On Mooney Goes Wild tonight, Éanna Ní Lamhna talks to Dr Peter Moonlight, curator of the Herbarium, School of Botany, TCD. It has half a million dried plant specimens dating back to the early 1700s, including what is possibly the world’s oldest specimen of a shamrock! @rteradio1.bsky.social
@RTERadio1 today 1330 there will be a programme on the late Séamus O’Brien Head Gardener at Kilmacurragh, brilliant plantsman, adventurer, author and a huge loss to the world of nature as we face into critical times
Comhbhrón ó chroí lena theaghlach agus lena chairde.
@opw @nationalbotanicgardens
Hometree is a nature restoration charity, based in the west of Ireland. We work to establish and restore resilient habitats, focusing on native temperate rainforests. Our approach integrates community, culture, science and natural systems.
Well done Derek Mooney and Niall Hatch Jim Wilson Declan Murphy Camerman Dónal Glackin for this super programme on wintering wetland birds at @harpersisland.bsky.social
in Cork. Link to listen / watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2D8fIQUldI
👏🙏🦆 @rteradio1.bsky.social
Ireland will not participate in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, and it will not be broadcast by RTÉ, after the European Broadcasting Union confirmed that Israel will be allowed to take part
Agreed. This was a brilliant report! 💪👏
Many thanks to aborist Bernard Carey who tells us about the value of trees and the long history of tree planting in the village of Mountshannon in County Clare, and to Eibhlín Dunne who showed us Ireland’s largest Oak the Bé Binn. Tonight 22 – 23 on Mooney Goes Wild @rteradio1.bsky.social
The Arena team produced this remarkable programme yesterday. It is a beautiful tribute to an amazing colleauge and friend.
Heartbreaking news. Seán was the best of us. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.
“Very badly injured, many families being wiped out, kids being orphaned.
From a humanity point of view, it's beyond comprehension”
1. Yesterday I wrote a thread about the dire warnings from food professionals on the state of supply chains. Comfortable folk might find it impossible to imagine an end to the current abundance. But we'd better start imagining it fast.
THIS thread is about solutions - false ones and sound ones.
Tonight on @NatureRTE 22 – 2300 @RTERadio1 Simple community-led actions protecting beloved features in Maharees. Many thanks to Eleanor Turner biodiversity officer for @countykerry, Dr. Therese Higgins Lecturer @MTU_ie and Martha Farrell Maharees Conservation Association 🌊🏞️🙏
Tonight on @NatureRTE 22 – 2300 @RTERadio1 Simple community-led actions protecting beloved features in Maharees. Many thanks to Eleanor Turner biodiversity officer for @countykerry, Dr. Therese Higgins Lecturer @MTU_ie and Martha Farrell Maharees Conservation Association 🌊🏞️🙏
This is what it sounds like in a large bed of reeds! Many thanks to Claire Deasy @NPWSIreland Conservation Ranger West Cork for taking the time to talk me about the importance of our wetlands at the Garylucas Marsh Custodians of Ireland @RTERadio1 Jan 1 @1500 🏞🌻🐝
“the only way…” Alayne Hynes, outdoor educator and member of the Courcey Sustainability Group talks about how Community Action is the way to tackling the dwindling wildlife on the Old Head of Kinsale and Ireland at large. Custodians of Ireland @RTERadio1 Dec 31st 1500 🏞 🌼🐝
We need to talk about our wild food plants! Dr. Tom Curtis, botanist and co-author of Wild Food Plants of Ireland responds to the question what wild crops he would be most worried about us loosing. Custodians of Ireland Dec 30th 1500 @RTERadio1 #timeforaction 🏞 🌼🐝
How do salmon know to return to the river they came from? Michael Millane, Senior Research Officer @InlandFisherIE talks about the battle for survival of the remaining wild Irish salmon. Custodians of Ireland @RTERadio1 Dec 27th @ 1500 🐟🌊🏞
Paul Maher, ex curator @NBGGlasnevinOPW who volunteers with his wife horticulturalist Edel to assist Tony Murray @NPWSIreland @noeleenbotanics @UCDHort and others to save the cottonweed plant from extinction in Ireland. Tonight 22-2300 Mooney Goes Wild @NatureRTE @RTERadio 🌻🏞
