PPAI

Nature & The Environment
2012

1ST PLACE WINNER
Nature & The Environment 2012

MONSTER RAIN, CLOTHES LINE REEMERGING FROM FLOOD WATERS

by Nick Bradshaw

The Floods that hit Dublin and Wicklow resulted from 'monster rain' a phenomenon that is increasing in Europe

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BOG FIRE

By Eamonn Farrell

Coilte firefighters look on as a helicopter water bombs a bog fire in County Mayo as large tracts of land went up in flames.

3RD PLACE
KERRY DEW

By Don MacMonagle

Dew drops dangle in a spider's web suspended from roadside heather outside Waterville in County Kerry during a low pressure July day.

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JOEY THE OLD SEA DOG

By Paul Nicholls

Joey the Staffordshire Bull Terrier enjoying splashing in the Sea in Skerries on a sunny day in November.

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GREEN TECHNOLOGY

By Niall Carson

Recycled Apple iMac computers are used as plant pots in a Dublin city centre office block.

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NEW REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFFEY

By Mark Maxwell

The Dublin Convention centre reflects its shape on the River Liffey

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SUNRISE OVER THE POLES

By Marc O’Sullivan

A cyclist pictured at sunrise at the Grand Canal Dock in Dublin

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DOUBLE TROUBLE....RESCUED BABY HEDGEHOGS

By Kyran O’Brien

A Pair of Baby Hedgehogs after they were rescued by the Dublin DSPCA

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HERBERT PARK.

By Fran Veale

Cherry Blossoms, Herbert Park.

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WINGS OVER THE BAY

By Frank Miller

A flock of Oystercatchers fly over a choppy Dublin Bay off the Shelly Banks, Dublin.