Live 95 – Weekly Tips 42 – Ardnacrusha Generating Station
Did you know? The Ardnacrusha power station was built as part of the Shannon Scheme and is considered the most ground-breaking infrastructure project ever constructed in Ireland and it is still generating power for the ESB today. The ESB operates across the electricity market: from generation and transmission to distribution and supply. In Generation, ESB […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 42 – Ardnacrusha Generating Station
This week’s episode of Ours to Protect focuses on Ardnacrusha Generating Station. We learn how the generating station works and how it revolutionised Ireland. Built as part of the Shannon Scheme, it is considered the most ground-breaking infrastructure project ever constructed in Ireland and it is still generating power for the ESB today. The ESB […]
Live 95 – Weekly Tips 41 – The Hunt Museum Kite Power Festival
The Hunt Museum organised a county and city-wide Kite Power Festival as part of its exhibition to highlight the power of wind as an energy resource. The purpose of the festival was to inspire Creativity, Community, Recycling and Clean Energy Advocacy. The museum called on Kite enthusiasts and novices to get creative with recyclable materials […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 41 – The Hunt Museum Kite Power Festival
The Hunt Museum organised a county and city-wide Kite Power Festival as part of its exhibition to highlight the power of wind as an energy resource. The purpose of the festival was to inspire Creativity, Community, Recycling and Clean Energy Advocacy. For more in this series listen in to Live 95 every Thursday at 11.25am.
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 40 – Wild Pixie Craft Shop
Wild Pixie, at the end of the town in Bruff, County Limerick, opened less than two months ago, as a coop between six crafty and creative women. Their aim is to offer something unique and handmade to Bruff, while bringing a sprinkle of magic to the area. For more in this series listen in to […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 39 – The Future of Fashion with LSAD
This week’s episode looks at how the future of fashion puts the environment at its forefront. Aislinn visited The Limerick School of Art and Design’s Clare Street campus to meet students who have sustainability embedded into their practices and to hear their motivations and what they believe the future of fashion to be. For more […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 38 – The Nature Restoration law
The Nature Restoration law was recently passed by the European Parliament and it is the first continent-wide, comprehensive law of its kind. 324 MEPs voted in favour of the law, winning over 275 votes against and 24 abstentions. The law is in response to the EU’s nature in alarming decline, with 80% of habitats deemed […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 37 – Reducing Food Waste with Eoin Sheehan
This week’s episode is all about how we can cook more sustainably. According to the EPA, households were the biggest producers of food waste, accounting for 29% of the total in 2021 with 221,000 tonnes of food going to waste per year. The same study also found that Food waste costs the average Irish household […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 35 – The future of Limerick’s railways
This week’s episode looks at trains and the plans to expand Limerick’s rail network. With projects such as the delivery of the Limerick to Foynes railway line in development, this episode explores why this mode of transport is a sustainable step for the development of Irish transport. Limerick’s Deputy Brian Leddin, the Green Party’s spokesperson […]
Live 95 – Weekly Episode 34 – Shannon Airport
Listen back to this week’s episode as we take a look at the sustainability measures in place at Shannon Airport. For more in this series listen in to Live 95 every Thursday at 11.25am.
