The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare have been named among the UK and Ireland's 100 Great Geosites.

THERE are two Charles Darwin anniversaries this year. February 15 will be his 200th birthday and, on November 24, we will celebrate the publication, 150 years ago, of his famous book On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

A group representing councils in the Republic and the North today urged Tony Blair to bin proposals to build a new generation of nuclear power plants in the UK.