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Hare's Corner initiative benefits more than the lovely hare

The Celts respected the hare as an animal with supernatural powers that should not be harmed. More than 270 new hare’s corners have been created in the Burren in just two years

Thu, 23 Mar, 2023

Donal Hickey: Have you heard a banshee wailing? It might have been a barn owl

The Irish name for the barn owl is ‘screachog reilige’ (graveyard screecher) and that explains why its nocturnal cry might unsettle folk

Mon, 14 Feb, 2022

Flight returns to Dublin after jet strikes hares on take-off

An Aer Lingus flight was forced to return to Dublin Airport this morning amid fears that a hare had been sucked into one of the jet’s engines during take-off.

Thu, 10 May, 2018

Barbaric hare coursing is not a blood sport, it’s a blood industry

We really can’t pretend that hare coursing is about some notion of rural living and culture, writes Fergus Finlay.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2016

A fine meal made from hare found on the road

After midnight, driving home from Cork Airport — the last leg of our 15 hour journey from La Gomera, a small island off Tenerife in the Canary Islands — we came upon a fortunate, if regrettable, treat.

Mon, 11 Apr, 2016

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Hare's Corner initiative benefits more than the lovely hare

Donal Hickey: Have you heard a banshee wailing? It might have been a barn owl

Flight returns to Dublin after jet strikes hares on take-off

Barbaric hare coursing is not a blood sport, it’s a blood industry

A fine meal made from hare found on the road

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Mick Clifford

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Hare's Corner initiative benefits more than the lovely hare

Donal Hickey: Have you heard a banshee wailing? It might have been a barn owl

Flight returns to Dublin after jet strikes hares on take-off

Barbaric hare coursing is not a blood sport, it’s a blood industry

A fine meal made from hare found on the road

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Mick Clifford

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