Daire O hUallacháin

Research Interests

Dr Daire Ó hUallacháin is a Principal Research Officer with Teagasc (Environment, Soils and Land-Use Department). Daire has over 20 year’s experience, undertaking research on water quality, farmland ecology and wider agri-environment themes.

His applied research focuses on identifying and assessing measures and management practices needed to achieve Biodiversity and Water Quality objectives.

These collaborative (national and international) studies cover a range of enterprises and a gradient of farming intensities, from intensive farms through to High Nature Value farming and forestry.

His research aims to support policy-makers in making informed decisions and to influence practice amongst wider stakeholders.

Current Projects

• FARM_ECOS: Farming and Natural Resources: Measures for Ecological Sustainability
• SMARTER_BufferZ – Strategic Management and Robust Targeting of Riparian Buffer Zones
• FARM_Carbon: Hedgerows and other non-forest woodland carbon
• HNV_FarmForBio: High Nature Value Farmland and Forestry Systems for Biodiversity
• KerryLIFE – Sustainable land use management for the conservation of the Freshwater Pearl Mussel
• European Innovative Partnerships
  • BRIDE
  • Caomhnú Árann
  • Curlew EIP
• Enhancing Biodiversity on intensively managed ecosystems
• Economic costs of Biodiversity improvement measures on farms in different ecological contexts
• Biodiversity Working Group
• Cost-effectiveness of selected agri-environment measures for habitat conservation
• Targeting payments for ecosystem services to address the favourable conservation status of key freshwater aquatic habitats and species
• Sediment Flux and Provenance

Education

Bachelor of Science (Zoology) NUI, Galway
PhD in Zoology, National University of Ireland, Galway

• Publications