Jan 3, 2026 | Eco, Media, News
Nature, food, creativity – that’s Brilliant Ballybunion’s recipe for community climate action. The enormity of climate change and biodiversity loss can leave the individual feeling disempowered, but by coming together and acting locally, we can transform how we feel and create change, the group believes. Brilliant Ballybunion began with a call out to the north Kerry community for those passionate about nature, food or creativity to collaborate. Nature-lovers, farmers, bird watchers, photographers, sketchers, writers and ecologists came forward and so began a journey of creative climate action- Joanne Hunt
Dec 20, 2025 | Eco, Featured, Media, News, Writing
Lisa Fingleton: The Square Tomato Siamsa Tíre, Tralee, Co Kerry, February-March Referencing “advances” in bioengineering aimed at making fruit and veg easier to pack, the artist, grower and writer Lisa Fingleton jumped into a series of serious meditations on how much we’re screwing up the natural world in the name of progress. What made this show a standout was the wit with which Fingleton leavened her messaging, and the breadth of her sources. Her filmed interview with the Indian physicist and environmentalist Vandana Shiva also provided a sliver of hope. Other highlight works in this vein included Bernadette Kiely’s No Promised Land painting at the RHA Annual, and John Conneely and Conor Maloney’s Funeral for Ashes at the Festival Print-works Gallery for Galway International Arts Festival (although four times was probably plenty for David Mach, who again made the main Galway festival installation, exuberant and eye catching – Gemma Tipton, Irish Times
Sep 5, 2025 | Eco, Featured, Media, News, Writing
The Ballybunion Bean Festival focused on the potential of beans as the most fun and climate friendly food for the future. The Ballybunion Bean Festival was organised by Brilliant Ballybunion, a creative climate action project that focuses of supporting community...
Sep 5, 2025 | Eco, Featured, Media, News
What If We Were Brilliant? is a hopeful and creative project by Brilliant Ballybunion and artist Lisa Fingleton for IMMA Earth Rising that explores how communities can be “brilliant not brutal” in the face of biodiversity loss and climate change.
The project has been selected for the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) Earth Rising festival from 12th-14th September. Earlier this year IMMA invited proposals for collaborations between visual artists, Irish-based environmental groups, and local communities and Brilliant Ballybunion was one of the four* selected projects.
Apr 29, 2025 | Eco, Media, News
The Third Series of the RTE Home Grown programme celebrating the Irish horticulture industry, showcases many inspiring projects around the country including Brilliant Ballybunion and the Barna Way. Brilliant Ballybunion is a Creative Climate Action Project which...
