PPAI

Nature & The Environment
2024

1ST PLACE WINNER
Nature & The Environment 2024

PREENING CORMORANT

by Nick Bradshaw

A Cormorant whilst preening at Dublin’s Grand Canal Basin.

2ND PLACE
DOG DAY AFTERNOON

By Michael Mac Sweeney

Pavel Ciechomovicz rescues his Labrador Nanij from flooding on Main St., Midleton, Co. Cork.

3RD PLACE
TREE OF LIFE

By James Crombie

A murmuration at Dysart on Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath.

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SUBMERGED

By Dan Linehan

Potatoes after weeks of heavy rain at Ballymaloe, Cork. Growers warned of a potato shortage and said the harvest would be the “worst in living memory”.

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GONE TO POT

By Lorraine Teevan

A tree grows out of an unusual spot on the chimney of a shop in Cavan Town.

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COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY

By Nick Bradshaw

A common blue butterfly ready for lift off at the Shelly Banks Beach, a part of the Irishtown and Ringsend nature reserve, along the Poolbeg Peninsula, Dublin City.

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CYCLING THROUGH THE SNOW

By Clodagh Kilcoyne

People cycle through Massey Woods after heavy snow in Dublin.

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NOT SHIP SHAPE

By Niall Carson

After 30 years in Ringsend and 30 years in Galway, historic MV Naomh Éanna capsized in Grand Canal Dock waiting to be scrapped.

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TOXIC BLOOM

By Jonathan Porter

A toxic bloom of green algae gathers at the Toome Lock on Lough Neagh, Co. Antrim. Large parts of the lough are being choked by similar blooms due to pollution from the surrounding area. Lough Neagh, which is one of Europe’s largest bodies of fresh water, provides 40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water.