Dr. Mary Bourke on Rising Tides: Ireland’s Future in a Warmer World, aired on RTE 3rd April 2024
Check out the Rising Tides:Ireland’s Future in a Warmer World” now airing on RTE1. Dive into. Dr. Mary Bourke contribution on this vital subject (Season 1, Episode 2) where. Nature based Solutions Many, small and low cost solutions https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/home/?pid=6347254332112&title=Tuilte&series=Tuilte&genre=Faisneis&pcode=654676
Just Published: Nature-based solutions and restoration are intertwined but not identical: Highlighting implications for societies and ecosystems
SloWaters researchers Kerry A Waylen, Mark E. Wilkinson, Mary Bourke et al. latest publication is out entitled Nature-based solutions and restoration are intertwined but not identical: Highlighting implications for societies and ecosystems, Nature-based solutions, Volume 5, 2024 (open Access)
Dr. Mary Bourke on TG4 Tuilte: In the face of a growing climate crisis, what are the likely implications of flooding in Ireland, aired 21/02/2024
Check out the latest series, “Tuilte,” now airing on TG4. Dive into Season 1, Episode 1, where Dr. Mary Bourke adds her expertise to the conversation on this vital subject. https://www.tg4.ie/en/player/home/?pid=6347254332112&title=Tuilte&series=Tuilte&genre=Faisneis&pcode=654676
Just Published: SloWaters project paying farmers to slow the flow of water off their land
By Noel Barden of the Farmers Journal SloWaters has been piloting flood prevention measures on Irish farms and the project’s leader maintains that these measures should now be rolled out at a wider scale. https://www.farmersjournal.ie/slowaters-project-paying-farmers-to-slow-the-flow-of-water-off-their-land-797249
The Irish Times speaks with Dr. Mary Bourke: beavers in Irish rivers, the answer to flooding?
Pádraic Fogarty from The Irish Times spoke with Dr. Mary Bourke for his article on the case for introducing the beaver (a non-native species) to Irish rivers. Dr. Bourke advocated for the adoption of low impact nature based solutions in contributing to flood attenuation, from the work on the Slowaters Project. NBS mimic the work […]
Farmers Journal visit SloWaters Demonstration site
A crisp and clear day greeted The Farmers Journal journalist Noel Bardon’s interview with Dr. Mary Bourke and farmer Patrick Gleeson. The interview looked at the SloWaters project and low impact nature based solutions could contribute to flood attenuation. The piece is due out just before Christmas, so we will post again when it is […]
Wexford county council visit SloWaters Demonstration site
A crisp and clear day greeted Frank Burke and Claire Kelly from Wexford’s Climate Action Team who along with Danny Forde from the Climate Change and Environment SPC visited our SloWater demonstration site at Ballygow farm. Dr. Mary Bourke and farmer Patrick Gleeson were on hand to show and discuss nature based solutions put in […]
SloWaters team leads workshop session during Catchment Science Conference 2023
Cool and clear day as over 75 scientists attended Wednesday mornings’ workshop session at SloWaters demonstration site to hear about and see the NBS features on site and their effectiveness and challenges.
How nature, instead of concrete, could protect Ireland’s towns from damaging floods
As flood threats grow, what can we do to stop other towns being hit like Midleton? Read extract from The Journal’s climate newsletter “Temperature check” by Lauren Boland from her interview with SloWaters’ Dr. Mary Bourke and other stakeholders.
What can be done to stop damaging flooding in Ireland: Laura Byrne interviews Dr Mary Bourke
Laura Byrne from The journals podcast The explainer interviews Dr. Mary Bourke as the impact of Storm Babet is felt throughout the south and west of Ireland. Listen to the 27 minute programme here.
RTE Prime Time interviews SloWaters PI Dr. Mary Bourke
In the wake of Storm Babet, RTE Prime Time’s Paul Murphy speaks to Dr Mary Bourke and other experts about Irelands weather warning system and other challenges for local communities to better prepare for future flood events. If you missed the programme watch it here, available until 24th November 2023.
Filming at SloWater demonstration site (October 2023)
The SloWaters demonstration site at Ballygow, Co. Wexford will feature in a new international documentary on climate resilience and adaptation. Yesterday the project PI Dr. Mary Bourke spoke with the Earth Horizons production team and Philip Boucher-Hayes on how effective Nature-base solutions are for adapting to floods and water quality issues. Farmer (Patrick Gleeson) told […]
Exciting opportunity to join the SloWaters team
Exciting opportunity to join the SloWaters research team. Download Job Description here and Apply
Dr Caspar Hewett joins the SloWater Team
The SloWaters research team welcomes Dr Caspar Hewett who joins us as a research fellow. Dr Hewett is a lecturer in Computational Hydraulics and Degree Programme Director for the EuroAquae+ Programme in School of Engineering, Newcastle University with over 30 years of management, research and consultancy experience in academia and industry. His key interests lie in […]
ENVIRON 2023, 3-5 April, Co. Donegal, Ireland
Darragh Murphy presented paper at Environ 2023 entitled “Nature-based Solutions for Catchment Management in practice on an Irish Farm” . Presentation Linkhere
Environ 2021 Abstract – Darragh Murphy
Date: 16-18 June 2021 Title of Event: Environ 2021 – 31st Annual Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium Location: Online – Co-hosted by Environmental Research Institute (ERI) and Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland (ESAI) Presentation/poster: Presentation (Accepted) Presentation Title: The application of Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) to attenuate flood and water quality issues in agricultural catchments […]
Where are Ireland’s Sustainable flood defences?
We are looking for Natural Water Retention Measure (NWRM) case study examples across Ireland. LINK TO SURVEY NWRM’s are multi-functional measures that can protect water resources and address water-related challenges by restoring or maintaining ecosystems as well as natural features and characteristics of water bodies using natural means and processes. This […]
The Cork Bund
In a farmer’s field somewhere to the north of Macroom, Co. Cork, there is now a heap of soil where there was no heap before. Once it’s formed into the right shape, compacted & seeded, it is hoped that this heap will become Ireland’s first purpose-built Natural Water Retention Measure (NWRM). It will be […]
Irish Freshwater Sciences Accosiation 2nd Annual Meeting Abstract – Darragh Murphy
Date: 6 March 2020 Title of Event: Irish Freshwater Sciences Association 2nd Annual Meeting Location: Trinity College Dublin Presentation/poster: Presentation (3-minute Early Research Presentation) Presentation Title: The potential for natural water retention measure to improve water quality in agricultural catchments Abstract: The capacity of natural components of streams to attenuate nutrients in agricultural catchments across […]
Native Woodland Conference 2018
The Native Woodland Conference was the culmination of twenty years of outreach, policy, research, passion and of course, planting. A capacity crowd filled the venue to listen to a truly trans-disciplinary vision of Ireland’s native Woodlands. Dr Bourke attended and delivered a presentation on the potential to reduce local flood peaks by introducing Natural Water […]
NWRM at Ireland’s first National Biodiversity Conference
Such was the appetite, that the first National Biodiversity Conference to be held in Ireland was fully booked out months in advance. In a session chaired by Dr Collier (TCD), four experts were asked to consider How can we use nature-based solutions in river catchments? Particularly when we consider the need to Plan for the […]
#EGU19: Nature Based Solutions (NBS)
Session HS5.1.2: NBS for hydrological extremes and water resource management Today we convened our annual session at the European Geoscience Union (EGU) meeting in Vienna. The session was convened by Mark Wilkinson | Co-conveners: Mary Bourke, Paul Quinn, Christian Reinhardt-Imjela. Globally, we are facing massive challenges on how we manage our catchments, in both […]
