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It’s been two years since this podcast first launched, and I began then with an overview of where Ireland stood in regards in the environment. It’s also budget week, which means the government has made certain statements that imply what the financial priorities for the next year will be. I spoke about how you can …
For something that dominates a few days of news cycle every year, the national budget is not particularly well understood. Media coverage tends towards giving headline updates from the governing parties press releases, which can sometimes be misleading. The document I’m primarily referencing in this episode is the expenditure report, which breaks down funding ceilings …
Continue reading "Environmental Sign-Posts for the 34th Dáil (Episode 10)"
“the process of actively or passively assisting the recovery of an ecosystem in order to improve its structure and functions, with the aim of conserving or enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, through improving an area of a habitat type to good condition” -Restoration as defined by Article 3 of the EU Nature Restoration Law 2024 …
Three ornaments of wisdom: abundance of knowledge, a number of precedents, to employ a good counsel. - The Triads of Ireland There are three sources for laws in Ireland, the national parliament structures, the EU, and international agreements. As I stated in the first episode, international law can be a bit of an honour system, …
Each pore fights the river cold. Bones stiffen, locking my limbs. Feet on stones feel for ridges and ribs. A slide-shift to the one bit of sand And hurrah for me, I can stand! Hello, says the slow but steady flow. Hello I say, wary now, Knowing how it fills the fields, Leaves a layered …
Continue reading "Flooding and River Management (Episode 4)"
Cad a dhéainfimear fásta gan amhad? Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár; níl trácht ar Chill Chais ná ar a teaghlach is ní bainfear a clig go bráth. From an Irish poem describing the clearance of woodlands from the Butler estate in Kilkash, Tipperary in the 18th century. One of the most common ideas when …
Continue reading "Why Don’t We Just Plant More Trees? (Episode 3)"
A hiding mane of a green-barked yew supports the sky; beautiful spot! the large green of an oak fronting the storm. A tree of apples - great its bounty! Like a hostel, vast: A pretty bush, thick as a fist, of tiny hazelnuts, a green mass of branches. A choice pure spring and princely water …
Continue reading "A Brief History of the Irish Environment (Episode 2)"
Irish people often take a lot of pride in our landscape, but how green are we really? That was why I chose to use it to open my podcast From the Roots.
I have always watched fires burn. As a child, playing with matches Older, piling the wood in the grate better than my dad Later as a circus performer until my knees got bad I have always stopped and watched Captured by the heat And the flicker bittersweet. Bruno Kelly (Reuters) Man Working in a Burning …
When I was 12, nearly 13, I had a science project due; one of my first of secondary school. I loved forests so I decided to look at the effects of deforestation which led me to studies of Greenhouse Gases. It was 2004 and while people knew about "global warming", it was not on the …
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