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ICRO on Nationwide

ICRO will feature on RTE’s Nationwide programme on Monday, March 1st at 7pm – mark it in your diaries! Nationwide sent a cameraman to a Fermanagh rescue practice back in September. Scenarios were spread over a number of caves and footage taken of each. Expect to see star appearances from Steph, Dave Ma, Tony and [...]
Posted on February 28th, 2010 in News | 1 Comment

White-nose Syndrome – a new threat to bat populations

Bat Conservation Ireland have contacted us regarding White Nose Syndrome, a cave dwelling fungus that has wiped out large populations of bats in Eastern America that recently been confirmed in France. There is widespread concern for bats in United States due to the deaths of over 1,000,000 bats in hibernation sites since 2006. White-nose Syndrome (WNS) [...]
Posted on February 7th, 2010 in News | Comments Off

Wanted: Cave Spiders!

Manchester Museum’s Department of Zoology are looking for someone willing to look in two Irish caves for samples of a cave spider. The caves are Doolin Cave System (the upstream end at St Catherines 1, Smithy Sink inlet junction with Main Stream) and Mitchelstown Cave. The spider is the cave-restricted Porhomma rosenhaueri. The [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2010 in News | Leave a comment