Donal Hickey on the soaring rate of cetacean deaths.

PEOPLE driving daily into cities and towns to work might think traffic moves slowly, but it will get slower.

Donal Hickey on our future use of water

A STRANGE-LOOKING fish, caught off the south-west coast last summer, has been tracked to the Bay of Biscay.

PUPILS in the Black Valley primary school, deep in the Kerry hills, are well aware they live amidst exquisite wild beauty. Given the environment in which they learn it’s not surprising nature walks and art are an important part of their curriculum.

Donal Hickey sees new hope for Ireland’s bogland

Donal Hickey on the future of the Shannon cruises

Donal Hickey examines changes to the REPS scheme.

Donal Hickey on the huge growth in fish consumption in Ireland.

IN the chill days and long, wintry nights of January it’s worth noting two startling statistics: around 60,000 Irish households are estimated to live in ongoing fuel poverty and a further 160,000 experience occasional fuel poverty.