For many years, watching fires devour our hills I wonder: will this be the fire that changes things? www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

‘What was a beautiful habitat now is black soot’: Ireland’s wildfires devastate wildlife

Mammals, small reptiles and amphibians losing shelter and food due to blazes in Tipperary, Wicklow and Waterford

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The Council's Built Environment Sectoral Review highlights that progress on retrofitting local authority homes remains too slow to meet the 2030 target. This is a key part of reducing emissions, lowering energy bills and improving living standards. Learn more at shorturl.at/96mCa

🌞 Want proof that making polluters pay works? Malta has just secured EU funding to renovate homes, expand clean transport and help vulnerable households break free from fossil fuels. That's exactly what the EU ETS2 is designed to do. ✍️ Sign our petition to defend it: life-effect.org/petition/

"Rapid, well-funded & innovative implementation of EU’s environmental strategies is needed, not their relaxation ... Without a liveable environment, ‘competitiveness’ will be an empty aspiration, in a threatened landscape it's becoming increasingly easy to imagine" www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s EU presidency: wildfires send a clear message

Without a liveable environment, competitiveness will be an empty aspiration

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Aughinish Alumina: 'A ticking environmental time bomb' Irish Times investigation found: 🛑 Aluminium levels 4,700x safe EU limit 🛑 Arsenic levels 129x EU limit 🛑 Zinc levels 125x safe limit An Taisce calls for a full investigation by Government into plant www.antaisce.org/submission-o...

❗More than 500 fish found dead in Tolka river! 🐟Species found included brown trout, eel, stickleback, lamprey and minnow. Read more here https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2026/0802/1586195-fish-kill-dublin/

Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Arsenic 133 times above legal level found in Aughinish Alumina groundwater

Water testing reports from Co Limerick refinery show more than half its wells and streams contain contaminated water breaching Irish rules

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Commitments made in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 climate action plans are delayed (and at least one from the 2019 climate action plan). This year, the climate action plan itself is delayed. It's August and we still don't have a 2026 plan www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Backlog revealed of more than 60 delayed climate-action initiatives

‘Legacy’ measures in latest Government progress report damaging in several ways

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Protecting Tait's Monument Clock: "There are very few comparable clocks in Ireland. Belfast, Youghal, Westport and Waterford all have municipal clocks which are maintained to a high standard. Limerick’s Monument deserves no less" www.live95fm.ie/news/live95-... #HeritageMonth #builtheritage

Campaign launched to save Tait's Monument clock in Limerick

The clock first brought community pride to Limerick over 160 years ago.

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For those clinging desperately to phrases like: “it’s all caused by arsonists”, well it looks like the arsonists have really, really upped their game lately. #wildfires

Link to podcast I did with @thejournal.ie this week on fires, why the hills are flammable when they should be wet and why we need to get serious about rewilding www.thejournal.ie/podcasts/66f...

Could nature itself help stop Ireland's wildfires?

Read, share and shape the news on TheJournal.ie - Breaking Irish and International News

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Primetime on worsening quality in our waterbodies. #cork youtu.be/2Ho4h805oXo?...

'Our river is dying' – Locals warn of strain on Ireland's waters | Prime Time

YouTube video by RTÉ News

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Some lovely inspiration from Safe Routes to School for Summer cycling journeys. Why not inspire them in return by sending some of your favourite cycling photos to srtscomms@antaisce.org @srts-ire.bsky.social #activetravel #cyclingphotos #cyclingcommunity

Safe Routes to School@srts-ire.bsky.social · 6d ago

In our July newsletter, members of our team provided some 🌞 Summer Cycling Inspiration 🌞 with details of their favourite bike rides and greenways. If you get out cycling this summer, please inspire us by sharing your photos: srtscomms@antaisce.org

Heritage Week 💚 Natural Heritage in Ireland: Reverence, Ruin, Restoration, and Rights 🗓️Wednesday 19 August 🕡7pm 📍The Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse St, Dublin 2 Free of charge, but places are limited ➡️ naturalheritageinireland.eventbrite.ie @heritagecouncil.ie #HeritageWeek

Natural Heritage in Ireland: Reverence, Ruin, Restoration and Rights

This Heritage Week, join Oisín Ó Néill, IWT Nature Advocacy Officer, to explore Ireland’s changing relationship with the natural world.

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Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices. Environmental groups renew calls for windfall tax to support households following Q2 earnings rise to $9.84bn. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Shell’s profits more than double after jump in oil and gas prices

Environmental groups renew calls for windfall tax to support households following Q2 earnings rise to $9.84bn

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Contributed to a discussion today on @newstalkfm.bsky.social around soaring European temperatures and wildfires. www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig...

The current and future impact of wildfires in Europe | Newstalk

More than 300,000 people have been evacuated across France and Spain during peak tourist season d...

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🚫Should a 30km/h speed limit replace 50km/h in urban areas? 🚙Have your say on proposals for Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Ballybunion, Castleisland, Dingle, Milltown, Killorglin, Cahersiveen and Kenmare. ➡️https://shorturl.at/Ze28A

Help us develop a thriving cycling culture in Ireland. Looking for a Membership Development Officer for the The Irish Cycling Campaign Full details via our website antaisce.org/vacancies #activetravel #sustainabletravel #greenjobs #environmentaljobs

Where's the data on data centres? How much water the sector consumes remains unclear 'We don't know how many of these facilities draw from freshwater rivers and lakes, and what impact this has on our already stressed flora, fauna and aquatic ecosystems' www.thejournal.ie/readme/data-...

🚨Pearl Mussel Kill on the Owenriff river in Co. Galway! Devastating news shared with us by our member organisation, Carra Mask Corrib Water Protection Group! Much more needs to be done to protect freshwater pearl mussels and the clean, free-flowing rivers on which they depend.

Great #citizenscience — help track #wildfilre smoke through GLOBE Observer: observer.globe.gov/do-globe-obs... Stay safe and if you see a fire, report it immediately to the emergency services - Dial 999 or 112. Give clear details as regards location and any other useful information you can

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Help track #Wildfire smoke in Ireland through Cloud Observations in the GLOBE Observer app & website. As wildfires burn all over Europe and across the planet, stay informed - no fireworks, bonfires, BBQs or cigarettes near forests, grasslands or bogs. @epaireland.bsky.social @antaisce.bsky.social

Now seeking a Green-Schools Officer (Water and Energy Themes) This full-time role is based in Munster Join our team — we'd love to hear from you For full job spec and how to apply: www.antaisce.org/vacancies @greenschoolsire.bsky.social #GreenSchools #EnvironmentalJobs #EnvironmentalEducation

"A judicial review is any case taken against any public body that may have broken the law — it's the separation of powers working as intended". Thanks to @cathalmalone.bsky.social for writing this for us www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Judicial reviews are a fundamental part of democracy — not a dig at the Government by greedy lawyers

A judicial review is any case taken against any public body that may have broken the law — it's the separation of powers working as intended, writes Cathal Malone

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Cú Chulainn's Castle and the housing estate: buffer zone of 50m is totally inadequate given that the mound (the Motte) is 10m in height. Extent of buffer zone should be determined within criteria for a Special Protection Archaeological and Heritage landscape. www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/politic...

Dundalk's Kelly urges Minister to intervene on Cu Chulainn's Castle

Cllr Seán Kelly, along with four other Dundalk councillors, have urged Minister for Heritage Christopher O’Sullivan to implement Special Protection Status for Cú Chulainn’s Castle

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Even before last week's fire, Slievenamon was a sick and neglected mountain. If it is to recover, it will need investment and rehabilitation. My story for today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Fires in Slievenamon, Connemara and Killarney show our hills are on life support

We should invest in mountains like we invest in schools, roads and hospitals, and acknowledge Slievenamon, along with all other hills, has been sick for some time and needs help if it is going to reco...

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‘Concern about the climate is legitimate only insofar as it does not get in the way of whatever Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael politicians deem to be the necessary projects to win votes in particular local areas.’ www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Judicial reviews are a fundamental part of democracy — not a dig at the Government by greedy lawyers

A judicial review is any case taken against any public body that may have broken the law — it's the separation of powers working as intended, writes Cathal Malone

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Across 26 countries analysed, avg of 30.1% of land burned by wildfires overlapped with Natura 2000 sites. In Ireland, equivalent figure was substantially higher, at almost 54% ... majority of fires occurring on protected sites from human activity, including illegal burning & recreational activities

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2w ago

Ireland has one of Europe’s highest rates of wildfire overlap with protected nature sites, a cross-border investigation carried out alongside @investigates.thejournal.ie has found.

Opinion: With wildfires across Europe and here at home in Tipperary, Kerry and Wicklow, the climate warning signs couldn't be clearer, yet the government drags its feet on action... jrnl.ie/7113635

Wildfires at home and abroad: The climate crisis is here, and Ireland is far from prepared

With wildfires raging across Europe and here at home in Tipperary, Kerry and Wicklow, the warning signs couldn’t be clearer, yet the government drags its feet on climate action.

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In today's edition of our free Monument Monday newsletter, we travel to County Donegal to visit a marvellous megalithic tomb. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Donegal #DiscoverIreland #Archaeology 🏺