Even if much of our native wildlife in Ireland is at risk — in some cases critically endangered — certain species, which have been wiped out elsewhere, could be making their last stand for survival.

A few sods of turf we saw scattered on roads in parts of West Cork and Co Kerry, in the past week, told a story.

Remembrance Sunday commemorations will take place across the world, and the island of Ireland, today.

A coalition of 26 national environmental organisations says the Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys is refusing to meet with them to discuss the ongoing damage to our bio-diversity.

The main telegraph machine from the wreck of the Lusitania has been recovered from the seabed.

While nesting birds and their chicks are the main victims of illegal gorse fires that have again plagued the country this year, plants and other animals that are often forgotten about are also being badly hit, writes Donal Hickey. 

Cyclists are colliding with pedestrians, prams, and potholes in Killarney National Park, injuring themselves and others, and there has been a call for them to slow down.

One of the telegraph machines from the Lusitania has been recovered from the ocean floor off the Cork coast.

Campaigners opposed to redevelopment of the Moore St battlefield site in Dublin have been accused of harassing workers and illegally entering the grounds.

People in rural areas have rarely seen the level of vegetation growth along roadsides as that witnessed this summer.

THERE were almost as many scrums at the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska yesterday as there were during a game at the Rugby World Cup.

Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys believes specialist contractors are required to rid Killarney’s National Park of the invasive rhododendron plant. About €2.8m has been spent over the past 10 years trying to curb the plant’s spread.

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The Arts and Heritage Minister said she is happy with the backlash against the official 1916 commemoration video, because it started a conversation.

The first white-tailed eagle chick of 2014 has appeared in Mountshannon, Co Clare, but one hatched near Glengarriff, Co Cork, has died.

Portraits of some of Ireland’s most revered historical figures are among tens of thousands of artefacts opened to the world in a newly expanded digital collection.

Ireland has still to achieve equality between men and women a century after the founding of the Cumann na mBan, President Michael D Higgins has said.

More than 2,500 turfcutters are to be allowed back on protected bogs after the controversial ban was lifted by the Government.

The controversial turf-cutting ban will be lifted on the country’s most heavily cut sites under new plans unveiled by the Government.

One of the country’s biggest charity fundraisers has passed the €1m mark for the first time.

Wild mink have been fleeing across the sea to islands as mainland traps cut their attacks on endangered birds.

The school that helped propel the Iron Lady to No 10 has been awarded grade II-listed status.

Turfcutters are expected to defy a controversial EU and Government ban by cutting turf in a bog in North Kerry on Sunday, Aug 25.

Several buildings in central Dublin which were used by rebel leaders during the 1916 uprising are to be saved from the wreckers' ball, it has been announced.

A judge says Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan is “taking turf from the poor of Longford”.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will lead several politicians who will be getting on their bikes for the annual Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, on Jul 6.

Remembering the victims of the Great Famine should encourage Irish people to intervene wherever there is injustice and hunger around the world, President Michael D Higgins has said.

An ancient log boat, possibly thousands of years old, has been discovered partly embedded in the banks of the Boyne river in Drogheda, possibly where it originally sank and indicating that Drogheda could have other hidden treasures.

Families in north Kerry have strongly signalled they intend to continue this year cutting turf on what is now a preserved bog.

The people of Buttevant are hoping to unveil a huge mural which will showcase the town’s historic past.

James Connolly’s great-grandson has described the state of the historic properties on Moore St as akin to a shanty town.

A new exhibition by the Irish Agricultural Museum based at Johnstown Castle, Co Wexford — in partnership with the National Ploughing Association — celebrates the great heritage of the championships.

Funding has been released for vital emergency conservation works that will help keep the doors of a landmark cathedral open.

Defiant turf cutters have claimed they won a battle against officials, but not the war.

An anchor has been recovered from the wreck of the 1916 German gun-running ship scuttled off the south coast of Ireland.

The Department of Agriculture has strongly denied claims by environmental and heritage groups that illegal turf-cutting on nine of the country’s 53 protected bogs is going unchallenged.

The victims of the Great Famine were remembered yesterday during a solemn memorial service in Co Louth.

Schoolchildren across the country will hold a minute’s silence today in memory of the victims of the Famine.

The dispute between the Government and the turf cutters is entrenched as both sides engage in a battle of words and wills, writes Conall Ó Fátharta