Claire Nolan
@drclairenolan.bsky.social
Researcher, archaeologist, heritage & wellbeing, social & ecocultural value of archaeology, prehistory/deep time heritage, landscape……….. Web: https://ucc-ie.academia.edu/ClaireNolan
A gut-punch of a statistic, reflective of what's happening throughout the entire natural world. But using the word "stocks" to describe a wild population of one of Earth's most breathtaking, magical species indicates precisely why we've reached such a predicament. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
Ireland’s wild Atlantic salmon stocks down 80% since 1970s
Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers
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this video of Chlöe Swarbrick, who leads the Greens in New Zealand's parliament, is worth your five minutes' time
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day to honour and acknowledge the children who attended residential schools, their families, and communities. We encourage everyone to engage in ways appropriate to your situation, and to carry these teachings into the future.
Statement on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, September 30th, 2026
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This is a significant move by the CRU and shows the risks of embedding data centres further into our grid. The response by the industry also highlights that tech companies are not 'good energy citizens' that will provide public services for free. 1/2 www.businesspost.ie/tech/irish-e...
Irish energy regulator: Data centres pose ‘urgent and serious risk’ to grid security
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Thanks @irishtimes.com for publishing my letter in today’s weekend edition. Government parties should fund the public transport network properly and run the timetable already published: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
Hey all, this is a very important video and it's not being seen. The border wall is violating sovereignty for the Tohono O'odham nation and destroying sacred cultural heritage Please share widely and support those advocating on the ground
Flint Dibble@flintdibble.bsky.social · 2w agoThey knew this 1,000-year-old archaeological site was here. It had been mapped, published, and reported to the agencies responsible for the land. Trump's border-wall contractors bulldozed right through it /1 Link: youtu.be/A4U6q76eqUM
This is the six metre tall menhir of Kerampeulven in Finistère, Brittany. Perhaps due to its phallic shape, it was long believed to enhance fertility, so women who hoped to fall pregnant would rub their bellies against it. #StandingStoneSunday
#SpéirGorm I’ve just become a member of @talamhbeo.bsky.social, which advocates for agroecology and food sovereignty both in Ireland and beyond. Please consider joining to support climate action, food security and rural regeneration: talamhbeo.ie
Home - Talamh Beo
Farmers & citizens fighting for Food, Fuel & Fibre Sovereignty. We want to create a better food system in Ireland, where all people have access to healthy, nutritious and affordable local food.
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Puzzles of prehistory
‘And, I asked myself at low moments, could I actually solve any of the countless puzzles of prehistory?’ Wet and windy, cold and dreary, another storm. We headed from Haymarket Station in Edinburgh…
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If you work at an oil major, I urge you to think hard about what the next decade will feel like. Do you want to greenlight another decades-long extraction project without reckoning with its full climate cost? Or use this moment to demand a different path?
In case the Royal Society link didn’t work: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspa/article...
Deliberate prehistoric sourcing of the Devil's Arrows, Britain's tallest stone row
Abstract. How prehistoric societies selected and transported megaliths remains poorly understood because the geological sources of many monuments are unres
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If you want to help but haven’t yet joined the Green Party, you can do so here: join.greenparty.org.uk
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · last mo.We don't use billionaire donors. We're powered by you. We can win in Holborn & St Pancras. But only with your help! 👇🏽
Just through the post: @timhannigan.bsky.social's new book The Pathless Land, and a very happy publication week to you! I'm looking forward to reading this one.
Standing stones, hidden carvings — and cattle! In Summer 2016, Archaeology Ireland explored the Corca Dhuibhne 3D project, using photography and 3D modelling to reveal markings on ancient stones. Also serving as a handy scratching post. reader.exacteditions.com/issues/54690...
For #FlintFriday and #FindsFriday this tiny fossilized sea urchin (I think) on a late Palaeolithic or Mesolithic flake from the @rmoudheden.bsky.social Merckx collection.
Very pleased to be part of the team revisiting Ferriter's Cove as part of @martinmoucheron.bsky.social postdoc funded by @researchireland.ie . Good timing! Today we set off for fieldwork at FC: survey, coring, section cleaning, sampling. Watch this space for updates... www.ucd.ie/newsandopini...
‘Kerry Cow’ bones revealed as ancient bear remains, challenging long-held theory on farming’s arrival in Ireland and Great Britain
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"‘Kerry Cow’ bones revealed as ancient bear remains, challenging long-held theory on farming’s arrival in Ireland & Great Britain" In an *EXCLUSIVE* article for PAST 113, we hear from UCD team carrying out analysis on Ferriter's Cave. www.prehistoricsociety.org/publications... 1/3 #Archaeology
PAST 113 - Summer 2026 | The Prehistoric Society
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The only reason I can think of as to why there are fewer than 50,000 signatures here is that people haven't seen it yet. — Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now — goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Have your say! Consultation is open until Monday: www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Public consultation on the next update to the Climate Action Plan – Climate Priorities
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Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment@deptcee.bsky.social · 2mo ago📢 The public consultation on the next Climate Action Plan is now open. We want to hear your views on how Ireland can accelerate climate action and deliver emissions reductions across key sectors. 🍃 🗓️ Deadline: 17 August 2026, 5.30pm 🔗 Share your views here: https://bit.ly/4vcVO2c
An innovative floating offshore solar project that generates electricity and converts seawater into drinking water. The farm near Gran Canaria produces 85 MW of renewable electricity while using that same power to operate reverse osmosis systems that desalinate seawater #ActOnClimate #renewables
New paper klaxon! Co-authored with @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social PhD student Deborah Nagle @naikaiouk.bsky.social The first review of the remarkable Moynagh Points from Moynagh Lough, including summary of known dating evidence (they are not just Mesolithic!).
Quartz standing stones sparkling in the sun at Knockraheen megalithic complex, Co. Cork with @mikemenhirmclean.bsky.social #StandingStoneSunday
Great to see this. We have sheep's wool in abundance - and no strategy on using as plastics replacement material #ireland so excellent to see what Queens are doing, NI www.rte.ie/news/newslen.... it could be used in home insulation which currently is completely based on imported plastics #climate
Queens using sheep wool for plastic free seaweed farming
Sheep wool could be the key to making seaweed farming plastic free according to engineers from Queen's University Belfast who have been growing kelp on ropes made from sheep wool.
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