Radio Kerry – August Broadcast 2 – Space for Nature
This week on Ours to Protect we’re taking a look at what we can all do to make space for nature, which is now at crisis point in Ireland. Over 20% of our native species are threatened with extinction; we’ve lost over 30% of our semi-natural grasslands in the last decade and more than half […]
Radio Kerry – August Broadcast 1 – Protecting the Ringed Plover
This week on Ours to Protect we’re speaking to members of Brilliant Ballybunion about their efforts to track and protect the Ringed Plover, a once ubiquitious wading bird who has experienced decling numbers, and is now under amber conservation status in Ireland. We speak to Sean Culhane, who has been observing the bird since childhood, […]
Radio Kerry – July Broadcast 2 – Acorns to Oaks classroom project
This week on Ours to Protect we’re taking a look at a project to grow native trees that’s being rolled out in 35 primary schools across Kerry. From September almost a thousand children will learn how to grow their own oak trees from acorns gathered locally. The project is the brain child of Local Roots, a […]
Radio Kerry – July Broadcast 1 – Lenamore National School
This week on Ours to Protect we’re visiting Lenamore National School, who are in the process of building a climate action hub on their school grounds, that will revitalise the heart of the community and provide a drop off point for sorting and recycling plastics and textiles. We also spoke to Pauline McDonough from MyWaste.ie, […]
Radio Kerry – June Broadcast 2 – Kenmare Bay Pair trawling
TY students of Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine in Kenmare have been campaigning for the last two years to highlight the damage caused to fish, seabirds and marine mammals like seals and dolphins by the practice of pair trawling. Their work has earned them two major national awards – last year they won the UNESCO Young Environmentalist […]
Radio Kerry – June Broadcast 1 – Lyrecrompane Community National School
On this week’s episode of Ours to Protect we’ll be speaking to the students of Lyreacrompane Community National School about what their local bog lands mean to them. We’ll also be speaking to Biosphere Officer Brendan Kirwin of The Kerry Biosphere Reserve to see what we can be doing to preserve this unique ecosystem. Special […]
Radio Kerry – May Broadcast Part 2 – Maharees Dunes
This week in Ours to Protect we’re taking a look at the incredible work carried out by the local community in the Maharees to restore local sand dunes which were almost destroyed. The work to stabilise the dunes was not just a win for nature but also for the local communities in Tralee Bay who […]
Radio Kerry – May Broadcast Part 1 – Biodiversity in Listowel
Ours to Protect is back for a second year! Ours to Protect is a collaboration between Radio Kerry and the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland aiming to champion climate action, and inform and educate audiences all over Kerry about how they can make a difference. Programmes will air every second Thursday morning from May 2025 until the […]
Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 49 – Music Generation Kerry
This week on Ours to Protect we’re taking a look an initiative launched in Kerry last Summer to recycle unused musical instruments and loan them through the library service to anyone – young or old who wants to learn to play music. The exciting project is being run by Music Generation Kerry in conjunction with […]
Radio Kerry – Weekly Episode 47 – Dingle Sea Salt
This week on Ours to Protect, we took a look at Dingle Sea Salt. A business with an emphasis on sustainability. Sorcha Burke has more.
