PPAI

Nature & The Environment
2016

1ST PLACE WINNER
Nature & The Environment 2016

BALLINSKELLIGS PERSEID

by Don MacMonagle

Nocturnal view during August Perseid looking SouthWest over McCarthy's Castle and Horse Island Ballinskelligs Beach Kerry, only designated Gold Tier International Dark-Sky Reserve in the Northern Hemisphere

2ND PLACE
PLOUGHING THROUGH

By Niall Carson

Traffic driving along flooded roads in Banagher Co Offaly as the Shannon burst its banks

3RD PLACE
THE STORM COCK (MISTLE THRUSH)

By Cyril Byrne

A Mistle thrush feeding on a Rowen Tree. The bird has been described as a Storm Cock.

SHORTLISTED
THE ROYAL BURREN.

By Steve Humphreys

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales chats with Brigid Barry, Burren Beo Trust Coordinator at The Burren Co Clare.

SHORTLISTED
WHALE WATCHING

By Margaret McLaughlin

A huge whale is washed up at Portstewart on the north coast

SHORTLISTED
RISING FOG ON CAHERCONREE

By Valerie O’Sullivan

Fog rises from the Atlantic Sea into Dingle Peninsula resting below the summit of Caherconree, the old Kingdom of Kerry.

SHORTLISTED
LIGHT AND LIFE.

By John C Kelly

The Supermoon Moon takes over where the sun lets off as seen over Woodstock Hill, Ennis, Co. Clare.

SHORTLISTED
POLLUTED WATERS

By Joe O’Shaughnessy

Swans swim by polluted water at the Claddagh in Galway city.

SHORTLISTED
FROZEN DAWN

By Daragh McSweeney

Early morning frost and snow covered fields at Inchigaggin Lane, Cork city.

SHORTLISTED
SIGN OF SPRING

By Cyril Byrne

A frog peeps out of the pond to signal the arrival of Spring

SHORTLISTED
DELUGE

By Brenda Fitzsimons

Stranded along the banks of the Shannon River after two storms hit the country. Communities call on Bord na Mona to allow bogs to flood to relieve water pressure