LMFM – Weekly Episode 10 – Dundalk Bay SAC

Dundalk Bay stretches 16 kilometres from the Castletown River along the Cooley Peninsula in the north to Annagassan in the south. Part of the bay is protected as a Special Area of Conservation – or SAC – due to a number of habitats that are listed under the EU Habitats Directive such as tidal mudflats, salt […]

Tipp FM – Weekly Episode 9 – Shannon Estuary Taskforce

Listen back to this weeks episode as Tipp FMs Sheils chats to Barry O’Sullivan about the work of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce and its implications for climate action in the area. For more in this series, listen in to Tipp FM every Monday at 9.50am

Tipp FM – Weekly Tips 8 – Water Issues

  This week Tipp FM looked at the possibility that climate change could be behind our problems with water.  As thousands of households in Tipperary grapple with rolling boil water notices and outages, one expert believes we never recovered from the drought of 2018 and fears that more problems with water could be on the […]

Ocean FM – Weekly Episode 6 – Dune Systems in the North West

In this weeks episode we look at Dune Systems in the North West give some info on Clean Coasts Photography Competition for July and August and chat to Declan Feeney on dunes as a protection against sea level rise and coastal flooding as he outlines how increasing frequency and intensity of storms due to climate […]

KCLR – Weekly Episode 6 – An Eco Art Journey

On this week’s episode of ‘Ours to Protect’, show producer Ethna Quirke spoke to eco-artist, Anne Cleary about her and her partner, Denis Connelly’s two year solar journey on Ireland’s waterways, meeting communities, observing nature and telling of their encounters with artists, activists and scientists who explore with them the problems and promises of the […]

Galway Bay FM – Weekly Tips 5 – Water Pollution in Galway

This week Galway Bay FM looked at water pollution in Galway waterways with Billy Kavanagh of The East Corrib Alliance.  Did you know… The three main sources of pollution in Irish lakes are agriculture, urban areas, and forestry, according to the EPA. Other causes include sewage treatment plants, septic tanks, and invasive species. Excessive nutrient […]