A parish just outside Cork City is one of many urban and rural communities under threat from an invasive alien species.

Calls were made yesterday for action against a number of Killarney jarveys who are leaving horse dung on the streets of the Kerry town and in the National Park.

Ireland’s tidiest town is to get tough with dog owners who do not clean up after their pets foul footpaths and walkways.

I CHOSE to vote for a Green party candidate in the last general election, a good man who cares for his community and lives as he speaks.

LESS than half of litter prosecutions taken in the first six months of last year ended in conviction, new figures have revealed.