We have just received word that a section of the new footpath at the weir at Lower Dodder Road is very icy at the moment and several people have slipped and nearly fallen. Please take care.

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There are alternative solutions available. Would a series of these work in the Dodder catchment?

A joy to behold! Wonderful to see such healthy wildlife on the Dodder. It's been a few decades, but many's the trout that eluded me & my girls when members of Dodder Anglers. Reassuring tho' to see our clean-ups are still yielding dividends for the heron! Great pic Brian Tansey.

Directions to tomorrow's Meeting Point

From the Lemass Memorial on R115 drive for 300m (1 to 2 mins) Take 1st right turn to arrive at Garradoo car pull in point, (see map). Wear warm layers and water proof clothing.

11.30 finish. Coffee after in Glencree Reconciliation Centre.

Join us and Friends of the South Dublin Uplands this Sunday 5 November to remove litter from an upland area near Piperstown Hill.
Meet at 10am at pull in car park at Garradoo (junction of L7236 and R115) Grid ref O128198

Google maps location:
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Thank you to Cian of Cycle SuperStore for donating a large bale of cardboard for the soil prep in Dodder Valley Park tomorrow. We are still on the lookout for more cardboad for the biggest Stepping Stone Forest yet. If you can access large sheets of cardboard please message me.

Enough is enough.

Please join this protest to pressure the council to take immediate action to locate the pollution coming into the Poddle River and ensure it stops.

Meet at the playground car park (off Castletymon Road) and then head to the big pond nearby.

Can you help monitor pollinators by carrying out a Flower-Insect Timed Count on Ivy before the 30th September? Watch a 50cm2 patch for 10 minutes and count how many insects visit! 85 insects on Ivy in Waterford yesterday – can you beat this? biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/fit-co…

Does your child go to school in the Tallaght area? AWS InCommunities is sponsoring this incredible competition for a FREE Mini-Woodland and Wildlife Pond. Closing date is 6pm on September 30th.

A deer out early this morning near Orwell Bridge. Unusual to see them here, though they were spotted here during the quiet times in COVID lockdown.

Take 5 minutes of your day to read this. So much info in it about them.

We’re partnering with flossieandthebeachcleaners on Sunday 30 July to clean #KillinardenPark as part of their #BigWeighIn campaign. Join as at 10.30 outside Croì Rò Naofa GAA and let’s see how much rubbish we can pick up😀

Come out and help us clean a section of the Grand Canal at Bluebell this Saturday 1 July. Meet outside Bluebell Community Centre on Bluebell Road at 10.30. We have bags and pickers, all we need is you. Bring gloves.

This sad little dinosaur was found floating in the Whitestown Stream as it flows through Killinarden Park. Please join us to rescue Dino and all his other litter pals on Saturday 24th June at 10.30. Meet at the park gates beside Croi Ro Naofe GAA Club. Pickers and bags provided.

Join us for our monthly clean-ups this w/e, Saturday 17th 10am: Milltown, car park opposite Wilde & Greene & Rathfarnham, old footbridge to Bushy Park near Tesco 10.30am: Sean Walsh Park, roundabout before Old Bawn Community School.
Sunday 18th 10.30am Jobstown, Bawnlea Ave

Dodder Greenway – constructive debate irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

Sorry to hear this, always a pleasure to read his writings. He will be sorely missed.