Terry Jones as Brian's mum in Life of Brian's "he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" scene

"He's NOT the Messiah, he's a doctor actually"

Great article. Unfortunately people still don't see plastic for the hazard that it is. It kills me to see the overflowing bins of mixed waste in cemeteries. Especially when so much of it is compostable. Sometimes I take pots out of the bins to reuse/ compost them.

"In the future, standing either side of the river Shannon on drained bogs, we'll look back and ask, 'How did we get this so wrong?'"

Strong piece from Ella McSweeney. I watched this account of the Abbeyleix bog project just last week. We can save these ecosystems: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaFa...

Investigation: How raw materials from Aughinish Alumina in Limerick enter Russia’s weapons supply chain Alumina made in Aughinish, Co Limerick is exported to smelters that sell aluminium to a trader supplying Russian arms manufacturers, an investigation has found. The project analysed confidential docum...

The first major project from our new investigations unit.

From the Shannon to Siberia: How alumina from a Limerick refinery enters Russia’s weapons supply chain

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Lovely #Yew tree arches in Freshford Co. Kilkenny.

Dublin City Councillor Hogan on the use of #glyphosate weedkiller “If it is safe enough to eat, it should be okay for footpaths.”

Flood Prevention Is the way we are farming partly responsible for flooding, and what changes might decrease damage in the future? Geomorphologist Prof Mary Bourke. Sligo Farmers Eddie Davitt and Joe Leonard. Farming F...

“You don’t treat a flood where it ends up, you treat it where it starts. Upstream at the top of the catchment”

How to use the land more cleverly to adapt to changing weather and future floods.
#RTECountrywide #SpeirGorm

Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

@irishtimes.com It would be interesting to see the number of homes refused a retrofit by providers.

Ireland in the storms: Flood barriers won't save us if we keep draining the land After flooding in the past, successive governments promised protections, but instead, doubled down on dredging and delayed land-use reform, leaving communities exposed, writes Pádraic Fogarty.

“restoring ecosystems is the cheapest, quickest & most effective way that we can protect ourselves from the coming onslaught.

The communities of Enniscorthy & other affected areas deserve nothing less”

Reform the arterial drainage act & restore our wetlands now!
www.thejournal.ie/readme/storm...

⚖️ DEADLINE TOMORROW ⚖️

Submissions on this are due tomorrow. Please do take a few minutes to make a submission, it sounds like a dry topic, but the negative consequences for the Irish environment could be profound.

We need as many people as possible to push back on this.

A beaver dam constructed from intricately woven sticks and branches spans across a small stream in a lush woodland setting. The dam creates a small pond on one side whilst allowing water to flow through on the other. Tall grasses and sedges grow around the water's edge, with dense green vegetation and trees creating a natural canopy overhead. The engineering shows the characteristic beaver construction technique of tightly packed timber creating an effective water barrier.

This is a handful of the most interesting facts from the latest episode of the podcast about the impacts of beavers on salmonids, featuring Dr. Rob Needham's groundbreaking research on fish passage through beaver dams. 🌍🦤🦊🧪
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Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path New research suggests dingoes are distinct enough to have their own scientific name. If this is accepted, it will have far-reaching consequences

theconversation.com/dingoes-are-...

#Nomow driveway

Garden wildlife, ringlet butterfly, tadpoles, bumble bees and foxglove.

Nice to see an urban tree with plants around the base like this one in #Naas. It would be great to see more #suds landscaping in our towns & cities. #urbantree #Kildare

Like Conor Pass, the ambition is to expand the number of national parks and protect biodiversity Community is key if we want to protect biodiversity, writes Minister of State Christopher O’Sullivan.

"Like Conor Pass, the ambition is to expand the number of national parks and protect biodiversity"
- Minister of State for Biodiversity, Christopher O'Sullivan.

With all our EXISTING national parks severely overgrazed, rectifying *that* should be the priority.
www.thejournal.ie/readme/biodi...

Ant hills and yellow rattle in the garden.

A small part of our #miniforest, 2021 v 2025. #miyawaki

Lovely, heard one in East Clare yesterday. Unfortunately I've never heard one near me.

Iron Age Soundscape: Glastonbury Lake Villages 165 BC YouTube video by Lost Soundscapes

Have you ever wondered what the Somerset Levels might have sounded like in the late Iron Age?

Worth a watch....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0l8... #soundscapes #SomersetLevels #Birds #birdsong #IronAge

Fairly tame #fox has appeared in the garden. Good to see it keeping rodents in check.

Do you know of any large old Elms in Ireland?
We're looking for really big old elms which have survived elm disease, despite it spreading everywhere across the country.
Please visit our dedicated website and let us know about any veteran elms out there!
www.wych-hunt.ie

Britain’s food supply is precarious – and Trump’s chaos is spreading. I have a plan. Do you? | George Monbiot I’ve started a stockpile, but that isn’t the answer. If crisis strikes, the government needs a strategy to protect us all, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Against my own political instincts, I’ve taken what feels like a drastic step, and started stockpiling food. This week’s column explains why.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Plus a brief thread.

Some #frog spawn in the ditch along the #Barrow towpath Levitstown today.

Early Butternut Squash An early butternut type squash that has medium sized fruits weighing about 1.2-1.8kg. They have rich slightly nutty delicious flavours. The fruit typically stores well (ca. 3-4 months).  Unlike sever...

Thinking of growing butternut squash this summer?

If you are, why not try our open pollinated early butternut squash?

Most early butternut squashes are F1 hybrids. Ours isn't and it is seed saving friendly.

wolfseeds.ie/product/wint...

Reintroducing wolves to Highlands could help native woodlands, says study Researchers say the animals could keep red deer numbers under control, leading to storage of 1m tonnes of CO2

Prof Dominick Spracklen just explained on @channel4news.bsky.social how reintroducing 167 wolves in the Scottish Highlands could reduce red deer population enough to boost woodland regeneration, leading to 1 million tons of CO2 sequestred per year.
🤞 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Seems unhelpful: artificial feeders in woodland, feeding competitors & occasional nest predators, at a vanishingly rare site that still has Willow Tits in southern England.

Putting up feeders in Willow Tit habitat is like going to a Little Tern colony and throwing bread for the gulls. #ukbirding

HOME | Rewild! Join a growing network of people in Ireland taking action in the face of the biodiversity emergency

Welcome to Rewild!

If you have land in Ireland and you want to rewild it but are not sure how, this is the site for you!

www.rewildyourland.ie

Garden birds are being poisoned by pet flea treatments - Pesticide Action Network UK Garden birds, such as blue tits and great tits, are being poisoned by pesticides found in pet tick and flea treatments.

We knew pet tick & flea treatments contaminate every river via domestic effluents. Now we see they are poisoning bird nests too. These hideously ecotoxic compounds are already banned in agriculture so why are they still freely available for pets? www.pan-uk.org/garden-birds...

Found what I think is a #squirrel drey on the ground in Avondale, Wicklow today. Knocked by recent storms. I thought it was moss initially, but it's shredded bark. Possibly from these nearby conifers.