Episodes

  • Dinosaurs: What Happened To Them?

    Dinosaurs: What Happened To Them?
    Feb 16 2026
    Dr. Matthias Sinnesael, Assistant Professor in Geology at Trinity College Dublin, is one of the participants in a study trying better to understand the dinosaur extinction event and whether it was caused purely by the asteroid, or if extreme volcanic activity may also have played a role. He joins Richard, Eanna and Niall in studio to explain...
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    25 mins
  • The Collared Dove: An Avian Success Story

    The Collared Dove: An Avian Success Story
    Feb 16 2026
    While on holiday recently in Valencia, Spain, Derek noticed a species of bird that has become one of the staple performers in the Irish Dawn Chorus each year: the Collared Dove. First breeding in Ireland in 1959, they now consistently feature each winter in the Top 20 of BirdWatch Ireland’s Irish Garden Bird Survey...
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    9 mins
  • Report - Ireland’s First "Living Seawall" In Cobh

    Report - Ireland’s First "Living Seawall" In Cobh
    Feb 16 2026
    Ireland’s first Living Seawall at Kennedy Pier, Cobh Harbour, was developed by UCC, Research Ireland and the Port of Cork. Featuring habitat-rich panels with unique patterns of cups, ridges and depressions, it boosts marine life and water quality. Naturalist Jim Wilson speaks with marine ecologist Dr. Louise Firth from UCC BEES about the project...
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    13 mins
  • Peregrine Falcons In Cobh

    Peregrine Falcons In Cobh
    Feb 16 2026
    The Peregrine Falcon, the world’s fastest animal at 389 km/h, nearly went extinct due to the pesticide DDT but has recovered strongly in Ireland and worldwide. In recent years, a pair nested in the 300-ft belfry of St. Colman's Cathedral, successfully breeding in 2024. On tonight’s programme, Jim Wilson tells us more...
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    6 mins
  • Dr. Matthew Jebb is back... it’s about lime!

    Dr. Matthew Jebb is back... it’s about lime!
    Feb 9 2026
    Derek, Richard, Eanna and Niall are joined by recently retired Director of the National Botanic Gardens, for a panel discussion about Lime trees: their characteristics, their ecology and their place in the Irish landscape...
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    5 mins
  • Designated deer: Sika added to the list of EU invasive alien species

    Designated deer: Sika added to the list of EU invasive alien species
    Feb 9 2026
    The EU has added Sika deer to the list of invasive alien species of concern in Ireland. But what does this mean in practice for deer management here? Damien Hannigan of the Irish Deer Commission joins us on tonight’s programme to tell us more...
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    15 mins
  • Biophilia at the Bots

    Biophilia at the Bots
    Feb 9 2026
    "Biophilia", or "love of life", is used to describe the innate tendency of humans to connect with nature. At the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, guide Eoin O’Reilly organised a tour entitled Biophilia. We sent Terry Flanagan and Richard Collins along to learn more...
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    19 mins
  • Ancient shamrock at the Trinity College Herbarium

    Ancient shamrock at the Trinity College Herbarium
    Feb 9 2026
    Dr. Peter Moonlight is the Curator of the Herbarium at Trinity College Dublin's School of Botany, which holds half a million dried plant specimens, including possibly the world’s oldest shamrock specimen! Who else would we send to chat to Peter about all of this but our resident botanist Éanna Ní Lamhna?
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    10 mins