Wildlife

Capital Credit Union Donates €2,500 To Plant Reforest Nation

Capital Credit Union Donates €2,500 To Plant Reforest Nation

Capital Credit Union is delighted to announce a new partnership with Reforest Nation by donating €2,500 to help them in their journey to plant 1 million indigenous Irish trees by 2024.

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Bloom 2021: Bloom at Home series highlight talk

Bloom 2021: Bloom at Home series highlight talk

A highlight from the recent Bloom online event with Fiann Ó Nualláin and Aoibhín Garrihy.

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Keep your pets safe in hot weather

The ISPCA provides the following tips and advice to keep your pets safe in hot weather. This spring and early summer, sunshine levels and temperatures have been above average, so we are sharing some summer tips and advice to help […]

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Name Mr Tayto’s baby lemurs!

Tayto Park is thrilled to announce the arrival of twin Lemurs! Help name the latest arrivals to be in with a chance to win a Tayto Park family pass Excitement was in the air at Tayto Park earlier this month […]

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Local biodiversity: The Pollinator Plan

By Geneva Pattison Some people love them. Some people hate them. Let’s talk about pollinators. Pollinators are insects that roam from flower to flower collecting pollen from each stamen. Our main species of pollinator is the bee, with our country […]

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Herbert Park Native Tree Trail

By Geneva Pattison Nestled in between the American Embassy and the RDS you’ll find the ever-calming presence of Herbert Park. It was named after Sydney Herbert who was the father of the Earl of Pembroke and in 1903, it was […]

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Covanta’s plans to burn more kept on ice

Covanta's plans to burn more kept on ice

By Paul Carton Covanta have had to withdraw their application to burn more waste. The application to ‘increase the annual capacity of existing waste to energy facility by 90000 tonnes’ which was lodged with An Bord Pleanala (the board) requested […]

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A special supermoon

A special supermoon

By Kathrin Kobus The new year began with a full moon, and the first month ended with a full moon as well. If there are two full moons in one calendar month, the second is called a ‘blue moon’. What […]

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There is a buzz about Trinity

There is a buzz about Trinity

Queen Mebh and her fellow bees have worked hard and the first batch of honey has been produced by Trinity College’s beehives! Trinity College Dublin is one of the many colleges and communities which are taking part in the All-Ireland […]

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Sealed with a kiss

Sealed with a kiss

The first ever species that was protected by a law imposed by government is here for all to see along our coasts and harbours. The marine mammal known as the grey seal was once a threatened species at the beginning […]

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