If you’re travelling country roads from West Cork to Co Donegal these days, you will almost certainly meet tractor trailers clamped high with black turf for home fires.

It might be said that fish and water-attracted birds are about the only wildlife that relish flood conditions.

THIS is National Biodiversity Week, and people will be taking to the great outdoors to enjoy nature at a time when, arguably, it is at its best.

Food & Wine Magazine - April issue showcases Cork - Europe’s Capital of Culture - so many terrific places to eat, drink and shop for food.