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EU Commission closes sensitive areas to bottom fishing, including nearly 9,000 km2 in Irish...

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What’s to be won at Ireland’s Citizens’ Assembly on biodiversity loss?

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18 Fold Increase In Marine Protected Areas Needed

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Opposition to mining in Clare grows as licensing looms

6 July 2022   Over recent months, local opposition has been building against possible mineral prospecting in east Clare. Resistance in East Clare  Opposition was largely spurred on...

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So long from our editor, Kayle Crosson

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