The revelations of May 1992 robbed the country of a bishop with energy and vision, writes TP O’Mahony.

One of the wonders of nature at night is watching a barn owl swoop for prey. 

When Eamon Casey’s son first met his father, the then Catholic bishop of Galway so upset the youngster that he fled from him in tears.

FOR the weekend birder, the peripatetic birder (the travelling salesman, say) or the twitcher, Finding Birds in Ireland, The Complete Guide, by Dempsey and O’Clery is the book to buy.