Two prominent environmental bodies have called for an end to the “continuing vilification’’ of the protected hen harrier.

BIRDWATCH Ireland has expressed horror after poisoners used three live pigeons tied to the ground to kill a pair of young buzzards.

A COLLEGE lecturer has secured a High Court apology and damages in settlement of the first libel action arising out of defamatory emails.

An Irishman who resigned as editor of a community magazine in Cornwall after a complaint about its publication of Irish jokes said today the situation was due to “political correctness gone mad”.