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Green Drinks Dublin 💚
Gaeilge Nádúrtha: Life in Technicolour with Éinne Ó' Cathasaigh

📅 Date: Tuesday 10 March
🕥 Time: Doors open 19:00, presentation from 19:30
📍 J.T. Pim's, Dublin

More info: iwt.ie/events/

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Ranganna Gaeilge ag filleadh ar leabharlann Dhún Garbhán anocht, ag tosú ag a 6.

Ag tnúth go mór leis, bígí linn xxx

Giolla ar mhaith leat Tick Gorm a mhac, arsa LinkedIn GACH LÁ

Can i offer u some frogspawn and loving frogparents in this trying time?

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James Hansen’s new paper suggests that climate sensitivity is underestimated, and that the record-breaking heat in 2023-24 was due to accelerating warming rather than temporary El Niño.

I deeply hope it’s wrong, because it suggests we have locked in far more heating than currently understood.

Just spoke at #HWM24 in Fareham, England, about our Irish alpine newt invasion. A great conference and a great opportunity to share our findings with the grandest of people.
Stay tuned for our upcoming publications

Ranganna Ghaeilge ar fáil i leabharlann Dhún Garbháin ag a 7rn ar an 23ú Eanair. Bí ann, tá na ranganna saor in aisce xxx

Irish classes at Dungarvan library from 7 on the 23rd January. Be there, the classes are free xxx

New SPA announced for the Seas off Wexford, over 300,000 hectares, and designations for 20 bird species!
www.gov.ie/en/press-rel...

Once again, a very welcome initiative, but the Church's role in biodiversity loss is a far wider topic, for this thread, or even illustrated by the article.

I urge members of the faith to consider the historic role of the church, to better inform their role as we invite nature back into the fold.

Christianity played a key role in driving a stake between us as a people, and our landscape and habitats.

This is a vital stepping stone towards the subsequent Anglo-Norman conquest, as people felt less connected towards their landscape, newly earmarked for salvage to fill a foreign royal coffer.

After Christianity was introduced, the reverence with which the Irish held their wild spaces was reduced.

The Christian colonisation included the conversion (likely violent) of pagan holy wells to Christian ones. It also included the establishment of Christian wild places of solitude, dyserts.

Before the Christian colonisation of Ireland, the Irish people would have considered the environment, the trees and the landscape to be sacred.

Settlements were created beside areas of wilderness at this time, to receive the divine protections provided by their pagan gods....

Mass movement on climate change: The churches doing their bit for biodiversity Parishes around the country are giving over part of church grounds as 'a haven for pollinators and biodiversity' at the behest of Irish bishops

✝️Yoohoo big Catholic news✝️

1. Interesting article about how churches are now to give 30% of their land over to biodiversity over the next decade;— a very welcome initiative.

However, Christianity has had a huge impact on our landscape historically, so here's a wee thread to dissect its role 🧵

Drawing of a cat crainn / pine marten with the words "cat crainn" beside it, and a Celtic knot on its chest

The pine marten is Ireland's rarest (and one of our prettiest) native mammals, and was almost lost to extinction through hunting for fur, poisoning, and destruction of their forest habitat. www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Mise: ⬅️

Mo chairde: ➡️

Píosa faoi chrotaigh ar Cúla 4, mór an onóir dom chun caint ar son éan chomh breá xx

Bit on curlews today on Cúla 4, an honour to speak on behalf of such a fine bird

Nasc: cula4.com/en/video/nua...

Thochail mé an lochán seo dhá bhlian ó shin, 'is go luath beidh froganna is feithidí ar ais!

I dug this pond two years ago, and very soon the frogs and insects will be back!

The removal of invasive species is a vitally important aspect of protecting the environment.

It's highly misleading to imply that the eradication effort would invariably lead to incidents of animal cruelty.

It goes without saying the like of your man below won't be involved in the work! Xx

Alarm in Ireland over EU plans to classify sika deer as ‘invasive alien species’ Spread of breed across continent leading to damage to forestry, issues for livestock and creating road crash risk

Positive news that the EU have moved to declare Sika Deer an invasive species. Given the state of our remaining native forests, this is a highly welcome measure.

What is not welcome is advocating against this overdue policy change, and repackaging animal cruelty concerns to suit your own interests😡

The last native Irish rainforests are being killed by invasive sika deer + goats eating every last tree seedling.

The EU is planning to classify sika as invasive, but here, deer hunting orgs are opposed. Why?

They just want lots of stuff to shoot, and to *hell* with ecosystems.

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Ireland's Animals And Plant Life print

Ireland's Bird Life print

Ireland's Aquatic Life print

A cartoony selection of some of Ireland’s aquatic, bird, plant and animal life, with their names as Gaeilge in a cló Gaelach-inspired script. Available individually in A4 and A3 size in the online shop, or together as a discounted A4 bundle here: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...

Fís nua ar an Spágaire Tonn ar an mBord Dúlra, bainigí sult xo

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MAHOOSIVE PINE

I ngáirdín! Tá suim ollmhór ag muintir an pharóiste an nádúr a fháiltiú ar ais béal dorais leo :)

Le beagáinín ádh, beidh suim ag na leaids seo bogadh isteach go sciobtha! :)

With some luck, we'll get some interest in moving in from these guys quickly

Seo bosca ulcabháin a chrocamar in Oirthear Chorcaí le déanaí!

Here's an owl box we put up in East Cork recently!

Na puisíní

An frog is lú sa tír, ó Mí Meitheamh.

The smollest frog in the world, taken in June.

Appreciation post for the fine frogs I met during the summer. Our native frogs look like ninjas with their eye stripe.
Greatly anticipating hanging with these boys again in spring.