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A Wild Year on the Northside – Episode 4 – Winter

Paul June 23, 2025

A Wild Year on the Northside – Ep 4 – In our final episode we look at the winter. The shorter, colder days means the natural world goes into self preservation mode to survive until the brighter, warmer days of Spring. Our…

A Wild Year on the Northside – Episode 3 – Autumn

Paul June 17, 2025

A Wild Year on the Northside – Ep 3 – The Autumn is a wonderfully abundant time in nature, the time of harvest and preparation for the coming cold of the winter months. A lot of our birds undertake extraordinary migrations, our Spring…

A Wild Year on the Northside – Episode 2 – Summer

Paul June 10, 2025

A Wild Year on the Northside – Ep 2 – The warmer summer months are a wonderful time for observing wildlife in and around Dublin City and our gorgeous coastline. So it was natural to head along to the beach at Portrane…

A Wild Year on the Northside – Episode 1 – Spring

Paul June 3, 2025

A Wild Year on the Northside – Ep 1 – Spring is a time for new life and renewal after the cold and dark days of the winter and one of Spring’s most iconic events is the “dawn chorus” where our resident…

Lifeline: National Botanic Gardens, January, 2025 Events.

gabor January 7, 2025

From Tours to Lectures for both Adults and Children. Myra Gleeson speaks to Glynn Anderson, the chief guide of the National Botanic Gardens. About the Spring Events happening in early 2025. botanicgardens@opw.ie 1st broadcast on 06/01/2025

Lifeline: New Summer Events in the National Botanic Gardens

gabor June 18, 2024

Myra Gleeson speaks to Glynn Anderson, Head Guide of the The National Botanic Gardens about upcoming events in the gardens. Plus the history of the botanic gardens from the 1800 hundens – up to the present day. www.botanicegardens.ie 1st broadcast on 17/06/2024…

Northside Today: Stories from gardens

gabor April 30, 2024

OPW spokesperson Joseph Lynch joins Emma Farrell to discuss stories from gardens: the national botanic gardens invites visitors to share their memories and experience for national heritage week 2024. https://www.botanicgardens.ie/ 1st broadcast on 30/04/24

Northside Today – Botanic Gardens exhibition.

admin September 8, 2022

Barbara Jennings joins Michael Sullivan to discuss Sculptures in context at National Botanic Gardens exhibition. Visit: www.sculptureincontext.ie

Lifeline – Matthew Jebb chats about the Spring plans for the National Botanic Gardens: History and Importance all our lives.

admin January 5, 2022

Myra Gleeson speaks to Matthew Jebb, Director of the National Botanic Gardens. The 2022 year of Basic Science for Sustainable Development our Planet.

Lifeline – Botanic Gardens.

admin August 10, 2021

Myra Gleeson speaks to Dr Darach Lupton: Curator of the National Botanic Gardens.

Lifeline 13 – 01 – 2020 Dr Mathew Jebb Director, National Botanic Gardens

George Mulcahy January 14, 2020

Lakshmy is joined by Dr Mathew Jebb. Dr. Jebb is a Botanist and Director of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. The theme of conversation will be his recent trip to Australia and how aboriginal people survived in its unique harsh landscape…