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New study of VWT Irish bat box schemes available
1st December 2015We have just completed a study of our Schwegler Irish bat box schemes that have been in place since 1999, thanks to a grant from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Read More
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Blog update ‘Pine marten work in Ireland’
30th April 2015It has been a year since the VWT and NUIG held a one-day meeting on the pine marten on May 1st 2014, so we thought it would be useful to take a Read More
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Blog article ‘The Land of the Lesser Horseshoe Bat’
18th March 2015What happens when Wales, Poland and Ireland get together? Well, it seems they discuss bats, a lot! Our latest blog article focuses on when The Vincent Wildlife Trust hosted the project team of Read More
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Appointment of Projects Support Officer with the VWT in Ireland
12th January 2015Ruth Hanniffy is the newly appointed Ireland Projects Support Officer with The Vincent Wildlife Trust. Originally from Co. Galway, she grew up beside the sea, with a love of all things marine. Ruth Read More
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New blog article ‘Pygmy shrew under threat?’
26th June 2014Is the pygmy shrew under threat from the greater white-toothed shrew in Ireland? In our latest blog Allan McDevitt, molecular ecologist, and Jon Yearsley, lecturer in ecological modelling, discuss the impacts of Read More
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Pine marten symposium
9th May 2014On May 1st we turned the spotlight on the pine marten with a special one-day symposium in the Ardilaun Hotel, Galway that was attended by seventy delegates. We organised this event with Dr Colin Lawton of the School Read More
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The Vincent Wildlife Trust becomes a member of the Irish Environmental Network
15th January 2014The VWT in Ireland is delighted to announce that we are now members of the Irish Environmental Network. The network is an association of 32 other national environmental Non-Government Organisations and was Read More
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The Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Ireland: surveys by The Vincent Wildlife Trust
16th December 2013‘The Lesser Horseshoe Bat in Ireland: surveys by The Vincent Wildlife Trust’ is a new publication by the Irish Naturalists’ Journal, which will shortly be available to subscribers to the journal and also Read More
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New leaflet on how to exclude pine martens from game and poultry pens
4th October 2013Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Mr Jimmy Deenihan, T.D. launched a new information leaflet on the pine marten in Ireland on Wednesday September 25th at the 2013 National Ploughing Championships. Read More
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New VWT Leaflet on the Irish stoat
25th July 2013We launched a new leaflet on the Irish Stoat in County Galway during Biodiversity Week 2013. This new publication provides information on this small mustelid and also includes a summary of the Read More
