Shauna Corr

@shaunacorr.bsky.social

Investigative reporter | UCD Earth Institute journalist-in-residence | SCI fellow | Former Mirror/Irish Star environment correspondent | 📇 http://linktr.ee/ShaunaCorr

Powerful winds are expected to raise the risk of fire to critical levels across the northwestern U.S. on Saturday. Forecasters with the National Weather Service have issued their most urgent alert for parts of Washington and Oregon, where dozens of large fires are already burning.

Wildfire Weather Poses ‘Particularly Dangerous Situation’ in Pacific Northwest

Forecasters in Washington and Oregon are using their strongest language this weekend to signal a worst-case wildfire threat and get people’s attention.

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Enough wind energy to power 667,000 homes, or roughly every household in Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow combined, was lost in the first half of 2026 as the grid struggled to keep pace with Ireland's renewable energy growth, Wind Energy Ireland has said

Investment needed in grid as wind energy lost - expert

Enough wind energy to power 667,000 homes, or roughly every household in Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow combined, was lost in the first half of 2026 as the grid struggled to keep pace with Ireland's re...

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Major new report on NI pig & poultry boom/resulting ‘shit’/Lough Neagh pollution & exports finds: 🔥Moy Park farms spreading 20x more manure on fields than agreed w/officials 🔥huge gaps in water testing 🔥NI a ‘sacrifice zone’ to GB meat wants @foe_ni 👇 bit.ly/4b3wT9B

Mapped: the Scale of Pig & Poultry Farms in Northern Ireland (mobile friendly) | Policy and insight

This report illustrates the spread of pig and poultry production over the past 13 years by showing farm placement, those that hold intensive permits, their proximity to Lough Neagh and where their was...

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Moy Park farms spread 20 times as much poultry manure on Northern Irish fields as the major meat producer promised environmental authorities. The revelations are contained in a major report which tracks the growth of agri-food industries alongside declining water quality. ✍️ @shaunacorr.bsky.social

Moy Park farms spread 20 times more poultry manure on Northern Irish fields than agreed with environmental authorities

Around 138 million chickens are slaughtered in Northern Ireland every year

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🚩High Court rules Stormont department breached law for 20 years on MOT tests for diesel vehicles 🚩Mr Justice Colton highlighted a lack of political will to deal with the 'crucial issue' Read more at #TheEarthsCorr theearthscorr.substack.com/p/high-court...

High Court rules Stormont department breached law for 20 years on MOT tests for diesel vehicles

Mr Justice Colton highlighted a lack of political will to deal with the 'crucial issue'

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Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael & Co “rammed” through a Bill paving the way for US fracked gas despite a COP vow to allow no new fossil fuel infrastructure. The coalition has been accused of putting Ireland’s climate targets on a bonfire.. to “satisfy” Donald Trump at the expense..

A damning new UK watchdog report about how NI’s Executive is failing to meet most of its own legally binding targets to provide its people with a ‘healthier environment’ dropped today. You can read all about it at the link... bit.ly/4alLKvE

Damning new report finds NI Executive failing majority of targets for 'a healthier environment'

The UK Office for Environmental Protection says "there is an absence of credible action or delivery plans" in its first progress report on NI's Environmental Improvement Plan

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The former leader of the DUP Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of rape, 13 counts of indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency. The charges spanned a period from 1985 to 2008 and related to two women.

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This will get lost in today's national news, but the finding that Jeffrey Donaldson is guilty on all counts, only after decades of multiple people having concerns, speaks to how powerful abusers can use their status in a small society like NI to deflect attention: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Jeffrey Donaldson: Found guilty of all sex abuse charges including one count of rape

Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson faces 18 sex abuse charges, including one count of rape, all of which he denies.

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The leaders of Northern Ireland's five main political parties have called for "calm" following an "horrific incident" in North Belfast last night, and urged people "not to share the deeply disturbing images or videos" being shared online. Read the full statement here..

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A wrap up what happened this week as culture, history and archaeology took centre stage at the Dalradian gold mine inquiry in Omagh. A priest told the PAC he believes the Pope “would be totally opposed to the destruction of a sacred place” to mine gold

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Fermanagh priest Father Joe McVeigh claimed that the Pope “would be totally opposed to the destruction of a sacred place” to mine gold. @shaunacorr.bsky.social reports from the Sperrins inquiry

Back at the Dalradian gold mine inquiry again this morning. After almost 50,000 objections to the plan, DfI called a local public inquiry which has been playing out since April. You can catch up on what's been happening so far here via The Detail www.thedetail.tv/articles/cha...

Changes to road through Sperrins mine could impact Catholic community and the disabled, inquiry hears

However the equality sceening said the impact would be 'minor'

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Thank you so much to Maria and the team of academics trying a new way to help victims and survivors of mother and baby homes to process what happened to them-for talking to me. You can hear more as Derry’s mayor launches a new exhibition at the Guildhall at 6pm www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

Derry woman who had baby ‘stolen’ recalls day she got Facebook message saying ‘I hear you’re looking for me, I’m your son’

Academics working with survivors of mother and baby homes to use art to help them cope with trauma

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