IN spite of a promise of long-awaited action by state agencies and farming organisations against illegal burning on mountains and upland areas, such burning is continuing unabated.

SHY and pretty to look at, deer seem to have a magnetic appeal for people.

ONE of the most heartening trends around the country nowadays is the huge number of people taking part in voluntary litter-picking and other related works to tidy up their neighbourhoods.

RISING petrol prices could be good for your health.

LAST week we focused on the perennial issue of gorse fires and the damage they cause to the environment, wildlife and forestry especially.

FOLLOWING large-scale destruction of the countryside by fires, last year, action is being taken to prevent a recurrence before the annual gorse- burning gets underway.

IRISH people’s obsession with the weather, and what ‘it’s going to do’, is not unique.

YOU might think that, in a time of recession, people would make an effort not to waste food.

I HAVE rediscovered the joys of cycling, after decades out of the saddle.