Two years since the start of this podcast, I revisit some of the figures in that first overview, a number of current headlines in environmental news and whether anything can be learned from Budget 2026.

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An analysis of Budget 2025 and the Programme for Government to see what the priorities of the 34th Dáil might be concerning the environment.

Episode transcript and sources at fromtherootspod.com and orlanidhuill.com

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Music: Rising Sun by Sascha Ende

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A mini-episode around the Glen of the Downs nature reserve and a current call for the state to purchase adjacent land.

Episode transcript and sources at fromtherootspod.com

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Music: Rising Sun by Sascha Ende

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Soft Ambient Atmosphere for Nature Documentaries by UNIVERSFIELD -- https://freesound.org/s/726894/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

The new Nature Restoration Law is a controversial new EU measure, but what does it actually say or do?

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Invasive species are often more topical than most flora focused environmental stories, but there is frequently a lot of confusion about the terminology.

extract from Nature Undone and the End of Love by Michael Viney

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In the sixth episode of From the Roots, the podcast deals with the laws that government Irish environmental protection and the various state institutions responsible for those laws. Episode text and glossary at fromtherootspod.com

Poem extract from the medieval triads of Ireland.

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In the fifth episode of From the Roots, I discuss the recent withdrawal of the derogation on nitrogen use from the EU, why nitrogen fertilisers have been prominent the news this year and what their uses and impacts are.

Poem excerpt from Antaeus by Seamus Heaney

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In the fourth of From the Roots, I discuss the issue of river flooding and what dictates our waterway management.

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In the third episode of From the Roots, I discuss some common misconceptions around tree planting and why it isn't a simple cure-all for environmental problems.

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The second episode of From the Roots overviews the development of the Irish landscape and its species from the end of the last ice age and through the successive waves of human influence.

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Music: Rising Sun by Sascha Ende

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