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Elegies for a changing land: how Ireland’s poets are responding to the climate crisis

Ireland has a unique relationship to climate change. The country has always relied on its pastoral landscapes for its national character, but the escalating climate crisis threatens this tradition because of rising temperatures and sea levels, and deforestation. Given Irish literature’s continued interest in nature, contemporary Irish poets are tackling…

The Conversation · May 11

Country diary: A tale of three churches

Trawbreaga Bay, County Donegal: Overlooking the windblown coastline, their locations are not a coincidence

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023

Country diary: Putting a garden at the heart of the church

Magheralin, County Down: The parishioners here have been busy, their environmental endeavours a direct expression of pastoral care

The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2023

Country diary: The black guillemots are well cared-for here

Bangor Marina, County Down: The local community has really fallen for these enchanting birds, and I can see why

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

Country diary: Build for the swifts, and they will come

Central Belfast: Thanks to a little forward planning, an arts centre is now home to Northern Ireland’s largest colony of these ‘international mobsters’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022

Labour to run East Renfrewshire amid accusations of 'backroom deal with toxic Tories'

A coalition between the SNP and Labour has been cast aside as a new minority administration was formed with the support of East Renfrewshire Council's two independent councillors.

Glasgow Live · May 26, 2022