C103 – Weekly Episode 8 – Sustainable Irish Tourism

This week C103FM talked with Colleen Phillips of Inch Hideaway and Laura Behan of Ballymaloe House about sustainable tourism and how Cork businesses are making a difference.  For more in this series, listen in to C103 every Friday at 11.45am

Ocean FM – Weekly Tips 9 – Blanket Bogs

  This week on Ocean FM we considered the role that bogs play in Climate Change   Did you know?   Bogs or peatlands are wetlands containing 90% water and 10% dead plants Peat is the result of the accumulation of partially decayed plants over thousands of years. The dead plants don’t rot because they […]

Ocean FM – Weekly Episode 9 – Blanket Bogs

Listen back to this weeks episode as we investigate the Wild Atlantic Nature Life Scheme for Upland farmers in parts of the North West, to get the best from farms on blanket bogs, by financially rewarding farmers for better biodiversity. We chat to Derek McLoughlin of the Wild Atlantic Nature on bogs and climate change.  […]

Ocean FM – Weekly Tips 7 – Sligo County Council Local Climate Action Plan

  The Local Authority Local Climate Action Plan or LACAP, for short, was the topic on Ours to Protect this week.   Did you Know? Every Local Authority in Ireland is creating a Climate Action Plan (LACAP) for their own area, outlining the ways that people in each County will work to reduce the amount […]

Live 95 – Weekly Tips 9 – The humble hedgehog

  From Mrs Tiggy-Winkle to Sonic, there’s few wild animals that capture the imagination and heart more than the prickly hedgehog. Despite being very recognisable, there’s very little research on their presence in Ireland and there are many human processes that threaten their numbers and habitats.  For this week’s episode Aislinn Kelly met veterinary nurse […]

Live 95 – Weekly Episode 9 – The humble hedgehog

From Mrs Tiggy-Winkle to Sonic, there’s few wild animals that capture the imagination and heart more than the prickly hedgehog. Despite being very recognisable, there’s very little research on their presence in Ireland and there are many human processes that threaten their numbers and habitats.  For this week’s episode Aislinn Kelly met veterinary nurse Bev […]

Live 95 – Weekly Tips 8 – The Flower farming industry

  A bouquet of flowers is always a lovely gift, but have you ever wondered how far it had to travel to reach your vase?  For today’s episode of Ours to Protect, Live 95’s Aislinn travelled to Elton to meet Fiona Cloherty to see her business Doonmoon flowers that sells Irish grown flowers as a […]

Live 95 – Weekly Episode 8 – Doonmoon flowers

  A bouquet of flowers is always a lovely gift, but have you ever wondered how far it had to travel to reach your vase?  For today’s episode of Ours to Protect, Live 95’s Aislinn travelled to Elton to meet Fiona Cloherty to see her business Doonmoon flowers that sells Irish grown flowers as a […]