Radio Kerry – Weekly Tips 24 – Protecting Water Quality in Kerry

This week on Ours to Protect we looked at what we need to do to protect our water quality.   Did you know …….   The latest report by the Environmental Protection Agency found that nitrogen levels, mainly from fertilisers and manures from farming, increased in rivers and groundwater last year. Phosphorus levels, mainly from […]

KCLR – Weekly Tips 12 – The Circular Economy

This week on Ours to Protect, show producer Ethna Quirke spoke to Warren Phelan, Manager of the Circular Economy Programme with the Environmental Protection Agency about latest recycling figures, which show that Ireland generated a whopping 1.2 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2021, with plastics presenting a serious challenge. What is “The Circular Economy”? […]

KCLR – Weekly Episode 12 – The EPA

This week on Ours to Protect, show producer Ethna Quirke spoke to Warren Phelan, Manager of the Circular Economy Programme with the Environmental Protection Agency about the agencies latest recycling figures, which show that Ireland generated a whopping 1.2 million tonnes of packaging waste in 2021, with plastics presenting a serious challenge. For more in […]

LMFM – Weekly Episode 16 – Make a Wish & EPA Air Quality

On this week’s episode we hear about a magical woodland in Co. Louth taking part in the fight against climate change and the latest EPA Air Quality Report. The Make-A-Wish Woodland, comprising 8,000 trees, has been officially opened in Richardstown in County Louth. The children’s charity has partnered with VEON Ltd, a company dedicated to […]

LMFM – Weekly Episode 2 – GIY and the EPA

This week we hear from Nell Ward from Get Ireland Growing and Wayne Trodd, Scientific Officer with the Environmental Protection Agency. Social enterprise GIY are calling on people and communities across Ireland to participate in their annual ‘Get Ireland Growing’ Campaign. Launching tomorrow, on the summer solstice on 21st June, Get Ireland Growing aims to […]