environmental organisations, is calling on Minister Hogan to show leadership in improving air quality …
‘Zebo’, the grey seal pup with the beautiful pelage (coat), returned to his native Wexford yesterday witnessed by a large crowd of well wishers.
This amazing …
On 24th February 2013, a single male Greater Horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum was found roosting in Co. Wexford, Ireland. This is the first record of …
From an EPA press release 25 March 2013:
Waste figures released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) show that Ireland’s municipal solid waste generation has decreased …
Crann, the environmental organisation that champions trees and woodlands, calls on the Government to reconsider its position on the proposed sale of harvesting rights to …
From a press release from Friends of the Irish Environment, 20/3/2012
Ireland’s resistance to CAP reform is ‘deeply depressing’ to those seeking environmental protection and social …
From a press release by the Environmental Pillar, 20 March 2013:
The Environmental Pillar is calling on the Government to reverse its plan to sell public …
From a Friends of the Irish Environment press release, 15 March 2013
The Environmental Impact Assessment for the new UK nuclear plant Hinkley Point C in …
The European Environment Agency is inviting citizens to gather data on noise levels using a free phone app.
Please visit http://www.eyeonearth.org/en-us/Pages/Home.aspx to learn about this and …
From a BirdWatch Ireland press release – Strasburg, 13 March 2013
Today, for the first time ever, all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted on …
From a Friends of the Irish Environment press release, 5 March 2013
A full page advertisement in the Roscommon Herald this week begins a public ‘whistleblowers’ …
From a Just Forests press release, 1 March 2013
The EU Timber Regulation (EU NO 995/2010) cames into force on Sunday 3 March 2013. The Regulation …
Global Action Plan (GAP) Ireland was delighted to unveil their new Plastic Bottle Greenhouse at an official opening on Tuesday, February 26th in Holy Spirit Girls …
An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, seeks to employ a Planning & Environmental Policy Officer on a one-year fixed term contract (with possibility of …
(Updated 15/2/2013): Each year, a remarkable tree is chosen as the European Tree of the Year. It’s a contest where ”we search for the tree …
From an ECO-UNESCO press release 7/2/2013
Bright opportunities on the horizon for young people under 25
Young jobseekers nationwide are now being offered the opportunity to up-skill …
From an ECO-UNESCO press release 7/2/2013
Bright opportunities on the horizon for young people under 25
Young jobseekers nationwide are now being offered the opportunity to up-skill …
13th February 2013: An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Finance that there will be an exemption from …
The late lamented National Spatial Strategy must be replaced and subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment
13th February 2013: An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, welcomes …
The late lamented National Spatial Strategy must be replaced and subject to Strategic Environmental Assessment
13th February 2013: An Taisce, The National Trust for Ireland, welcomes …
Friends of the Earth welcomes delay in the Climate Bill
Labour block Minister Hogan’s solo run on toothless Bill
12/2/2012: Friends of the Earth has welcomed the …
From an Environmental Pillar press release, 11/2/2013:
Environmental Pillar deeply disappointed at Hogan’s abandonment of climate change targets
Calls on TDs to support Independent Climate Change Bill
The …
To coincide with World Wetlands Day earlier this month the first on-line Map of Irish Wetlands1 has been launched by wetland ecologists Dr Peter Foss …
From a Friends of the Irish Environment press release, 6/2/2013
Agency ‘Bringing Coveney into disrepute’
Bord Iascaigh Mhara [BIM] has been accused of bringing Minister Simon Coveney …
Over the last few years the Native Woodland Trust has been growing rapidly, most notable the number of reserves to its name. In 2009 the …
7th February 2013: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published five new research studies which explore diverse issues within climate change, ranging from economy wide …
From a press release from An Taisce, Coastwatch, the Irish Seal Sanctuary and the Irish Wildlife Trust, 8/2/2013
Environmental groups An Taisce, Coastwatch, the Irish Seal …
Dr Fidelma Butler and Dr Ruth Carden, University College Cork, are leading a research team who have been awarded a grant by the Dept. of …
The NEES (Natural Energy Efficiency and Sustainabilty) Project, with the support of the European Commission’s Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) has launched a 2nd Call for …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published major new research completed by Professor John Sodeau and his research team at the Centre for Research Atmospheric …
From a press release by Friends of the Irish Environment 1/2/2013:
A new report from the EU, due to be made public in the coming days, …