Tipperary photographer wins Eye on Nature competition
Updated / Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021
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Earlier this year, RTÉ and the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland with the OPW presented Eye on Nature - Ireland s newest national wildlife photographic competition.
RTÉ s Mooney Goes Wild and The Today Show launched the competition in January 2021, to celebrate the flora and fauna of our island. It received an overwhelming response, with more than 7,000 entries.
The judging panel, consisting of Matthew Jebb (National Botanic Gardens), Niall Hatch (BirdWatch Ireland) and Sheena Jolley (acclaimed wildlife photographer), chose the final 12 photographs.
Today it was revealed that a photograph of an Orange Ladybird was announced the winner of the RTÉ and National Botanic Gardens Eye on Nature competition. The picture, taken by Larry Doherty in April last year, is of a tiny ladybird - only 5mm in size -at Cabragh Wetlands in Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Two Laois photographs in final of RTÉ Eye on Nature competition
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Twelve incredible nature photographs have been chosen in the final of a new photography competition and two Laois photos are among them.
The Eye on Nature competition is being held by RTÉ and the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland with the Office of Public Works.
RTÉ s Mooney Goes Wild and The Today Show launched it in January 2021, to celebrate the flora and fauna of our island. It received an overwhelming response, with more than 7,000 entries.
The judging panel, consisting of Matthew Jebb (National Botanic Gardens), Niall Hatch (BirdWatch Ireland) and Sheena Jolley (acclaimed wildlife photographer), chose the final 12 photographs, which will include the overall winner.
Horticulturists Paul and Edel Maher are living the gardener s dream having created a little green haven in Ballinagam, Ballygarrett.
The pair are no strangers to gardening, as Paul was the curator of the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin and lived on site with Edel, who was Propagation Foreman for over 40 years.
Having trained in the 1970s, the pair worked at the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, the National Botanic Gardens at Kilmacurragh, Co Wicklow, and the John F Kennedy Arboretum.
In their retirement, the couple have transformed a beloved but neglected space into a celebration of their love of plants.
Photo by Leon Farrell of Photocal Ireland.
David Prendeville The Covid-19 pandemic has forced cultural spaces the world over to adapt how they engage with their audiences. The Gerard Byrne Studio in Ranelagh is no different. Their answer has been to transition to a more online existence. The pandemic has changed the way we experience culture and art, and the studio is taking the opportunity to challenge the boundaries of the traditional gallery space, and the traditional gallery experience.
The decision to create high-end virtual tours of the exhibition space came as a result of the sudden closure of the gallery twice this year, when lockdown restrictions interrupted Byrne’s two major solo physical exhibitions of 2020.