An archaelogist who plans to create a craft last used by our forebearers more than a millennium ago is getting a dig out for his “dugout” boat from people from all corners of the world.

In the second of a two-day series on rural Ireland, Michael Clifford reports on how community programmes are helping local people to cope with loneliness and isolation

ANOTHER white-tailed sea eagle has been found dead from poisoning, in Co Kerry, the first death of an eagle since legislation banning the use of poisons was introduced in October.