Tara Shine
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Gerald Fleming: We need to give climate action ‘a right good go’
- TV, Radio, Web
- November 11, 2019, 22:35
Scientists have failed to persuade the world on the case for radical action to address a warming planet. With some despondency, weather forecaster Ger(...)

New figures reveal scale of consultancy for Government departments
- Politics
- October 29, 2019, 02:58
Accountancy firms, public relations companies, management consultants and think tanks are among those who benefited from millions in Government spendi(...)

Ireland still needs to use fossil fuels despite climate emergency pledge
- Environment
- May 10, 2019, 15:44
Continued use of fossil fuels, notably gas, will be necessary in Ireland in spite of the declaration of a climate emergency by unanimous approval of t(...)

How to grow herbs and keep them happy
- Gardens
- April 27, 2019, 00:00
Is there any group of culinary plants more useful than herbs? I can think of nothing else that has that near-magical ability to transform the most mun(...)

Could more women leaders bring a fresh approach to world’s problems?
- Science
- March 7, 2019, 05:00
“You can’t be what you can’t see” is a phrase used to explain in part why women are underrepresented in the Stem disciplines (science, technology, eng(...)

Irish grassroots activists leading the climate change uprising
- People
- January 19, 2019
The grassroots uprising is underway and people of all ages are calling for great urgency on climate action. A lack of political action in Ireland has (...)

Dr Tara Shine: ‘The scientific world is simply not designed for women’
- Science
- July 12, 2018, 06:28
“The scientific world is simply not designed for women,” declares Dr Tara Shine. The environment and development consultant is travelling to Antarctic(...)

Patrick Freyne: Nature programmes don’t tell you animals are duplicitous bastards
- Culture
- June 2, 2018, 05:00
On A Wild Irish Year (Sunday, RTÉ1) Dr Tara Shine emerges from the mist, binoculars in hand, ready to watch some deer love. How this became a respecta(...)

Eurovision 2018, The Bridge and Patrick Melrose: the weekend’s best TV
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 11, 2018, 11:59
The Late Late Show RTÉ One, Friday, 9.35pm What’s the collective noun for a group of Eurovision Song Contest winners? A ballad? A dry ice? A key chang(...)
Environment: A plastics plague
- Editorial
- September 19, 2017, 00:02
The evidence showing the extent to which plastics are persisting in the environment has become overwhelming. That includes indications from Irish rese(...)