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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 11h

SEVENTEEN (!!!) poles at this intersection on O'Connell St in Dublin, imprisoning & almost fully obscuring the monuments to liberator Daniel O'Connell & revolutionary William Smith O'Brien. Dublin City Council desperately needs to address its street clutter epidemic!

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The INJ grant call is now open! We seek to fund natural history fieldwork, research & publications!

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Conor O'Carroll @conorocarroll.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Tonight, we reveal how water use from data centres almost doubled during the summer, peaking in July when the hosepipe ban was introduced for households. The figures show data centres used over 514 million litres of water between May and July this year. Read on thejournal.ie just after midnight 🔜

A screenshot of an upcoming article on The Journal. The headline reads 'Data centre water use almost doubled during Ireland's long, hot summer months'

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Round fruited rush (Juncus compressus) from the Boyne Valley, Co. Meath - one of only three extant locations in Ireland. On the theme of this week's #WildflowerHour the common name describes exactly what to expect of the species. @wildflowerhour.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Best wishes to @AnTaisce.bsky.social and FoIE in their legal challenge to the recent capping of recoverable costs for winners of environmental legal cases. A critical action being taken to uphold the principals of access to justice in environmental matters. www.antaisce.org/News/environ...

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Environmental groups launch legal challenge against new regulations that severely restrict access to justice

Together, An Taisce and Friends of the Irish Environment initiated a court challenge to new regulations that put a cap on the costs litigants in environmental legal cases can recover if they win their...

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Attracta Uí Bhroin @attractaub.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

If you care about #environmentaldemocracy #housing #criticalinfrastructure #climatechange #ruleoflaw #publicaccountability #Aarhus #EULaw #theConstitution #nature and if you have sense - support this case of @antaisce.bsky.social & Friends of the Irish Environment www.antaisce.org/News/environ...

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

My first swallow of the year 🥰 At National Botanic Gardens JFK Arboretum, Co. Wexford.

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Jake Dalzell @bitheolaidhe.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I'm running a training day on plant-pathogenic fungi with CEDaR on Saturday at Killard National Nature Reserve - book a ticket below! nationalmuseumsni.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket...

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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 02/05/2026

Plans to let modular 'garden homes' on the rental market have been described as "scraping the bottom of the barrel" for solutions to the housing crisis. A former head of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland slammed the plan. www.thejournal.ie/garden-homes...

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Garden homes plan 'scraping bottom of the barrel', says former president of architects body

Robin Mandal warned the garden units may turn out to be ‘exploitative’ for renters while creating more work for planners.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Representing our native plants at Dublin Zoo "Native Species Festival" for #BiodiversityWeek. In an animal centred world it is important to remember our flora is part of our wildlife too.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Proud dad today as I said goodbye to my baby Meadow Barley (Hordeum secalinum), germinated from seed in the National Seed Bank, as they graduated from lab trials to native plant nursery. A threatened species, it is protected by law in Ireland, & will be cultivated by Joan for ex-situ conservation.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Those terrible cycle lanes in Fossa service a primary school, church, pub, 5 star hotel, caravan park, direct provision centre, equestrian centre, 3 x golf courses, a country club, distillery, massive factory, National Park, and countless residential homes and B&Bs. But ya, its desperate altogether!

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Coming up on Tuesday, I will be having a pint with @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social and chatting about all things native plant conservation.

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Jordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

The upcoming Killarney National Park Spring School (Apr 10-12) is free & open to all! There's a lovely line up to connect you to your landscape, biodiversity & heritage. Including a talk my me 🙋‍♂️ Step into Spring 2026 by Killarney National Park Education Centre | details👇 share.google/coPIQxWRILTX...

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Step into Spring 2026

Join us for a weekend of walks and talks in Killarney National Park!

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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Free Legal Advice Centres is warning overreach will impact on further cases beyond planning & infrastructure, "... reason for many judicial review cases is 'poor-quality decision-making by public bodies and lack of an alternative meaningful way' to make an appeal" www.thejournal.ie/judicial-rev...

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Restricting judicial reviews will 'block' court challenges for vulnerable groups, claim lawyers

Free Legal Advice Centres is warning the overreach will impact on further cases well beyond planning and infrastructure.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

In an open letter published today in "Plants, People, Planet", I join 257 conservation and restoration experts in calling for independent biodiversity certification to become standard practice in restoration finance. Counting trees planted isn't enough! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Jamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

As per Kerry tradition Jessie Buckley will be put on display in a small cage in Killorglin for 3 days upon her arrival back from the Oscars

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Join me & @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social for a pint and a chat about seed 🌱. Its a rollercoaster ride from the Siberian permafrost & the Dead Sea, to Svalbard & Glasnevin. In our quest to save the Irish flora we will encounter heroes & villains, the Soviets, the Nazis & even Seamus Heaney!

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Not a single fada in this newspaper article #SeachtainNaGaeilge

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

This little fellow just brings me so much joy! Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) in Co. Kerry - one of my favourite signs of spring. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiireland.bsky.social

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

"Sure you wouldn't know yourself with the new road" - said the Kerry man to the Cork Man.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The next time you hear some politician blaming pearl mussels or the Habitats Directive for flooding disasters, might be a good time to point this out to to them.

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Caroline O'Doherty @codohertynews.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Telling councillors they must not try to put housing on flood plains is a "frequent theme" in communications from the planning regulator www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...

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Councillors tried to zone 288 flood-prone sites for development in past six years

Planning regulator intervened 93 times to stop zoning on sites in nine counties, with more interventions still under way

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A few years back I had the privilege of working with a wonderful team to enhance education for sustainable development at UCC through integration of the SDGs into curricula. Our piece "Integrating Sustainability Across University Curricula" is finally published. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

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Integrating Sustainability Across University Curricula: Creating a Dynamic Pan-Disciplinary Framework and Open-Source Materials

Higher education must play a key role in contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by preparing graduates to embark on a lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning journey to face the e...

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Me n Charlie D are cut from the same cloth 💁

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Maybe, one day, if I become a landlord, I will be wealthy enough to live in my home county.

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

We Didn’t Start the Fire (But it’s all the ways the EU has ruined environmental protection in the last three years) with @greenpeace.eu #ad

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Irish Wildlife Trust @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The EU is pushing for significant deregulation, under the guise of "simplification". They are planning to chip away at one vital environmental law at a time. Once lost, these protections rarely return. Take Action: iwt.ie/what-we-do/hands-off-nature/ More info: handsoffnature.eu/

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Gardaí & Luas inspectors walking around with their faces covered by pulled up neckwarmers is unnecessary, intimidatory & reminiscent of things we don't want to be as a nation. It's not that cold lads - Who/where do you think you are? #SpéirGorm #Ireland

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

⚖️ 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.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Exercise your right to public participation in environmental decision making by submitting a response to the public consultation on your right to access to justice in environmental matters

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Nice to see the latest issue of the @injournal.bsky.social hitting the papers this week!

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Cotterite is an exceedingly rare form of quartz known from one Irish locality in Co. Cork. I was privileged to be present when Ben (7) brought it into the museum @nmireland.bsky.social Full story just published in Irish Naturalists’ Journal @injournal.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

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Boy (7) strikes it lucky by finding one of the world’s rarest minerals near his home in Cork

Within seconds of handing it over to an expert, it was clear quartz discovery was very special

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Excited that the 3rd edition of our “Identification Guide to Ireland’s Regulated Invasive Alien Plant Species”, published by the National Biodiversity Data Centre, is now available for free online and hard copies will be available to purchase in the online in Feb. invasives.ie/guide-to-ire...

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Identification Guide to Ireland’s Regulated Invasive Alien Plant Species - Invasives.ie

We are delighted to announce the publication of the 3rd edition of “Identification Guide to Ireland’s Regulated Invasive Alien Plant Species” which is now

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Elaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

These are our collective, environmental democratic rights which are being eroded here. If you're not worried about this, then you're clearly not paying enough attention.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Access to justice in environmental matters is one of the core principals of the Aarhus Convention, if you believe that this should be maintained and should not become prohibitively expensive please respond to the public consultation that is currently open.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

One too many lemonades last night so a slow start to the #NewYearPlantHunt today. We clocked a surprising 24 species in flower on a local laneway in Inch, Co. Kerry. Highlights = Hedge Mustard (1st record for the hectad), Thyme Leaved Speedwell, & a single Navalwort flower. @bsbiireland.bsky.social

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Seamus' death is a massive loss to Irish horticulture, botany and garden heritage. He was a welcoming, charismatic and immensely knowledgeable colleague. His love for his craft was palpable and his mark will will be etched into our gardened landscapes & national plant collections - RIP Seamus.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with a journalist to discuss the challenges facing plant biodiversity. Seed banking is one tool that we need to prevent extinction, but must be part of wider conservation and restoration action. www.thejournal.ie/the-man-in-c...

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Noah’s Ark for plants: The man in charge of logging every native seed in Ireland

Conservation ecologist Darren Reidy has been researching, gathering and banking native seeds across Ireland since his appointment in 2022.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

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Noah’s Ark for plants: The man in charge of logging every native seed in Ireland

Conservation ecologist Darren Reidy has been researching, gathering and banking native seeds across Ireland since his appointment in 2022.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Always the cowgirl, never the cow 💃💅 #CMAT was stunning tonight in Dublin

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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

It's good to see Bishop Lucey Park open again and there are some nice elements but overall it's rather charmless, cluttered and over-engineered. Strap yourself in for a rollercoaster ride of a thread (1/n)🧵 #Cork

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I have never been wetter on a hike! Nor have I ever had to queue for the summit before! Grand soft day on #Snowdon, celebrating 20yrs of friendship with my bestie.

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My workplace is so ugly this time of year. All those sad dying trees. 😉

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Darren Reidy @darrenreidy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I just love the moody landscapes of Autumn...

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