Éanna Ní Lamhna (born 1950) is an Irish biologist, environmental consultant, radio and television presenter, author and educator.
[2] She was president of the national environmental charity An Taisce (which had a mission to celebrate and protect Ireland’s natural and cultural heritage) for five years in the 2000s, and currently has an ex-officio seat on its Council.
In December 2024, Ní Lamhna was nominated by An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, as a candidate for the 2025 Seanad election on the Cultural and Educational vocational panel.
[5] Ní Lamhna qualified in the biology area at UCD, including botany and microbiology and postgraduate studies in plant ecology.
[6][7] In later years, she also received a Ph.D.[8] Ní Lamhna went to work for State environmental agency An Foras Forbartha (now the EPA)[9] and played a key role in ground-breaking species distribution mapping carried out in Ireland by that body in the 1970s and 1980s.
In May 2020, Ní Lamhna released a two-part interview as part of David Oakes' Trees A Crowd podcast.