Buildings restoration imperils rare wildlife species, conference is told

The Irish Times

Some of Ireland's scarcest and most vulnerable species, such as barn owls, choughs and lesser horseshoe bats, are being made homeless by the restoration of ruins and archaeological sites. Mr Gordon d'Arcy, an environmental scientist in Co Galway, told the first annual conference of the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland in Mullingar that some of these sites could be "veritable wildlife storehouses, supporting rich flora and fauna, inside and out".

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