{"id":3842,"date":"2025-04-18T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:08:23","slug":"draft-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/ga\/draft-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Ramsar Meeting in Meath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Irish Ramsar Wetlands Committee&nbsp; met recently to&nbsp; receive updates from Ramsar Europe and to discuss our objectives for the coming year.&nbsp; We were facilitated by NPWS at Ireland&#8217;s newest National Park, &nbsp;Br\u00fa na B\u00f3inne&nbsp; which forms part of the World Heritage Property here&nbsp; set within an extensive demesne&nbsp; along the River Boyne and valley in County Meath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Netterville landscape\" class=\"wp-image-3878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Netterville-image.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We listened&nbsp; to a very interesting talk from Shirley Clerkin project manager of the innovative T\u00f3char, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tocharwetlands.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an exciting wetlands restoration project in the Midlands. for more about what is happening under this project, see here Home &#8211; T\u00f3char Wetlands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Ramsar meeting March\" class=\"wp-image-3872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-200x151.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-400x301.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-600x452.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-800x602.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.irishwetlands.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Ramsar-meeting-March-2025-1200x904.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our visit coincided with the arrival of some special visitors. 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