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  • Woodpeckers And Electricity Don’t Mix

    Woodpeckers And Electricity Don’t Mix
    2026/02/23
    Residents in parts of Co. Clare have been suffering a spate of power outages. The culprit: recently arrived Great Spotted Woodpeckers that have been excavating holes in wooden electricity poles, causing some of them to weaken and then snap in bad weather, bringing the power lines down with them. Derek and the panel discuss this unusual problem...
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    16 分
  • Naturescapes: Getting A Helping Hand From The Natural World

    Naturescapes: Getting A Helping Hand From The Natural World
    2026/02/23
    Naturescapes is a European project using nature-based solutions at landscape scale to tackle socio-economic challenges, boost biodiversity and address climate change. Along the River Dodder, innovations like pocket forests are underway. Terry Flanagan met Mairéad O’Donnell of Trinity College Dublin to learn more...
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    11 分
  • Have You Been Feeling Under The (Extraordinarily Wet) Weather Lately?

    Have You Been Feeling Under The (Extraordinarily Wet) Weather Lately?
    2026/02/23
    Recent weeks have seen severe, localised flooding across Ireland, especially in counties Wicklow, Wexford and Dublin. Yet, as Éanna notes, Met Éireann says it was only the wettest January since 2018. Our panel discusses climate change, extreme weather and nature-based flood solutions...
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    5 分
  • The Brent Goose: A Natural Symbol Of Dublin

    The Brent Goose: A Natural Symbol Of Dublin
    2026/02/23
    The Brent Goose, which breeds in High Arctic Canada, arrives in Dublin each autumn, gathering in estuaries, parks and green spaces to graze on grass. Ireland is crucial to this far-northern breeder. Ornithologist Kendrew Calhoun explains how public sightings help track populations, migration and breeding success for conservation...
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    21 分
  • Dinosaurs: What Happened To Them?

    Dinosaurs: What Happened To Them?
    2026/02/16
    Dr. Matthias Sinnesael, Assistant Professor in Geology at Trinity College Dublin, is one of the participants in a study trying better to understand the dinosaur extinction event and whether it was caused purely by the asteroid, or if extreme volcanic activity may also have played a role. He joins Richard, Eanna and Niall in studio to explain...
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    25 分
  • The Collared Dove: An Avian Success Story

    The Collared Dove: An Avian Success Story
    2026/02/16
    While on holiday recently in Valencia, Spain, Derek noticed a species of bird that has become one of the staple performers in the Irish Dawn Chorus each year: the Collared Dove. First breeding in Ireland in 1959, they now consistently feature each winter in the Top 20 of BirdWatch Ireland’s Irish Garden Bird Survey...
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    9 分
  • Report - Ireland’s First "Living Seawall" In Cobh

    Report - Ireland’s First "Living Seawall" In Cobh
    2026/02/16
    Ireland’s first Living Seawall at Kennedy Pier, Cobh Harbour, was developed by UCC, Research Ireland and the Port of Cork. Featuring habitat-rich panels with unique patterns of cups, ridges and depressions, it boosts marine life and water quality. Naturalist Jim Wilson speaks with marine ecologist Dr. Louise Firth from UCC BEES about the project...
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    13 分
  • Peregrine Falcons In Cobh

    Peregrine Falcons In Cobh
    2026/02/16
    The Peregrine Falcon, the world’s fastest animal at 389 km/h, nearly went extinct due to the pesticide DDT but has recovered strongly in Ireland and worldwide. In recent years, a pair nested in the 300-ft belfry of St. Colman's Cathedral, successfully breeding in 2024. On tonight’s programme, Jim Wilson tells us more...
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    6 分