A major citizen scientist project has been launched by the Irish Wildlife Trust to build a national picture of the distribution of native ladybirds.

A man has been charged with possession of €28,000 worth of “stolen diamond rings,” following a chase by four off-duty marathon-running detectives though Tralee town.

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WILDLIFE lovers are urged to participate in efforts to save three, soft, slippery creatures that live on land and in water.

IT came late, very late, but big Mark O’Sullivan’s 59th minute goal was crucial as Dripsey saw off stubborn Carrignavar to reach their first Evening Echo Cork Co JHC decider in their short history under lights at Páirc Uí Rinn on Saturday.

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AN estimated 10,000 people attended the Bantry Agricultural Show last Sunday.

LAST SUMMER I got a phone call from a man who lives locally to say that he had picked up the body of an animal that had been killed on the road and he was having an argument with some of his friends about its identification.

THE phone number given for Daniel Buckley, of Toames East, Macroom, Co Cork, who is conducting a survey of feral ferrets in Ireland, was incorrect (Irish Examiner letters, February 13).