Ecologist specialising in peatland rehabilitation and restoration. Mo thuairimí féin.
Joined October 2013
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9 Sep 2022
Filmed over the course of a year (2021-2022), this short video shows the transformation process of Shanakyle Bog Restoration and Habitat Enhancement EIP.
From all of us @ShanakyleBogEIP , thank you for all your support this past year @pippa_hackett @GKMediaIRE
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
1 Nov 2025
Check out stunning Ballerina Waxcaps! Great indicators of good quality grassland, & found by #Clare #BiodiversityOfficer @BarryOLochlainn
Grassland is summer-grazed by cattle, receives no fertiliser.
ID guide on: GreatIrishGrasslands.ie
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“We need to have a connection with the pretty places… but with the shadow side too, the wild places”
@ManchanMagan
#ListenToTheLandSpeak | Thursday | 10.10pm | RTÉ One & @RTEplayer
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
5 Aug 2025
This week's episode of our #InYourNature podcast is about the wonderful Return to Nature Clare Church Biodiversity Project: turning churchyards into thriving spaces for wildlife and community engagement. open.spotify.com/episode/3ZA…
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
13 May 2025
Clare County Council's Biodiversity Office have organised a range of events to celebrate National Biodiversity Week 2025 (16th to 25th of May). All events are free to attend with the exception of one event . Register your place by visiting biodiversityweek.ie/
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
13 May 2025
Clare County Council's Biodiversity Office have organised a range of events to celebrate National Biodiversity Week 2025 which runs from Friday, May 16 to Sunday, May 25.
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10 Apr 2025
Knocknahila Peatland Rewetting Project in West Clare. Great collaboration with farmer Sean Tubridy, Knocknahila Biodiversity Community Group and Clare County Council's Biodiversity Officer. This project is supported by Clare CoCo Biodiversity Office and NPWS
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
3 Apr 2025
👀 Check out these Mermaid Purses found by @sandlarks and @GalwayAquarium 🦈these shark, skate, or ray egg cases found on beaches often tangled up in seaweed. 🌊 Record your finds for #CitizenScience at
marinedimensions.ie/purse-se… or therayproject.org/eggcase #CleanCoasts
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6 Apr 2025
Lovely article here by @ellamcsweeney in the @IrishTimes
featuring our project 'Return to Nature Clare Church Biodiversity Project'. We now have up to 20 churches in Clare undertaking biodiversity actions on church grounds
irishtimes.com/environment/2…
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3 Apr 2025
It was a pleasure to work with Sean and Kathleen on this project. A milestone for West Clare rewetting peatlands and farming for nature.
agriland.ie/farming-news/pea…
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
9 Feb 2025
Earlier this week we launched 'Community Action: A Beginner's Guide to Wetlands' as part of World Wetlands Day 2025. Thanks to Clare and Monaghan Biodiversity Officers for their support and to everyone who contributed to the publication.
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
26 Feb 2025
We are delighted to be leading this initiative, which will work to develop our @NaturaCommunity programme over the next 5 years.
This is an exemplar for how to scale-out community-led nature restoration for the benefit of all
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
4 Feb 2025
With #WorldWetlandsDay being celebrated on 2nd February, there's no better time to share a few updates from the wetland surveys we undertook for @ClareCoCo in 2024 - just one part of the ongoing effort to protect Ireland's wetland ecosystem.
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
14 Feb 2025
Shanakyle Bog was delighted to feature in a new video by Clonbeale More Peatland Conservation Project in Co. Offaly led by the @TullamoreLions. The Club visited Shanakyle Bog in 2022 and embarked on their own rewetting project. Well done to all involved
m.youtube.com/watch?v=L0GQNo…
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
3 Dec 2024
We are delighted to share our new OPEN ACCESS book: #LakesinIreland - Mirrors of Change. Download at oar.marine.ie/handle/10793/1… Thanks to our generous sponsors @MarineInst
@epacatchments @npwsireland @MICLimerick @afbi_Ni @loughsagency @geolsurvie
@anForamUisce @LAWPRO
@nfgws
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
5 Feb 2025
Full house for our Clare World Wetlands Day event organised by Clare County Council's Biodiversity Officer. Thank you to all speakers and those that attended a fantastic networking evening. Check out our new Clare Wetland Story Map bit.ly/ClareWetlands
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Clare County Council's Biodiversity Office has organised an event to celebrate World Wetlands Day for the 4th of February 2025. The event will see the launch of the new Clare Wetland Story Map, new wetland guidelines for community groups and an update on Clare Wetland Survey 2024
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
1 Nov 2024
If you love your local dunes, watch this short film I made in the summer. The dune has all but been destroyed, and farms have lost a 1/3 of their fields to the sea. Recreational activities can have a major unintentional effect youtu.be/pE3QiAq65jE?feature…
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Barry O'Loughlin retweeted
6 Oct 2024
2 years since collaborating with @abbeyleixbog Bog project in developing & implementing enhanced restoration measures on Abbeyleix Bog. Results of cutover cell bunding are already very promising and encouraging. Images below with thanks from @abbeyleixbog
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