.@Potuama met with myself & Grace O'Sullivan today to showcase the inspiring work of @Ballynamona, @EastCorkBio & Sea And Land Trust. Thanks Stephen Belton of Garryvoe Hotel for providing a lovely lunch. What a fab place. On from there to the windswept grandeur of Knockadoon Head.

Next up is @Potuama talking on behalf of East Coast Biodiversity Forum #CleanCoasts #OceanHero #Ireland

Since March this year rubbish pickers have removed over four tonnes of mostly plastic waste from a 500 metre stretch of coast by Blackrock Castle in Cork. Photos via @Ballynamona

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NPWS appeals to all hunters not to hunt over the coming days in order to allow wild birds time to re-fuel and to recover from the cold snap.   A temporary voluntary ban has been agreed with NARGC and ICSA, and NPWS will continue to monitor weather data from Met Éireann.

Delighted to support @Ballynamona with their outdoor classroom funding proposal at the East Cork Municipal District. Connecting children with the natural world in the most interactive, fun way. Incredible work by @Potuama. Grace O'Sullivan Malcolm Noonan echolive.ie/corknews/arid-…

If ever there was a good reason to get more Green Party Ireland reps elected to (fully) close down rurrral Irrr'land... irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…

It is important that we challenge the commonly held view of what a #River should look like. Straight channels, tidy banks and more recently, tarmac paths for greenways etc. This isn't natural. Check out what is possible when we reimagine our rivers. 👉 youtu.be/zkmJRJaPBXE

Having spent a lot of time over in the past 12 years pulling and cutting cherry laurel from oak woodlands, I would advise against planting this in your garden. Holly and yew do just as good a job. CL is a disaster for unmanaged broadleaved woodlands.

Queen bumblebees emerge from hibernation in early spring. Now is the perfect time to remind yourself of the 21 different species on the island Ireland. 🐝 (Download poster here: bit.ly/2Lxb33f)

Members of our Environmental Society are off to Lisbon in Portugal for the week as part of an Erasmus + project. They will be working with students from Norway, France, Portugal, Turkey and Slovenia. This is a European project on the Sustainable Development Goals. #SDG #SDGS

What a day! Thank you for inviting us @Ballynamona the girls had a fantastic day of learning on a brilliantly organised event. Shout out to Cully and Sully for the veg soup. Biodiversity in Schools @Ballynamona Sea And Land Trust #wearenatureheroes

The antique medicine bottle, which dates between 1880 and 1900, is now being used as an environmental teaching tool to show children that just because we throw something away, it doesn’t mean it goes away | Eoin English reports irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…

🧱 MOCingbird needs support for their “Sewer Heroes: Fighting the Fatberg” idea to be produced by LEGO® IDEAS & LEGO 🤞2nd time lucky! 🔗 ideas.lego.com/projects/e6d99… My 8yo & I would be first in the queue if it makes it into shops! Clean Coasts Uisce Éireann - Irish Water @Ballynamona

🌻 Proud of Cork City Council for taking a lead on this in 2022 irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a… Keep up the good work Grace O'Sullivan…you have raised an impressive quantity & breath of important & relevant issues during your tenure in the #EuropeanParliament 👏 @EastCorkBio @Ballynamona

@Potuama is nominated for Individual of the Year in the #CleanCoasts #OceanHero Awards 2023 for his work and leadership with St. Colman’s C.C. & @Ballynamona to take on many projects to eradicate litter in the area. cleancoasts.org/our-initiative… #Ireland

Super important work being done by @Potuama and @Ballynamona -well worth supporting if you can

The EPA is investigating a spill of gas oil into #Cork Harbour which was discovered on Monday. Environmentalists say they have lots of questions about the incident, and concerns too about how it was communicated to the wider public. irishexaminer.com/news/munster/a…

🌊 🚮 Beach clean at Ardnahinch, Shanagarry this fine Sunday morning at 11am…meet in the car park. Reposts welcome…spread the word! @Ballynamona Midleton Tidy Towns Cork County Council Clean Coasts Sea And Land Trust Russell Rovers GAA

It's the start of #BiodiversityWeek and today is also #WorldBeeDay! Delighted to host Professor Jane Stout from Trinity College Dublin & Dr. Úna Fitzpatrick of Biodiversity Ireland & All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, who gave fantastic presentations on the importance of pollinators to all TY classes. Thank you!