Ireland has 99 species of bees but one third of them are currently threatened with extinction due to a reduction in food sources (wildflowers) and safe nesting sites.

Lorna Siggins Citizen science pinpointed the first samples of a rare kelp in Irish waters and now NUI Galway researchers are hoping that sea swimmers, divers and kayakers may help to find more.

Investment in maritime area wind energy projects is being held back by the lack of clarity around the time it takes to assess planning applications.

Nurses were the most assaulted group of workers in HSE hospitals last year, accounting for three in five of all recorded incidents.

Ireland has been selected as the location for a European funded testing site for offshore 'floating' wind farms, which are seen as a cheaper and more efficient way of generating renewable energy from wind.

A helmet and lifejacket believed to be from crashed Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 have been recovered from the Atlantic almost 16 months after the tragedy.

Both Mayo and Galway have championship debutants for Sunday’s Connacht SFC quarter-final clash in MacHale Park in Castlebar (4pm).

Gardaí in Belmullet, Co Mayo have renewed their appeal for missing person Paddy McDonagh, 16.

Amid growing opposition to land-based wind and solar-power projects, the renewable energy industry is looking more to the sea as an alternative energy source.

Cork's Sean Powter and Niall Grimley of Armagh have been confirmed as the final two tourists for the upcoming International Rules series.

What use is a utility, if not as a scapegoat? Except that the scapegoat is now so starved it can’t carry the load, writes Victoria White.

The country’s wastewater treatment infrastructure will be fully in place and contaminated sites cleaned up within the next three years, according to Irish Water.

Transport Infrastructure Ireland has 55 roads projects in 23 counties but securing funding for them is just part of the process in ensuring the proposals move from the planning stage to work beginning on the ground, writes Caroline O’Doherty.

Victory for Galway United tonight and Mayo on Sunday would complete a perfect few days for Ronan Murray, who has been named the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers’ Association of Ireland Player of the Month for August.

A Mayo community has been gripped by shock and sorrow as it struggles to come to terms with the loss of three members of a much-loved family in Monday’s horror road crash.

A Mayo community has been gripped by shock and sorrow as it struggles to come to terms with the loss of three members of a much-loved family in Monday’s horror road crash.

Friendships on the golf course make any challenge easy to overcome, writes Kevin Markham.

The search for the remaining two crew members of Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 will resume today after bad weather hampered efforts over the weekend.

Searches are due to resume off Co Mayo today for the lost crew of Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116.

The 18-metre Interceptor-style vessel powered its way 2,020km anti-clockwise around Ireland, encapsulating all of Ireland’s islands.

Last month was the warmest June of the decade so far in most of Ireland, but many parts of the country also endured much more rain than average.

While driving around Belmullet, Co Mayo yesterday Clement Shevlin spotted something out of the ordinary.

It seems like every Dubliner had the same notion this evening.

Irish builder Tony Monaghan hopes his documentary about construction workers in his adopted home in the US will help inspire people to improve their lot, writes Marjorie Brennan

Ryle Dwyer reads the argument that the Irish uprisings of the first decades of the 20th century were a series of civil conflicts, not wars, and they were essentially between Irish people.

Last Sunday I turned on the radio to hear that classic ELO song ‘Mr Blue Sky.’

It’s a shop that’s known for having “something for everyone” and now Carey’s in Belmullet can add Lotto Jackpots to its offering.

Searches are continuing today for a fisherman missing off the coast of Co Mayo.

A search is underway for a lobster fisherman feared missing off the coast of Mayo.

After just going through the difficult process herself, Jo Kerrigan traces a book’s journey from pub idea to publication.

More communities in Kerry have been shortlisted for this year’s tourism awards than in any other county.

Ireland has the highest percentage of beaches and lakes with poor quality bathing water in the EU after Estonia, according to a report in the lead-up to the holiday season.

Two gardaí, a father and son, have denied they assaulted some protesters during a protest against the Shell Corrib gas refinery in Co Mayo.

April set records for dry weather but warnings of showers and cold temperatures for the rest of May