COD, once the staple of fish-and-chippers both here and in Britain, is in danger of becoming extinct in the North Sea, but there’s hope closer to home.

THE little-known Kerry slug, which hit the headlines two years ago after getting in the way of a proposed bypass road in Ballyvourney, Co Cork, is about to get back in the news.

SOME people may have uninvited guests in their houses, without even realising it.

ONE of the most encouraging things about modern landscape photography in Ireland is, perhaps, its integrity.

YOU’VE just arrived at Shannon Airport from Boston on your inaugural trip to the land of your forebears. You pick up your hired car and, within a minute, are facing your first challenge – a roundabout.

ONE of Ireland’s leading archaeological locations, Lough Gur, in Co Limerick, could soon be designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

FUTURE generations of Irish people may not have to go abroad for the sun, if predictions about climate changes in the 21st century are correct.

THE days are lengthening, and it’s a time that some people head for the bogs and windy uplands, for yet another year’s supply of turf.

A CHANGE of mindset is needed if Ireland is to reach its target of having electric vehicles make up 10% of the car market by 2020.

ONE of the ironies of life is that, sometimes, those responsible for protecting our environment are the very people that help destroy it.