Learning basic survival skills in Ireland

You don’t need to be a scout or an outdoor enthusiast to learn how to light fires without a match, build a shelter from basic materials or cook under the open sky, says Áilín Quinlan.           

BARACK Obama grabbed headlines last week when he took time out from a scheduled visit to Alaska to trek through the wilderness and to pick up survival skills from British survival expert Bear Grylls.

Oprah Winfrey loves it so much she camped overnight in Yosemite National Park — with the cameras rolling all the way.