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Ella McSweeney
@ellamcsweeney.bsky.social
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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · 24d
Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing

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Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
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Tóchar Community Stories @tocharstories.bsky.social · Jul 22
25 years ago local community stood up for bog's protection for people, place and nature - celebrating community action #Abbeyleix @communitywetlands.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social
beautiful storytelling via @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social @rteradio1.bsky.social
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Saving Abbeyleix Bog
25 years ago, 37 locals protested to save Abbeyleix Bog, now a local centre for locals, tourists and nature.
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Fintan Burke @fintanburke.com · Mar 23
This article by Ella McSweeney covers a fish die-off in one of Ireland’s rivers like a crime story. Brilliant read.
Ecological tragedy in Clare heralds imminent water crisis in Ireland
Ballymacraven river may never recover from pollution that killed thousands of fish, an incident that highlights an even wider problem as the State’s water treatment infrastructure creaks under growing...
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Ella McSweeney @ellamcsweeney.bsky.social · Oct 8
“Using their 40-year data set and historical research as far back as 1886, Little and Sterling see the extent of the decline of life in the lake. Life is draining away. It is, says Little, “very sad”.”
#loughhyne

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