KCLR – Weekly Episode 25 – The O’Loughlin Gaels Winning On Climate Action
On this week’s Ours to Protect, show producer Ethna Quirke, headed down to O’Loughlin Gaels to hear all about their strive towards sustainability and why they are winners both on and off the pitch. Eddie Buckley, Adult Hurling Chair at the Club told Ethna all about the developments on site. For more in this series […]
KCLR – Weekly Tips 24 – Tom Butler Part 2 – CCEN
Local environmental networks LENs are made up of individuals with interests in a wide range of environmental and climate issues. They provide a central hub around which people from a given area can gather, discuss projects, ask for help, create change and become involved in their local Public Participation Network. Communication, sharing resources, and having […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 24 – Tom Butler Part 2 – CCEN
On this week’s Ours to Protect, we’ll bring you part two of Show Producer Ethna Quirke’s chat with Tom Butler about his retreat from the corporate world, a return to nature and his work with the Carlow County Environmental Network and their upcoming “Feast upon the Earth” event. For more in this series listen to […]
KCLR – Weekly Tips 23 – Local Environmental Networks
Did you know? Local environmental networks LENs are made up of individuals with interests in a wide range of environmental and climate issues. They provide a central hub around which people from a given area can gather, discuss projects, ask for help, create change and become involved in their local Public Participation Network. Communication, sharing […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 23 – Tom Butler Part 1
On this week’s Ours to Protect, Show Producer Ethna Quirke spoke to Tom Butler about his work retreat from the corporate world, a return to nature and his work with the Carlow County Environmental Network and their upcoming “Feast upon the Earth” event. For more in this series listen in to KCLR every Thursday at […]
KCLR – Weekly Tips 21 – Tommy Cooke of Irish Wind Farmers Association
This week on “Ours to Protect”, we were joined by Kilkenny man, Tommy Cooke, member of The Irish Wind Farmers Association (IWFA) ahead of the associations Annual Conference in the Lyrath Hotel Kilkenny on Thursday, 23 November, will be the planning process and construction of the grid for energy distribution. IWFA represent almost one hundred farmers and […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 21 – The Irish Wind Farmers Association
This week on “Ours to Protect” show producer Ethna Quirke caught up with Kilkenny man Tommy Cooke of the Irish Wind Farmers Association ahead of their upcoming Annual Conference in The Lyrath Hotel. Tommy says that locally owned community and farmer owned wind projects are vital in our bid to reach Government Climate targets for […]
KCLR – Weekly Episode 19 – Jo Linehan – Editor Climate Supplement Irish Independent
Listen back to this week’s episode as we chat to Jo Linehan – the Climate Supplement editor with the Irish Independent newspaper. For more in this series listen in to KCLR every Thursday at 11.20am
WLR – Weekly Tips 31 – The Deposit Return Scheme
It is estimated that about 1.9 billion drinks bottles and cans are consumed each year in Ireland, in-house and ‘on the go’. The Deposit Return Scheme aims to boost the recycling rate for these drinks containers by charging a small, refundable deposit for each plastic bottle or can. The Scheme will include PET plastic bottles […]
WLR – Weekly Episode 31 – The Deposit Return Scheme
Described as a circular economy initiative a new Deposit Return Scheme will be launched in Waterford on February 1st. It will see a refundable deposit or levy added to certain plastic, steel, and aluminium drinks containers. Reporter Clodagh Walsh has been finding out all about it… For more in this series listen in to WLR […]
