COVID-19 has had a profound effect on our lives and is set to do so for many months ahead. So far during the crisis we have not experienced too much...
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Last week, I attended Bord Bia’s Horticulture Industry Day where Bord Bia presented statistics on the 2019 1) Fresh produce retail market , 2) Fresh produce food service market and…
A couple of weeks ago, I moderated a Climate Action event in Castleknock attended by over 200 secondary school students. I realised as I spoke there that I have been...
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Overall 2019 has been a very good growing season with a good balance of sun, rain and heat. Despite this, there is an unsettled feeling among those of us working…
As the prorogation of parliament in Westminster yesterday increases the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, it was interesting last Sunday to hear a retail expert on RTE Radio 1’s This…
As I write, the 19th stage of the Tour de France has been halted due to a dramatic hailstorm. This in a week, when the highest maximum temperature records for…
Over the past few weeks and during the next month or so, my work and travels have been connecting my personal and professional interests. At the beginning of the month…
I grabbed a mug of tea a few minutes ago, logged on to the RTE and BBC websites to catch up and felt compelled to stop everything and begin to…
The growing threats of Climate Change and biodiversity loss depress me but during March, I’ve been lifted by the energy and fight shown by young campaigners in Ireland and across…
This afternoon 20.3c was recorded at Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, Wales making it the warmest ever February and winters day in the UK, exceeding the previous record of 19.7c set in Greenwich,…