The islet of Rockall captured the public interest last month as the periodic claims of its nearest neighbours (ourselves and Scotland mainly) were laid out in stark detail.

The L-shaped Stone House has been tastefully nestled in Rossbrin cove since 2000, says Tommy Barker

Dan MacCarthy discusses dragons and knights found on Clare Island, Co Mayo

The real meaning of the word amateur has nothing to do with qualifications or where your income comes from, writes Dick Warner. 

This seems like the perfect place to get away from all the distractions of modern life.

A post by Redditor, DaveFlanagan, has asked an interesting question on reddit.

RECENTLY, for the umpteenth time, RTÉ again screened the David Lean epic, Ryan’s Daughter, filmed in the Dingle Peninsula, in 1969/’70.

MANY of us will take the opportunity this bank holiday weekend to get out and enjoy Ireland in bloom, for we are now in probably the premium time of year for viewing the wonders of nature.

At its AGM last week, the Zoological Society of Ireland elected its first lady president.

WOULD that the marine biologists working on eradicating Sargassum, an invasive brown weed, at Lough Hyne in west Cork, found a way to eliminate the green weed plaguing shallow bays all over Ireland.

I RECEIVED an attractive book, Irish Wild Plants: Myths, Legends, Folklore by Niall MacCoitir from Collins Press last week.

THE FLORA and fauna of Lambay were surveyed in 1905 and 1906. About 90 species of plants and animals were added to the Irish list. Invertebrates, previously unknown to science, were discovered.