Successful eradication schemes for bovine tuberculosis (bTB) have been implemented in a
number of European and other countries over the last 50 years. However, the islands of …

Critical barriers to adaptation to climate change include the timely detection and agreed
definition of problems requiring adaptive action. In the context of local scale coastal …

Highlights•Climate change effects on veterinary drug use on the island of Ireland are
reviewed.•Use of various classes of drug is predicted to increase following climate …

Source protection is part of a multi-solution approach for the provision of safe drinking water.
In the Republic of Ireland, community-led Group Water Schemes (GWS) provide treated …

Wastewater management is an energy intensive sector that is reliant on fossil fuels in many
countries. This paper examines the potential for improvements in the sustainability of the …

Rewetting of drained industrial peatlands may reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and promote recolonisation by peat forming plant species. We investigated carbon dioxide …

Coastal environments are susceptible to a range of impacts arising from medium and long-
term climate change. However, as Ireland's population and industrial centres are …

Interest in the concept of resilience has grown significantly in recent years. The perceived
strengths of resilience as a concept stem from its foundations in the sciences and …

Variation in climatic and habitat conditions can affect populations through a variety of
mechanisms, and these relationships can act at different temporal and spatial scales. Using …

In the Republic of Ireland, peatlands cover an estimated 20% of the land area and have
been widely utilised over the centuries for energy production, agriculture, forestry and …