My first summer job, at the age of 16, was as a shop girl in the Belfast branch of the fashion chain Wallis, writes Kate Thompson

It is rutting season for deer this month. Hillwalkers and strollers in Glendalough Valley have been struck by the piercing sound of sika stags making a shrill triple-whistle sound as they collect their hinds (females) and hold them in a harem while they maintain dominance among their male counterparts during rutting season. A pregnant hind will give birth next June, 33 weeks after ‘unity-day’ in October!

The political progress that has been made in the North could be undone by raking over its bloody past, a former senator has warned.