BEAT – Weekly Tips 16 – Courtown Seal Sanctuary

  What is Seal Rescue Ireland? Seal Rescue Ireland (SRI) is a registered charity that works around the clock to rescue, rehabilitate and release native seal pups found sick, injured, or orphaned across the coast of Ireland.  As the only seal rescue centre in the Republic of Ireland, SRI responds to reports nationwide and aim […]

Live 95 – Weekly Tips 16 – Wild Work

For this week’s episode we met Shay Riordan, CEO of West Limerick Resources as he told us about the success of the unique stand at the National Ploughing Championships that helped participants to visualise the benefits of biodiversity.  What is Wildwork?  Wildwork is an initiative to help restore, conserve and reinvigorate biodiversity.  It helps to […]

Q102 – Weekly Episode 18 – Bí Urban

This week Dublin’s Q102 looked at Bí Urban’s plantation sites and how they are working to help pollinators across Dublin.  For more in this series listen in to Q102 every Wednesday at 7pm

Highland Radio – Episode 16 – Seeds of Change

Listen back to this weeks episode as we chat to Kate O’Callaghan from Changemakers about the ‘Seeds of Change’ project. For more in this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday at 12.30

Live 95 – Weekly Episode 9 – The humble hedgehog

From Mrs Tiggy-Winkle to Sonic, there’s few wild animals that capture the imagination and heart more than the prickly hedgehog. Despite being very recognisable, there’s very little research on their presence in Ireland and there are many human processes that threaten their numbers and habitats.  For this week’s episode Aislinn Kelly met veterinary nurse Bev […]

Midlands 103 – Weekly Episode 8 – Nest Boxes

Listen back to this weeks episode as Sinead Hubble chats to Ricky Whelan, Biodiversity Officer with Offaly County Council and Niall Hatch from Birdwatch Ireland about Nest Boxes. For more in this series, listen in to Midlands 103 every Thursday at 11.20am

Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 8 – The Hive Mind

Did You Know: Bees can travel up to 10 kilometres from a hive in search of food. Queen bees can be hereditary. When a Queen dies, her offspring can be introduced to a hive as the new Queen. The hive at St.John’s College rooftop has up to 70,000 bees. This can increase to 90,000 during […]

Galway Bay FM – Weekly Episode 6 – Woodlands of Galway

Listen back to this weeks episode of Ours to Protect on Galway Bay as John chats about Reimagining the Great Forest of Aughty with Andrew St. Ledger, Co-Founder and Pro of The Woodland League. For more in this series, listen in to Galway Bay FM every Thursday at 11.30am