Days like these

We had fished the fly early that morning, from the shore. By the time we came to the point the tide was rising, and the point was doing what a point does on a big tide — driving water hard…


We had fished the fly early that morning, from the shore. By the time we came to the point the tide was rising, and the point was doing what a point does on a big tide — driving water hard…

Ireland's National Nature Restoration Plan is due on 1 September 2026. This is the submission I made to it — a case for treating the recreational sea bass fishery as a coastal ecosystem rather than a stock, and a measurable restoration pathway for the habitats that hold it. Written from forty years of watching one stretch of the Irish south-east.

“Live carefully, because there are people around you whose lives and well-being depend on your actions. This concerns all of us, because the paths — these people and their destinies — cross each other all the time, whether we are…

An important open public meeting will be held at 7pm on Nov 17 at Lady’s Island Community Centre on nitrate pollution. An Taisce’s Head of Advocacy & freshwater expert, Dr Elaine McGoff will be speaking or the science behind this…
You must be logged in to post a comment.