Person: Aubrey Fennell

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Donal Hickey: Aren’t the trees just terrific?

MAYBE it’s just because there’s more time to stand back and observe during the coronavirus crisis, but am I the only person who thinks our trees never looked better than they do this year?

Sun, 14 Jun, 2020

Here's why you should be proud to be bird brained

BEING called “bird-brained” should no longer be seen as an insult. Quite the opposite, in fact, for research is showing that wild birds can be intelligent animals, with crows being the brightest of them all — second only to people.

Mon, 03 Oct, 2016

Knowledge of trees lost in fog

Is there anyone that doesn’t like trees? We might even dare to suggest that everyone loves an individual tree, or trees.

Mon, 28 Oct, 2013

Poetic tales from deep inside the woodlands

The Tree Council of Ireland has named today as Tree Day. And the theme for this year’s event is ‘If Trees Could Talk’. I was given this anonymous poem by a friend some years ago. It was, apparently, found posted on a tree in a Spanish park.

Thu, 11 Oct, 2012

National Tree Week to fix imblalance

DESPITE advances in the past 100 years, Ireland remains one of the least wooded countries in Europe with only 10% of our land planted with trees compared to the European average of 40%.

Mon, 08 Mar, 2010