IT may be a sign of growing tolerance of wildlife, but more people are now making their gardens animal-friendly.

WE’RE in the middle of the bountiful month of May, amid hopes of long summer days ahead and the last of the cold, wet weather we had during the traditional Scaraveen (‘scairbhín’) period, which is now coming to an end.

MANY visitors to Listowel seek out John B Keane’s bar, or the street where another famous writer, Bryan MacMahon, lived.

SUMMER is almost here and with it comes that inimitable telltale sound, the buzzing of bees.

THE rustic poet Patrick Kavanagh put it lyrically when he wrote that “ordinary things wear lovely wings”.

Arecent column on alternative means of treating waste has attracted a deal of reaction, which is not surprising given the ongoing outcry about charges for septic tanks.

A WISE man of our acquaintance, who’s as healthy as a proverbial trout, made a sweeping statement the other day.

A LEADING wildlife researcher has called for joint action by governments, North and South, to protect some of our native wild animals from foreign species which have been introduced here.

WEARERS of luxury mink coats once saw themselves at the height of fashion, but mink has now become a pest and a plague on other wildlife.

WILDLIFE lovers are urged to participate in efforts to save three, soft, slippery creatures that live on land and in water.