Courtmacsherry has an abundance of flapper skates so researchers have headed there to deploy animal tracking technology to learn more about these unusual creatures

What happens when nature comes up against the stubborn power of vested interests, asks ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

The junior counterpart of the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss say they want nature at the heart of policymaking, and want to be included in the conversation, writes Pádraig Hoare

IFA president Tim Cullinan said the idea of levying agricultural exports — the proceeds of which would be ringfenced for biodiversity — was “outlandish”.