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Ella McSweeney
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irish, journalist
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@irishtimes.comReposted by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.socialThis man had found one of the scarcest craneflies around in Ireland
irishtimes.comThis man had found one of the scarcest craneflies around in IrelandMost of us have encountered a daddy-long-legs, but that is just one of 211 known cranefly species in Ireland
@irishtimes.comReposted by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.socialIreland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failing
irishtimes.comIreland is the last stand for rare coastal machair habitats in the EU – but it’s failingFunding nature restoration looks like an easy line to leave blank in the budget. That would be an expensive mistake
@scienceartnews.bsky.socialReposted by @ellamcsweeney.bsky.socialConference
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@ellamcsweeney.bsky.socialI met Wendell Berry on his Kentucky farm in 2015 while making a BBC Radio 4 doc about him.
His legacy is immense.
@ellamcsweeney.bsky.socialThe Cunnigar in Dungarvan is magic. But it needs love & help
@ellamcsweeney.bsky.social“Wild salmon connect wild mountains to the sea, their presence or absence a verdict on how humans value, treat and manage the world. Wild salmon are the measure; when they go missing, it signals that things are completely out of ecological whack.“
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