Ella McSweeney

Ella McSweeney on a thoughtful man who lived a determined and visionary life as a conservationist and educator

Wild species face an overwhelming threat from this virus and need as much help as we can offer them to help them

With a life designed for high energy, cuttlefish could adopt the motto ‘Live fast, die young’

This month is the perfect time to prepare for bats as they emerge from winter hibernation

Storm Gudrun shocked the Nordic country into building a new, climate-proofed power grid. Will Ireland follow suit?

Ella McSweeney: A recent incident in Killary Harbour provides further evidence that the salmon farming system carries too much risk 

An Bord Pleanála has overturned council decision to grant permission for Dawn Meats abbatoir to offload 400,000 litres of treated wastewater into the river every day

How to help? Plant wildflowers, avoid using chemicals and get comfortable with messy, neglected areas

Ella McSweeney: We will not reach our nature restoration goals without urgent action

Ella McSweeney: When acorns fall from the oak tree in autumn, a jay will hide up to 5,000 of them around the wood

Being flooded is a particular kind of hell but pouring more concrete isn’t the solution

Ella McSweeney: Without radical and urgent changes in how we use the land, the future of our most distinctive lakes is bleak

Clover is a viable alternative for farmers who want to stay in profit and deal with the environmental challenges they face

Clew Bay and Tralee Bay are their last known refuges here, where their numbers are so low it may be too late to help them. Still, scientists refuse to give up hope

The Burren is home to 27 species of moths and butterflies found nowhere else in the country, along with all of our rarest butterflies and half our rarest moths

The confirmation revives the question of whether nightjars could have a more hopeful future in Ireland than previously believed

Consecutive Irish governments have sanctioned the plundering of salmon stocks

Farming for Nature is a movement of dairy and tillage farmers towards sustainable practices that respect the land

The mushroom’s striking silhouette resembles a classic toadstool from a children’s story

We must move fast to secure clean, healthy water for the future. But to do so, we need three things: ambition, investment and action