Meet the grandmother looking for root and branch reform on biodiversity

Liz Dunphy meets Sioned Jones, a grandmother on a mission to stand up for biodiversity against Coillte monoculture planting

Environmentalist Sioned Jones. Picture: Andy Gibson.

A CCTV camera spying down from a tree she had planted was the first sign that ‘Earth Protector’ Sioned Jones was being watched.

Once she saw the camera, the grandmother with a degree in biochemistry would wave into it, merrily ignoring the signs that popped up, warning her that trespassers would be prosecuted.