Irish Wildlife Trust

18/06/2026

✍️ New blog: Why Ireland’s new Invasive Species Bureau must have teeth to be successful

Ireland's new Invasive Species Bureau is a welcome development, but without substantial funding, enforcement powers, measurable targets, and integration with the Nature Restoration Plan, invasive species such as Rhododendron ponticum will continue to spread and undermine biodiversity restoration efforts. Read our latest blog: iwt.ie/the-pink-creep

📢 Call to Action:
Ireland's Nature Restoration Plan is currently open for public consultation. Consider making a submission calling for a dedicated invasive species strategy, binding eradication targets, long-term funding, and stronger action to protect Ireland's biodiversity.

17/06/2026

📣 Announcing our May Facebook Photo of the Month shortlist! 📷
We are delighted to present this selection from May's entries. Thank you to everyone who shared your passion through these incredible photos 💚
The winning photograph will be decided by the most ‘Likes’ (or reactions) on Facebook by 4pm on Wednesday 24 June 2026. The following day we will announce our IWT May Photo of the Month.
These 24 photos are carefully chosen from all your submissions to [email protected]. As you know, selecting a shortlist is never an easy task, so we genuinely appreciate and value every single entry.
Don't forget to engage with the post if you want your photo to have a better chance of winning, but please also share the entire album to ensure a fair competition.
We are already accepting entries for the June 2026 competition.
Send your photo to [email protected] with the subject line “June Photo of the Month.” Don’t forget to include the date (dd/mm/yyyy), location (e.g. Co. Clare), and your social media handle if you’d like us to tag you!
And if you entered a photo and you weren't picked, please don't be discouraged. It is a really difficult job to whittle down the shortlist every month because of the standard of photos we receive.
✨ Good luck to all entrants! ✨

15/06/2026

🎥 Invasive Species Week webinar:

Stop the Spread: How policymakers and gardeners can fight back against invasive plants

🗓️ Wednesday 24 June, 17:30-18:45

📍 Online (wherever you are!)

Join Oisín Ó Néill, Nature Advocacy Officer with the Irish Wildlife Trust, and Mary Reynolds, founder of We Are The Ark and nature activist, for a webinar discussing current invasive species policy, invasive species management, and the Nature Restoration Law, plus what to avoid planting in your garden and the importance of planting native species.

🌱 Oisín has been working hands-on in invasive species removal for many years and advocating for policy change at a national level. Mary has been actively helping people to rewild their gardens for years and is a passionate advocate for the importance of planting native species instead.

🔗 Registration essential: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hnTo5E0kSXebELEdcbRJdg?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio #/registration

Biodiversity Ireland

09/06/2026

☀️ Move with Nature: Summer Solstice at the Burren 🌼

📅 Saturday 20 June 12:45-14:15

The Summer Solstice, known in Irish as Grianstad an tSamhraidh (literally “sun-stop”), is the longest day of the year, offering up to 17 hours of daylight. To celebrate this, we will visit the biodiverse and unique meadows of

🚶 IWT Move With Nature events bring people together to explore local ecology and connect with nature while getting light exercise through walking and movement. Each event coincides with a significant turning point in the seasons and explores a different habitat.

🌱 Over 70% of Ireland’s native flora can be found at the Burren, with mid-June being the peak of the summer bloom. During this time, the iconic karst landscape comes alive with a stunning array of rare Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean wildflowers, including rare orchids.

👉 See iwt.ie/events for details



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Burrenbeo Trust

08/06/2026

This , tell destructive industries to take their 🌊

Powerful corporate lobbies—particularly from the industrial fishing, mining, and chemical sectors—are pressuring EU lawmakers to weaken critical marine and water protections. Using the EU's "simplification" agenda and competitiveness goals, these groups are actively fighting to dilute environmental standards and delay bans on destructive practices.

The Irish Wildlife Trust stands with fellow members of the Irish Environmental Network and environmental NGOs across the EU to say Hands Off Nature.

https://iwt.ie/what-we-do/campaigns/hands-off-nature/ ✍️

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05/06/2026

Not the World Environment Day post we were hoping to make.

The confirmed death of more than 20,000 fish in the River Glyde, Co. Louth, is a devastating reminder of the ongoing crisis facing Ireland's freshwater ecosystems. has identified the source of the pollution as an agricultural discharge.

The Irish Wildlife Trust is calling for prosecution and urgent action to address agricultural pollution and protect Ireland's freshwater ecosystems.

While shocking, this is not an isolated incident. Agriculture remains the largest source of water pollution in Ireland and the leading cause of fish kills nationally. Yet while many rivers, lakes, and estuaries continue to decline, Ireland remains the only EU member state operating under a nitrates derogation. Repeated public calls for clean, healthy waterways have been overshadowed by powerful agricultural interests seeking exemptions from regulations designed to protect freshwater ecosystems.

Last year it was the Blackwater. This year it is the Glyde. These recurring incidents raise urgent questions about how we protect our waterways, enforce environmental regulations, and address nutrient pollution.

Ireland's rivers are vital for biodiversity, communities, recreation, and local economies. They should not be treated as collateral damage in the pursuit of short-term economic gain.

Read our latest blog on this issue: iwt.ie/river-glyde-fish-kill

📷 River Blackwater fish kill, 2025. Shane Cummins, Mallow Trout Anglers



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03/06/2026

02/06/2026

IWT Marine Advocacy Officer Grace Carr outlines one of our key asks: release Marine Protected Areas legislation without delay.

Under the EU Nature Restoration Law, we need to have 30% of our seas protected by 2030, with 10% of that strictly protected.

launched an online tool that will allow you to write directly to Taoiseach Míchéal Martin and relevant ministers to tell them to act now.



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26/05/2026

Green Drinks Dublin 🌱
Rewilding & Reconnecting, with Jack Morley of the Rewildlife
🗓️ Tuesday 09 June
🕡 Doors open 19:00, presentation begins 19:30
📍J.T. Pim’s, (downstairs), at 4 South Great George’s Street, Dublin 2, D02 NR59

After 15 years in advertising and communications, Jack has turned his expertise toward Irish nature restoration, inspiring an audience of over 30,000 through his channel, The Rewildlife. What started as a personal project to rewild his five-acre Wicklow homestead for his son has grown into a broader mission to examine how we communicate biodiversity issues in Ireland.

Jack will share his rewilding journey and the wildlife that returned to his land, but his main focus will be on the power of narrative. He will show howtelling the story of the land has ultimately had a much greater impact for nature than the five acres itself. Check out his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/

Doors open at 19:00. If you like, join us for a chat about the Irish Wildlife Trust and a chance to ask us questions about what we do and how to get involved! The presentation itself begins at 19:30. As always, we’ll follow the talk with questions and then a relaxed social session over drinks—expect good chats, new connections, and plenty of green inspiration 💚

Irish Wildlife Trust - Dublin Branch

25/05/2026

The campaign has half a million signatures!

👀 EU policymakers are aware of the campaign and increasingly recognise that attempts to weaken environmental protections are being closely watched by the public.

⚠️ At the same time, the pressure against these laws is intensifying. National governments and major polluters continue pushing to weaken key protections behind closed doors, and the risks are real.

If we want stronger protection for nature, we need to be even louder. Let’s make sure attempts to weaken environmental laws do not go unnoticed.
📝 Add your voice, share this with 10 friends and on your stories.

Sign the petition: https://iwt.ie/what-we-do/hands-off-nature/

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📸Northern Gannets by Brian Enright