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Habitat protection and restoration at Slyne Head
The Galway coast supports a wonderfully diverse and rare habitat which is in urgent need of protection. Our coastal habitats are in poor condition and are deteriorating and eroding at an increasing rate due to climate change and, in many areas, increased amenity pressure. Machair Habitat Machair is a delicate coastal grassland habitat, which only…
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LIFE on Machair Official Launch April 21st 2023
Project Launch Friday April 21st 10am – 12.30pm Join us for our official launch by Ministers of State Malcom Noonan T.D. (Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform) & Senator Pippa Hackett (Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity) Killeen Community Centre, Lousburgh, Co. Mayo Please register through EventBrite. Please download the launch…
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Charting a course for LIFE on Machair in 2023
The darker days are drawing in and it’s time for reflection over a busy year for LIFE on Machair. In our first LIFE on Machair blog we wrote: ‘we’re only at the beginning, but after one hundred days it is clear that any Machair focused project has to be collaborative. We all stand to lose…
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One hundred days of LIFE on Machair
LIFE on Machair project manager Dr. Catherine Farrell reflects on some thoughts at the beginning of the EU funded LIFE on Machair project which runs from 2022 to 2028. It’s been a few months since I took up the post of project manager of LIFE on Machair at the start of Spring 2022, and before…