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“Let’s be clear, this is not a ‘nice to have’ target...Without protecting #nature, we simply cannot deliver our #climate and development goals.” @briantodonnell.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social @unep.org @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

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www.rte.ie/news/regiona.... Kilcormac - one of the communities we're working with - will benefit from some of this €6mill Just Transition Fund - and good to see Linda Kelly and Seamus Barron quoted in the RTÉ piece. Investment in communities and community resilience is integral to just transition.

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We're searching digital archives relating to Irish #bogs #turf history and found this amazing photo on Tipperary Library online from 1940s with two men using a stretcher to carry sods! Have you family photos that connect to our bog history? #tócharstories www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/2...

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Some remarkable images in this piece on memories of Bord na Móna www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mSp... by Shana Weinberg - from West Offaly Heritage #tócharstories

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We're searching digital archives relating to Irish #bogs #turf history and found this amazing photo on Tipperary Library online from 1940s with two men using a stretcher to carry sods! Have you family photos that connect to our bog history? #tócharstories www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/2...

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Some remarkable images in this piece on memories of Bord na Móna www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mSp... by Shana Weinberg - from West Offaly Heritage #tócharstories

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www.rte.ie/news/ulster/... Our bogs keep revealing stories - the Derry bog body is now thought to be a young woman from 2,000 years ago. #tócharstories

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www.midlandsireland.ie/community-en... Some great community and enterprise events for Midlands coming up - check your region and see if the cap fits? #tócharstories

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Nice to see the pupils of Banagher College in Co Offaly have created their 'bog pod' a podcast featuring stories from Offaly - we'll done to the school and local agencies for supporting audio storytelling and podcasting as a creative voice for students open.spotify.com/show/5tuTfuu... #tócharstories

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Met with heritage group in #Pollagh Co Offaly for a quick chat last evening and were kindly hosted by Joe and Josie Gallagher in the Pull Inn, village pub. You can discover Joe's story in this episode of "Harvesting the History' #TócharStories @abogslife.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6h2Z...

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Have you seen the Frank Gibney designed Bord na Móna housing estates? #Kilcormac #Cloontuskert - fascinating story and part of our turf industrial history and heritage #tócharstories www.bordnamonalivinghistory.ie/article-deta...

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Very interesting webinar on Ireland and the Climate Social Plan as well as over-view on requirements re social and public, community engagement @ejni.bsky.social #ClimateSocialPlan #CommunityEngagement #TócharStories #JustTransition youtu.be/DQA6JWSxjRg?...

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Next week, Feb 20th come to this creative bog event #Lullymore www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/event/toc... three artists ( include Shane Hynan, part of our collaborative team) showcasing phase 1 of their work in Bog of Allen Nature Centre. See details below. #tócharstories @abogslife.bsky.social

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As the Kilurane clearing nears completion we look forward to the ecological restoration project of this old cutover area @npwsireland.bsky.social @jamierohu.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social

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We've an amazing resource underground in restored and healthy bogs that can store twice as much carbon as trees....but if we don't restore them they're emitters - a 'ticking box' of greenhouse gases. #bogs #tócharstories www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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NEW – Just 17% of world’s peatlands are protected, new study warns | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social w/ comment from Chris Evans, Julie Loisel @adamhastie.bsky.social Michelle Kalamandeen Read here: https://buff.ly/42UzXl6

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Nice video from #CommunityWetlandsForum with #Kilteevan Community Tidy Towns Leader Eileen Fahey who has been an inspiring light in bog protection and community custodianship. #TócharStories - we're working with Eileen and hope to back at Cloonlarge Bog soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vj6...

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Ireland's bogs (and its landscapes more generally) are oftentimes contested spaces. Notice the quarry to the right in the image of Abbeyleix bog? I photographed it from the sky. What impact is it having on the bog? Plans are afoot to expand the operation👇 www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/busines...

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Youth arts grant funding for #Offaly for €5,000 project funding via Offaly County Council - may be of interest to those in region - with youth-based community projects #TócharStories offalycoco.submit.com//show/210

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A-Z of Bogs: G is for... Greenhouse gases Perhaps the most well-known fact about bogs is they are a source of carbon when disturbed. This potent greenhouse gas is emitted into the atmosphere and into waterways if the bog is drained. How much do bogs contain? Check out @mapalljohn.bsky.social...

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🪶 A great tit working hard on a sunflower seed

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A-Z of Bogs: F is for… Fens Fens are a base or alkaline peatland. Bogs are acidic. There would be no raised bogs without fens. Think of it like this: Lake -> Fen - Raised bog Image👇 courtesy of the Irish Peatland Conservation Council

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We’re delighted to feature in this superb new guide from CWF….passing on the learnings 👏🙂 @npwsireland.bsky.social @tocharstories.bsky.social @peatlands.bsky.social @bizbioirl.bsky.social @jamierohu.bsky.social

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The section exploring climate change at IMMA is fantastic. These photos by Pamela Singh of the Chipko tree hugging movement are so moving - activists who saved their forest by highlighting the interdependence between humans & nature. daily.jstor.org/the-tree-hug...

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Witnessed the most amazing murmuration this evening at Lough Ennell,Bloomfield Hotel - really magical. Thousands of starlings moving as one, swirling and shifting like a living cloud making shapes against a beautiful sunset sky. Nature’s own breathtaking ballet. #ireland #natureperfection

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We're visiting #Galway Living Bog tomorrow in Mountbellew #Carrownagappul check out their lovely website and explore virtually? #tócharStories galwayslivingbog.com/index.php/ca...

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Wetland wildfowl and waders for #WorldWetlandsDay #NannyEstuary #Meath #WWD2025 💦🪶🦆

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Happy World Wetlands Day!! A day to highlight these magical and important wildernesses 💕 These sphagnum mosses like a galaxy of wonder within the bog pools... @scohaboybog.bsky.social @peatlandecr.bsky.social

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Dig yourself a pond this bank holiday. It’s what Brigid would have wanted

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Sphagnum mosses are tiny creatures, but together they have altered the Earth’s climate, protected permafrost, and thwarted giant wildfires. Act like Sphagnum. Resistance…. Resilience…. Bottom-up defense.

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Tomorrow in the Botanic Gardens our #bogs specialist, geographer and bogs blogger, Dr Kate Flood @abogslife.bsky.social takes part in a panel around reimagining Ireland's Bogs - with architect Evelyn D'Arcy and researcher Katie Smirnova #TócharStories www.eventbrite.ie/e/reimaginin...

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Celebrating World Wetlands Day on February 2. Fantastic resources for pond building and understanding the huge benefits they create are available: www.antaisce.org/ponds-for-bi... Including: 'The Irish Pond Manual', posters, leaflets and a great dedicated guide designed for local authorities.

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#PeatECR check out the funding possibilities at @peatlands.bsky.social 💰🧑‍🎓

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Meeting composer Ann Cleare today whose work TERRARIUM filters and uses recordings from the bog lands at Lough Boora - the sound of a place is part of its unique story and history and how we relate to it #TócharStories www.rte.ie/culture/2024...

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Female Bullfinch feeding on Hawthorn buds in the early morning. Native trees in a garden, even a small garden like ours, play such a big part in supporting our birds 💚 @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #Nature #Birds #Limerick

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Going to share some resources, news and information here about #peatlands and #Ireland - First up the Peatlands and People project and its LIFE IP (EU) December newsletter showcasing its work #TócharStories #climate #biodiversity #JustTransition #BordnaMóna peatlandsandpeople.ie/news/life-ip...

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#WorldWetlandsDay events in #Ireland coming up for this week to explore and celebrate our wetlands www.irishwetlands.ie/events/

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Shane Hynan is an artist/collaborator with #TócharStories so delighted to see @rha-arts.bsky.social opening this exhibition next week #Bogskin featuring his work and that of other amazing photographers and visual artists who draw inspiration from #bogs. Go visit and tell us what you think?

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The bog has always occupied a central role in Irish life, in our folklore, history and home life. We are delighted to present BogSkin, a major exhibition examining the relationship of art to the boglands over the past fifty years, curated by RHA Director, Patrick T. Murphy. 🧵

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What a delight this art exhibition is - #BogSkin at RHA from end of January featuring some of the photographers/ artists we've been connecting with about #bogs and #art in Ireland including Shane Hynan & Tina Claffey (its free) @tinaclaffey.bsky.social rhagallery.ie/events/exhib.... #TócharStories

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Archaeology of Irish Bogs: Toghers are trackways that were built across bogs, allowing safer access to these wet and difficult to traverse areas. They were constructed from wood, gravel or flagstones and date to 6,000 years ago.

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#TócharStories 👇 @shirleynature.bsky.social

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