Clare FM – Weekly Episode 6 – Ennis Friary
Listen back as Clare FM visit the historic Ennis Friary where staff have designated an area of the site as a Biodiversity Corner. The 13th century Franciscan Friary around which the town of Ennis was established, was founded by The O’Briens of Thomond, who once ruled much of north Munster. The OPW has published its […]
C103 – Weekly Tips 7 – A Clean Beach
This week C103FM talked with Harriet Donnelly, CEO of Flossie and the Beach Cleaners Did you know? Packaging and small items make up 80% of plastic waste around Europe’s beaches, with some of the discarded pollutants lasting up to 500 years. The 2022 Irish Business Against Litter survey of the coastline […]
C103 – Weekly Episode 7 – The importance of a clean Beach
Listen in as we chat to Harriet Donnelly and her daughter Flossie who both believe regular fun beach cleaning, and clean-up events can make a real difference. Find out more about the amount of waste and what we can do to prevent it in this episode from Cork’s C103. For more in this series listen […]
C103 – Weekly Tips 6 – The Fair Seas Campaign
Did you know? In Ireland we only have 8.3% of our ocean protected. Fair Seas says Ireland is far behind our European counterparts in protecting our marine environment. Research shows that 31% of people believe that Irish seas are healthy and that 67% of people believe the health of Irish seas has worsened […]
C103 – Weekly Episode 6 – The Fair Seas Campaign
This week C103FM talked with Aoife O’ Mahony and Jack O’ Donovan about the Fair Seas campaign. For more in this series, listen in to C103 every Friday at 11.45am
Ocean FM – Weekly Tips 6 – The importance of our Sand Dune Systems
On Ours to Protect this week we saw how important sand dunes systems are for our coastal communities. Did You Know? As an island nation, we are fortunate enough to have over 3,000km of coastline right on our doorstep Ireland’s sand dune systems have been developing for around 5,000 years. Their sand […]
Ocean FM – Weekly Episode 6 – Dune Systems in the North West
In this weeks episode we look at Dune Systems in the North West give some info on Clean Coasts Photography Competition for July and August and chat to Declan Feeney on dunes as a protection against sea level rise and coastal flooding as he outlines how increasing frequency and intensity of storms due to climate […]
Live 95 – Weekly Tips 7 – Honey Bees of Limerick
The Native Irish Honey Bee was originally plentiful in Northern Europe, however numbers were decimated due to hybridisation with other subspecies. The purest strain of the bee remains in Ireland. This week we spoke to Tom O’Brien of Limerick Beekeepers Association who keeps this breed and spoke of the importance of preserving this bee and […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 7 – Honey Bees of Limerick
The Native Irish Honey Bee was originally plentiful in Northern Europe, however numbers were decimated due to hybridisation with other subspecies. The purest strain of the bee remains in Ireland. Tom O’Brien of Limerick Beekeepers Association keeps this breed and spoke of the importance of preserving this bee and the threats to its population. For […]
Live 95 – Weekly Tips 6 – The Magic of Moths
Moths are often considered a nuisance and the culprit of pesky holes in your clothes, however Limerick man Kevin Hannon has spent years discovering rare species of the insect throughout the county and studying these unassuming yet fascinating insects. For this week’s episode of Ours to Protect, Live 95’s Aislinn Kelly met Kevin in Limerick […]
