Connaught St, once the commercial heart of the west side of Athlone, Westmeath has experienced serious urban decline over several decades & now has largescale vacancy & dereliction issues. It requires a regeneration programme such as the Historic Towns Initiative #DerelictIreland

Now hiring! Safe Routes to School Programme Manager Full job details: https://t.co/M9SRyZe6or An exciting opportunity to shape and direct the Safe Routes to School programme which delivers meaningful changes to schools all over the country. https://t.co/1p22SxfToR @SRTS_Ire

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Don't miss our upcoming talk with Éanna Ní Lamhna — educator, author & biologist — exploring our vital relationship with nature 'Treading lightly on the earth' Thursday 23 October 7.30pm in Tailors' Hall — D08 X2A3 Book your place now: https://t.co/biXEuPs9h9

"As a result of our failure to decarbonise, researchers now believe we have triggered the first of Earth’s “tipping points” – moments where we have changed the climate so extensively that it can never fully recover"

Entrance gate to Saunderscourt, a once-grand Georgian country-house estate near Wexford Town. Having stood disused for many years, the Palladian late-18th-century limestone-arch gate & its twin redbrick gate lodges will shortly be restored for holiday let use by @IrishLandmark

The fantastic team at Safe Routes to School have developed a great resource to help plan, trial and deliver 'School Streets' to empower active travel for students. To download: https://t.co/Qp4qxEdANT #SafeRoutestoSchool @SRTS_Ire

Still buzzing from #ClimateActionWeek on #NorthBullIsland with @dubcitycouncil, @dublinbiosphere and @climate_ambass 💪💙 Volunteers removed sea buckthorn, mapped flora, & picked seed pods! 🌍🌱 Huge thanks to all for your effort! 🙌 #CleanCoasts #Biodiversity @BioDataCentre

Online Climate Ambassador Event today showcasing the use of GIS tools & #mappingtechniques to drive #climateaction. Discover how they're used to explore #Irish landscapes & how QGIS helps study #floodinghazards in local contexts. 6-7pm. Reg link in comments. #Climateactionweek

Upcoming Freshwater Ecology Training on Saturday the 18th of October for #ClimateActionWeek. Learn about the Owenriff river, identify aquatic invertebrates and assess water quality as a citizen scientist. Link to register: https://t.co/xC5a9hIj80

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s waterways: an ecological death '@EPAIreland's latest verdict on water quality in Irish rivers, lakes and estuaries details a shocking level of decline, with few improvements over decades' https://t.co/JqbJ4SPKL0

It's the same old story - only worse Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again @AnTaisce @swanireland deeply concerned https://t.co/x5cdOSWqPl

EPA Report Shows Much Stronger Action is Needed on Water Quality - SWAN "Despite government rhetoric, the real improvements needed to restore our rivers, lakes, and seas to good health just aren’t happening after over fifteen years of decline." https://t.co/jmLsmK3bt4

Decade-long decline: Irish waterways continue to be polluted "We now need a step change in how we manage our waters and how we manage our land and wastewater.  We can’t keep doing largely the same thing and expecting a different outcome" https://t.co/c5mm5LUJX2

The lodge when occupied still in 2006 (source: NIAH - https://t.co/OGTdP8aCJa) #BuildingsAtRisk #DerelictIreland #CorkHeritage #CountyCork #IrishGateLodges 2/2

#HeritageAtRisk - Vacant gate lodge at the entrance to Mallow Castle, Mallow, Co Cork. The picturesque 19th-century lodge was lived-in until recent years but is now disused with overgrown vegetation and is having a blighting effect on the approach to the castle. 1/2

An investigation has been launched after more than 30 acres of native trees over 200 years old were alleged to have been illegally felled in Co Cork.

This week is Climate Action Week — check out everything happening from the great new site https://t.co/6qT49j1H21 #ClimateActionWeek #ClimateAction

Today is World Mental Health Day. Nature has a calming effect on us by reducing our stress hormone cortisol. Connecting with natural environments by spending time outdoors can really make a difference to mood and feelings of wellbeing. #WorldMentalHealthDay

#BuiltHeritage This stone obelisk in County Meath makes a fine eyecatcher on the Dublin-Slane road near Ashbourne Named the Brindley Memorial, it was erected in 1880 for a huntsman who lived locally and features related carvings around its base #MeathHeritage #IrishFollies

Fantastic event for student journalists & students interested in environmental journalism Young Reporters for the Environment is launching on 16 October from 1-2pm with a brilliant skills-based webinar looking at investigative reporting Competition open to students aged 11-25