An Taisce

📣 138 organisations urge the EU to defend vital pesticide laws - to protect health, biodiversity & a bring about a resilient, sustainable food system.

🌿 Rules meant to keep people & planet safe are not being enforced. It’s time for strong, consistent action.

Joint letter ➡️ eeb.org/library/call...

Ella McSweeney: Lough Derg is drifting towards the same fate as Lough Neagh Lough Derg has been so reshaped by pollution that its original character is almost impossible to discern

Treat Lough Derg like a bin, and it will show you what that looks like.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Great talk on the importance of urban trees is taking place on 29 October with An Taisce Limerick Local Association.

Expert speakers: Dr Dealga O'Callaghan & Cormac Downey, the president of the Tree Council of Ireland

To book your place:
www.eventbrite.com/e/an-taisce-...

#limerick
#urbantrees

Connaught St, once the commercial heart of the west side of Athlone, Westmeath has experienced serious urban decline over several decades & now has largescale vacancy & dereliction issues.

It requires a regeneration programme such as the Historic Towns Initiative

#DerelictIreland
#BuiltHeritage

Don't miss our upcoming talk with Éanna Ní Lamhna — educator, author & biologist — exploring our vital relationship with nature

'Treading lightly on the earth'

Thursday 23 October
7.30pm in Tailors' Hall — D08 X2A3

Book your place now:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/1664601982...

🥳 The European Parliament just adopted Europe’s first-ever soil law!

Europe’s soils are in crisis, but the #SoilMonitoringLaw is a big step in the right direction 🌱

💪 What now? Only strong implementation and firm enforcement will make this law a real win.

IFI welcomes conviction against Uisce Éireann for sewage pollution of Cavan river Fine, costs and expenses totalling €7,658 imposed on utility

Dec 2020 - Uisce Eireann fined just €2000 for pollution incident in Cavan River.

Feb and July 2023 more pollution incidents from UE on same river. UE fined just €3500 for July incident resulting in fish kil.

Paltry fines not working.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Now hiring! Safe Routes to School Programme Manager

Full job details:
www.antaisce.org/vacancies

An exciting opportunity to shape and direct the Safe Routes to School programme which delivers meaningful changes to schools all over the country.
SafeRoutestoSchool.ie

#Environmentaljobs
#JobFairy

Delighted to share the wonderful winning entries from An Taisce's Meath Local Association photo competition.

The theme: ‘Capturing the natural and built heritage along the River Boyne and the Boyne Navigation’

To read more about the winners & competition:
www.antaisce.org/blog/capturi...

Entrance gate to Saunderscourt, a once-grand Georgian country-house estate near Wexford Town.
Having stood disused for many years, the Palladian late-18th-century limestone-arch gate & its twin redbrick gate lodges will shortly be restored for holiday let use by
Irish Landmark Trust
#BuiltHeritage

Don't miss our upcoming talk with Éanna Ní Lamhna — educator, author & biologist — exploring our vital relationship with nature

'Treading lightly on the earth'

Thursday 23 October
7.30pm in Tailors' Hall — D08 X2A3

Book your place now:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/1664601982...

The fantastic team at Safe Routes to School have developed a great resource to help plan, trial and deliver 'School Streets' to empower active travel for students.

To download: saferoutestoschool.ie/wp-content/u...

#SafeRoutestoSchool
#ActiveTravel

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterways: an ecological death Nutrients from agriculture and poor wastewater treatment have led to 48 per cent of waters being rated below minimum standards

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterways: an ecological death

'The Environmental Protection Agency's latest verdict on water quality in Irish rivers, lakes and estuaries details a shocking level of decline, with few improvements over decades'

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/edit...

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

It's the same old story - only worse @antaisce.bsky.social @swanireland.ie deeply concerned
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

EPA Report Shows Much Stronger Action is Needed on Water Quality - Sustainable Water Network The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a coalition of twenty-five of Ireland’s leading environmental organisations working on water, has responded to today’s EPA Water Quality report [1] with deep conc...

EPA Report Shows Much Stronger Action is Needed on Water Quality - SWAN

"Despite government rhetoric, the real improvements needed to restore our rivers, lakes, and seas to good health just aren’t happening after over fifteen years of decline."

swanireland.ie/2025/10/epa-...

Decade-long decline: Irish waterways continue to be polluted Latest Water Quality Report from the Environmental Protection Agency indicates decreases in overall ecological quality of our waters

No surprises here but will the rhetoric change? I doubt it.

'Despite all the rhetoric about saving our nitrates derogation and turning the tide on water quality in Ireland, there is still no evidence of the necessary improvement across the board in our waters.'

www.antaisce.org/news/decade-...

Decade-long decline: Irish waterways continue to be polluted Latest Water Quality Report from the Environmental Protection Agency indicates decreases in overall ecological quality of our waters

Decade-long decline: Irish waterways continue to be polluted

"We now need a step change in how we manage our waters and how we manage our land and wastewater. We can’t keep doing largely the same thing and expecting a different outcome"

www.antaisce.org/news/decade-...
#WaterQuality

From interactive workshops and live demonstrations to insightful panel discussions and local community initiatives, Climate Action Week offers a packed schedule of fun events tailored for all ages and interests! See what’s happening in your area and online: climateactionweek.ie

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork The Department of Agriculture has been formally alerted to the incident by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Mindless environmental crimes happening daily #Spéirghorm - native trees hundreds of years old felled - used access through State agency Coillte www.thejournal.ie/cork-tree-fe... forget Dept of Agriculture - gardai should be informed. @antaisce.bsky.social

This week is Climate Action Week — check out everything happening from the great new site ClimateActionWeek.ie

#ClimateActionWeek
#ClimateAction

Today is World Mental Health Day.

Nature has a calming effect on us by reducing our stress hormone cortisol.

Connecting with natural environments by spending time outdoors can really make a positive difference to mood and feelings of wellbeing.

#WorldMentalHealthDay

#BuiltHeritage

This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne

Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base

#MeathHeritage #IrishFollies #ArchitecturalHeritage

Fantastic event for student journalists and students interested in environmental journalism.

Young Reporters for the Environment is launching on 16 October from 1-2pm with a brilliant skills-based webinar looking at investigative reporting.

This competition is open to Irish students aged 11-25.

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀

The EU is betting heavily on #textile #recycling, but its potential cannot keep pace with the mountains of clothes we produce.

Our planet is bursting at the seams with too much clothing. Recycling alone won’t fix it.

#CircularTextilesDay

“For years, the EU has promised to lead on climate and nature protection, but what this investigation shows is that we are literally cementing over our own future"

Great new research from 41 journalists & scientists from 11 countries shows extent of loss. Ireland ranks 3rd by pop.

greentogrey.eu

Public Talk: Indigenousness and Place, 16 Oct 2025 in Belfast
Join us with: SaveOurSperrins @trocaire.bsky.social @antaisce.bsky.social and Love Our Lough
Talks from: The Xinka Parliament group, The Council of the Mayan People movement and SaveOurSperrins
Book now: bit.ly/indigenousne...

🚨🌍 New Report Alert
#EuropesEnvironment2025: Thematic Briefings are out!

Dive into 35 in-depth topics + assessments on how Europe is doing – where we are, where we’re headed, and whether we’ll meet the EU’s 2030 & 2050 environmental goals

Explore them here: eea.europa.eu/en/europe-en... [...]

Check out our new site www.climateactionweek.ie to discover what exciting events are happening in your county, town, or community during #ClimateActionWeek.

You can also add your own Climate Action Week event and find lots of resources on there too:
climateactionweek.ie

So excited to see the wonderful Mary Anthony arrive in Ireland. She brings a huge wealth of experience with her, and will be supporting us with some very exciting upcoming properties projects!

#friendsofantaisce
#buildingsatrisk
#heritageatrisk

RIP Dr Jane Goodall

"You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what difference you want to make."