{"id":57893,"date":"2025-11-07T09:55:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=57893"},"modified":"2025-11-07T09:58:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T09:58:45","slug":"northside-today-ger-leddin-speaks-to-botanist-tom-cooney-about-bull-island-in-dublin-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=57893","title":{"rendered":"Northside Today : Ger Leddin speaks to botanist Tom Cooney about Bull Island in Dublin Bay."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57894\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/44.jpg 250w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/44-170x87.jpg 170w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/44-90x46.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57895\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-165x110.jpg 165w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33-663x442.jpg 663w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/33.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57896\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/download.jpg 300w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/download-170x95.jpg 170w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/download-90x50.jpg 90w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/download-288x160.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_418\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2025-11-07-001.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('418','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2025-11-07-001.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2025-11-07-001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=57893-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/LL-2025-11-07-001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LL-2025-11-07-001.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 9:39 &#8212; 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