MY sister-in-law and I are reading the newspapers in companionable quiet at the kitchen table.

WE have found remote, west Cork beaches free of the noxious green sea ‘lettuce’ that has plagued so many Irish estuaries and strands.

A DISPUTE between parents and authorities at Glasnevin Cemetery over the controversial ‘Angels Plot’ has escalated with the families holding vigils to ensure their children’s graves are not disturbed.

POLICY recommendations on agricultural vehicle laws will be made by the Road Safety Authority to the Minister for Transport shortly.

TWO villages. One whale carcass. And the Minister for the Environment stuck in the middle.

Damien Enright on options for the weed growing in bays.