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Window on Wicklow Episode 56: The Green Ocean Foundation

By Jamie Ryan · East Coast FM · 10 September 2026

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Jamie Ryan joined the Green Ocean Foundation to see how native Irish oysters could help restore the marine environment along the Wicklow coast.

Jamie Ryan joins the Green Ocean Foundation to explore its native Irish oyster restoration project and what it could mean for Greystones. More than 200 oysters were introduced to Greystones Harbour last November, with around 99% surviving so far. Jamie meets founder David Lawler and Greystones project lead Avian Boyle to learn how the oysters can improve the marine environment and how the project could eventually expand along the Wicklow coast.

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Reporting by Jamie Ryan for East Coast FM, funded by the News Reporting Scheme. Republished by News Room under the scheme’s reuse permission.

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