A year-long look at Dublin Bay’s ecosystem is the theme of a new television series on TG4 during the autumn.
Presented by Eoin Warner, “An Cuan” focuses on the fact that Dublin is the only city of its type in the world to have UNESCO biosphere designation.
The city has a population tipping 1.5 million and is one of Europe’s busiest commercial ports.
Biospheres are internationally recognised for their biological diversity but are also actively managed to promote a balanced relationship between people and nature.
The four-part series explores what it describes as “this unique urban area where nature and humanity at times live in harmony and at others battle to co-exist”.
“The series will take our audience on a journey through this beloved part of Ireland’s coastline and show it in a way rarely seen before,” TG4 says.
Warner focuses on “the natural beauty of Irish wildlife against the backdrop of the country’s urban centre”, it says.
The bay is a “beacon for how man and nature can and must co-exist to survive”, it adds.
“An Cuan” starts on TG4 on November 10th at 9.30 pm and is broadcast the following three Wednesdays.