New clusters of black fungus are spreading over treasured cave drawings in France, scientists warned, as they announced a bacteria-killing recipe to protect the remarkable Palaeolithic paintings.

The betting shop on the main street in Malahide, where I live, does a roaring trade.

TRY SNEAKING up on a pigeon. It seems to have eyes in the back of its head. In fact, it has a visual range of 340º, leaving little or no blind spot especially when the bird is boppin’ along, head dipping and rising like one of those toy dogs in the back windows of cars.

CAVE drawings thought to be older than those in the famed caves of Lascaux have been discovered in a grotto in western France, officials from the Charente region said yesterday.

Cave drawings thought to be older than those in the famed caves of Lascaux have been discovered in a grotto in western France, officials from the Charente region said today.

A cave with vivid prehistoric engravings possibly dating as early as 28,000 BC has been discovered in western France.