Do other grassroots groups, activists and citizens also detect an enormous chasm between Sinn Féin’s rhetorical commitment to protecting communities and the environment and the reality you’ve experienced on the ground?

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“A tourist visiting the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard has been fined more than £900 for getting too close to a walrus. Why did he do it? He was after a good picture, the police prosecutor believes.”

Just right. Nature is not a Disney film.

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This is a sad and dark day for football. Saudi Aramco just bought the game’s biggest platform to sell its dirty fossil fuels and clean up its grim reputation. To protect the sport we love, we need to stop this deal.

Department for Infrastructure don't even talk to other departments.

Communities NI funding the Albert Basin Park in Newry, allowing for tall ships to berth.

Department for Infrastructure building a bridge that will prevent tall ships from berthing in Newry.

Five cub foxtrot! 🦊

Thanks to the gifted Rostrevor photographer Louis McNally for another superb shot of the wonders of wildlife around us here in Rostrevor. Check out his fb page for more of his amazing work!

5/10 Local authority councillors voted in favour of it, missing opportunities to scrutinise the officer's report. Although they are the mechanism for providing accountability in the planning system, some told me that they felt 'they had no choice' to vote for it ...

I cycled the carlingford greenaway yesterday. Unfortunately the entire length had been sprayed with glyphosate on both sides. I support the expansion and extention of cycle infrastructure but we need to be aware that they often go through environmentally sensitive areas.

Stranford Lough was also designated as a Marine Conservation Area back in 1995 without stopping fishing inside its boundaries. And we know how it all turned out with the destruction of their horse mussel reefs. Designation without real protection means very little.

“I know we're only two people among the many people who come through the park, but then we were only two that needed someone to come and respect us and say we're planning to do this. I just think it's not a very kind way to treat anyone.'

Please sign ⬇️

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Newry.LN on our travels and graffiti appears on a wall at Clanrye Avenue/Park, #Newry

Please sign this petition to ban the unnecessary and environmentally damaging use of plastic grass for sports pitches chng.it/KRNVNHYGc7

Enda McClafferty The relationship between the outdoors/walking and positive mental health is immensely beneficial. Charging people to access natural serenity and beauty is simply revolting. It's a tax on mindfulness and wellbeing. Shame on NewryMourneDown

Filmed a stone’s throw away from Narrow Water, this short clip shows how
Warrenpoint Harbour Authority are doing for tourism and outstanding natural beauty around Carlingford Lough and The Cooley Peninsula what 'Jaws' did for shark conservation and tourism on Amity Island.

Nearly 40 scientists have signed “The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness”, highlighting there is “strong scientific support” that birds and mammals have conscious experience, and a “realistic possibility” of consciousness for all vertebrates.

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“The problem isn’t the tourists. It’s a model that was built around – and with the connivance of – a business class that doesn’t want to listen to what needs to be done, and with a political class that serves that business class instead of serving all the citizens.”

At a recent NewryMourneDown committee meeting, Cllr Gareth Sharvin claimed the National Trust NI are “fully on board” with the Mourne Gateway/gondola project because they’ve signed a memorandum of understanding. However, as the article below highlights, this is clearly not the case.

'All Misfortune Comes from the Cut Trees' - Marie Chauvet

We’re happy to share this good news from Burren Men's Shed of an important event, the Annual Community Clean-Up, this Saturday morning with a great chance to meet friends and neighbours on the historic and picturesque roads in and around Burren!

Does anyone know why and when the Mourne Heritage Trust’s Twitter/X account was suspended?!

“Greece has become the first country in Europe to announce a ban on bottom trawling in all of its national marine parks and protected areas. The country said it will spend €780m (£666m) to protect its “diverse and unique marine ecosystems”.” 👏 👏 🇬🇷

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