Shellfish dredging wiping out key carbon-catching seagrass meadows, Coastwatch warns
Environmental group calls for increase in shellfish diving and ban on ‘licensed damage’ after destruction in Co Mayo
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Period home with fresh modern decor and sea views in Monkstown for €3.25m
Four/five-bedroom home extending to 432sq m in meticulous walk-in condition
Stylish two-bed apartment in beautifully renovated period building in Dún Laoghaire for €850,000
Big sash windows look over the harbour and out to Dublin Bay and Howth
Look inside: Elegant Victorian with Italianate tower offers stunning sea views over Killiney Bay for €7.5m
Look inside: This Victorian pile on Marino Avenue East in Killiney extends to 393sq m (4,230sq ft) and has been refurbished to an exacting standard, as the owner went right back to the shell of this impressive pile after she bought the house in 2018. The owner spent almost three years and significant sums to restore the property after falling for the “breathtaking sea views, proportions of the rooms and the practicality of the house”. A pretty one-bedroom cottage, also refurbished, is included in the sale.
Deposit return scheme leads to ‘massive reduction’ in plastic bottles and drinks containers found on shores by Coastwatch
Environmental group seeking citizen scientists to complete 2024 survey, especially in northwest and Northern Ireland
High-end Malahide apartment with views of Ireland’s Eye for €1.75m
Three-bedroom show unit in luxury scheme with interior design by Sara Cosgrove Studio
How coastal erosion is changing beach made famous in Saving Private Ryan
Curracloe is one of many beaches in the southeast being altered dramatically by climate change
Selling Sunset, Galway style: ultra-modern Connemara home on the ocean’s edge for €2m
Considerable 321sq m house has an abundance of glass to make the most of impressive sea views
Waterfront terrace with fresh interior in Dún Laoghaire for €2.25m
Former office building transformed into stylish walk-in home with basement apartment
Modernised Georgian-style home overlooking Blackrock Park for €2.45m
Substantial end-of-terrace property was at various times a school, a boarding house and home to an Irish bell-maker
Four-bed Tudor-style home with views over Killiney bay for €1.075m
Bramley on Killiney Hill Road extends to 190sq m and features a terrace on a flat roof that provides views over the sea
Substantial Bray house formerly home to writers and poets for €1.175m
Sheridan Le Fanu and Lennox Robinson once lived at this six-bedroom period house overlooking the promenade
‘There’s a sense of desperation’ - protecting Dublin’s soft coastline from the erosion of tides and storms
The speed of erosion along Dublin’s coast increased from 2013 to 2021 with Portrane, Rush, Portmarnock and Donabate in northern part of the county identified as hotspots
Beshoff family’s waterside gem in Sutton for €1.75m
This period pile, owned by the fish and chip purveyors for 45 years, is on a large site with incredible views
New seagrass areas and rich marine life found during Irish coastline survey by Coastwatch
Pollution in waters off Cork and Dublin ‘feeding problem algae’ as hundreds volunteer to survey coastline
How clean is your local beach? Many still littered but none are ‘blackspots’, survey finds
Anti-litter business group report notes increase in disposable vapes left on beaches
Seagrasses are a precious resource and need protection
Although seagrasses cover just 0.1% of the ocean floor they store up to 18% of the world’s oceanic carbon
Ireland’s fragile marine ecosystems at risk from wind power growth, Coastwatch warns
Five-point policy for Earth Day cautions against ‘steaming ahead with many unknowns’
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