Donal Hickey says organic food sales continue to rise

SEVERAL sightings of magnificent fin whales off west Cork, this month, offer further testimony that the area is becoming one of the top whale watching destinations in Europe.

PEAK demand for electricity is set to increase by 200 megawatts this winter, equal to the needs of 130,000 houses.

THE idea of tracking conjures up images of those old western films, with cowboy John Wayne yelling at Indian scouts to find which route the baddies took in their efforts to escape a silver-starred sheriff and other officers of the law.

Donal Hickey on the consequences of energy consumption.

HALLOWE’EN is almost here, a time when long nights and more hours of darkness are ushered in. But, in a world that has become obsessed with light, there are many urban areas where darkness scarcely exists any more and the sight of star-speckled skies is a rarity.

HOPES are again being raised of a major gas find in a huge area in the Atlantic, about 150km off the west and south coasts.

AS our eating habits change, more and more of our food comes wrapped in various forms of aluminium. For instance, more than 90 million aluminium trays are used each day in Ireland, a staggering figure by any standards.

THE little known Kerry Slug has crawled its way into the spotlight following a recent decision to re-route a small section of a major new roadway linking Cork and Kerry.

AT one time, mink coats were fashionable among stylish folk, but the animal that provided them has now become a pest in parts of Ireland.