Caroline Delaney
Outdoors Editor and Assistant News Editor at Irish Examiner
Irish Examiner Outdoors Editor; Assistant Features Editor https://t.co/lVvpOn5Mi4
Articles
-
3 days ago |
irishexaminer.com | Caroline Delaney
The way many everyday plastics are manufactured builds unseen stress into the material — stress that later drives the release of tiny plastic particles into our food and the environment. Researchers based in Trinity College Dublin have discovered that when factories mould plastics into water pipes, bottles, and household products for food preparation, they cool the molten plastic quickly, so it keeps its shape.
-
2 weeks ago |
irishexaminer.com | Caroline Delaney
We're all well aware of cheap clothing that has originated in places many of us have never set foot in. And we're not going to solve the fast fashion and synthetic fibres issues in a day. But when you or a visitor to this country buys a wool sweater or tweed garment that comes with labels proudly declaring them to be 'pure Irish' or 'crafted in Éire' we might expect the yarn to come from the tufty sheep that skittered away from our car as we drove by a few minutes ago.
-
1 month ago |
irishexaminer.com | Caroline Delaney
New research reveals that PET-based glitter microplastics can actively influence biomineralisation processes in marine environments, raising fresh concerns about the long-term environmental impact of microplastic pollution on marine ecosystems.
-
1 month ago |
irishexaminer.com | Caroline Delaney
We've heard a lot lately from a certain UFC fighter about why he's keen to be Ireland's next president. But Frances Black was very keen to say "nothing at all" about whether she's going to make a tilt at the Áras. Patrick Kielty held off on asking the big question for a few minutes anyway but just had see if he could get a definite answer from the singing Senator about 'rumours of a presidential run'.
-
1 month ago |
irishexaminer.com | Caroline Delaney
New research from zoologists at Trinity College Dublin has pinpointed park entrances and playgrounds in Dublin as hotspots for roundworm eggs, with subsequent analysis strongly implying they have come from dog poop. While unsavoury, the findings do pinpoint these locations for targeted interventions to reduce the risk of human infectionThe roundworms of dogs (Toxocara canis) and cats (Toxocara cati) can cause hard-to-diagnose disease in people.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 659
- Tweets
- 2K
- DMs Open
- No
https://t.co/tO5x7NipWv ‣ May dew & holy wells folklore ‣ British gladiators fought lions ‣ Listen out for larks ‣ Pollinators — supporting cast are the real stars ‣ kingfisher #birdsofireland 📷 East Cork oilseed rape fields @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja https://t.co/oF0GvIqItL
https://t.co/tO5x7NipWv ‣ Clare festival celebrates river restoration ‣ Fascinating crow family ‣ Swan death examined ‣ What's in our water? ‣ Fashion & farming festival in Kinsale ‣ 🐣Swallows 📷May Sunday Festival at Glenbower Woods @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja https://t.co/isSQVBcbTd
https://t.co/tO5x7NipWv ‣ Off-leash dogs cause havoc with wild birds ‣ Scairbhín (scaraveen) time ‣ The degraded Connemara landscape ‣ Secret world of amoebae ‣ Ronin rat's mine-clearing record ‣ Swifts 📷Duckling, Cork @RushyMountain @palaeo_mich @MiseAnja @whittledaway https://t.co/GW08dt4egV