Damien Enright: The come-and-go of nature is joyous and tragic but the decline in many species is ominous

We can only have faith that humanity will get a grip and save the planet before it expires

Sea pinks are blooming on Irish coasts at the moment

It's been great, writing a weekly column for 31 years for the Irish Examiner. Thirty-one years tenure is no big deal — Michael Viney in the Irish Times has been writing his far more distinguished column for far longer. 

Lately, I read that, as of January 2020, one Sid Hartman of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, USA, had been writing his weekly sports column for 74 years and was continuing to do so even as he approached his 100th birthday.