Four gadwalls, three drakes and a duck, are on a flooded pond near where Ilive.

On a recent trip to Northern Ireland, I was blown away by the explosion of artisan food and drink producers.

A 57-year-old man has been arrested in the North on suspicion of the murder of a Derry man twelve years ago.

The PSNI says the discovery was made during the search for missing person Dolores Hughes.

Painted matt black, no name above the door, no window to the outside world, arrival into Ichigo Ichie is calculatedly low key, still, calm.

Your lunchtime bulletin.

One of the best short videos of a humpback whale leaping vertically, full body, out of the sea was taken just outside Courtmacsherry Bay by a visitor aboard Mark Gannon’s angling boat.

Police officers have been commended for their bravery after rescuing a man from a car after it entered Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland.

One of the ironies of the Premier League being so hyped through the years is that criticisms and critics of the same league can be guilty of gross exaggeration as well.

Two men are being questioned about a suspected New IRA bomb plot after explosives were discovered in a car just after rush hour at a busy junction in Dublin.

A group calling itself the New IRA has claimed a bombing which injured a prison officer.

Hurleys, uilleann pipes, and Waterford Crystal could soon enjoy the same EU geo-legal protections currently available to the manufacturers of food items like Parma ham and Feta cheese.

Six decades after a controversial World Amateur Road Race, Ryle Dwyer looks at a series of stunts at cycling events by militant Irish republicans

THE normal standards of right and wrong did not apply to his parishioners,” observes Fr Jack Fee early on in Anthony J Quinn’s Disappeared, “only what was necessary or unnecessary for survival.”

BATLIFE Europe has chosen Nathusius’ pipistrelle as ‘Bat of the Year’ for 2015, writes Richard Collins.

MY COLUMN of February 16 discussed the mysterious moss balls photographed on a west Cork strand by M Didier Le Goff, a Breton visitor. 

A 37-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Antrim woman Pauline Carmichael.

Gardaí and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) have launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a protected species of bird in Kerry.

I concur with your editorial (September 13) of the late Ian Paisley whose political career was punctuated with nakedly sectarian acts and deeds and the destruction of many political initiatives and moderate leaders of unionism who were engaged in genuine attempts to bring peace and stability to Northern Ireland.

ACCORDING to Waterbirds in the UK 2012/13, a report just published by the British Trust for Ornithology, the populations of some duck and wader species are declining. Birds don’t recognise political boundaries and wetland ones are great travellers.

Kilkenny’s Mount Juliet swept the board at Ireland’s food Oscars, with the venue taking the three top prizes at the Good Food Ireland awards.

William Dargan: an honourable life 1799-1867

I NEARLY met Conor Faughnan recently.

IN the days when youngsters spent seemingly endless time fishing for brown trout, they would sometimes catch an eel, of which there was a plentiful supply in our lakes and rivers.

A passenger jet which turned back after developing technical problems has landed safely at Belfast International Airport.

THE fact that Naomh Conaill’s base in Glenties is over two hours from Coalisland’s complex adjacent to Lough Neagh means their Tyrone opponents are a largely unknown force to the men from the west coast of Donegal.

Controversial plans to build an incinerator at Lough Neagh are to be challenged in the High Court in Belfast, it was disclosed today.

IRELAND is neatly placed to become a research centre into the effects of climate change on the oceans and marine life and the knock-on consequences for the fishing industry.

WITH a fair north-westerly wind behind them, nine white-tailed eaglets flapped their wings and flew tentatively into skies over Killarney Lakes yesterday.

STEVEN King’s version of recent political history in Northern Ireland, on the circumstances surrounding the resignation from office of former prime minister Terence O’Neill is at variance with fact (‘North needs an election to purge system on the brink of breakdown’, November 25)

Police hunting the killers of a 60-year-old financial adviser were today examining a partially burnt-out car abandoned a few miles from his home.

Efforts to bring majestic birds of prey back to Irish skies have been dealt a massive blow after eagles and kites were killed in a spate of poisonings, it emerged tonight.

AN EAGLE restoration project in Kerry has received a further setback with the death of yet another bird, believed to be from poisoning.

A Co Antrim river is being restocked after being brought back to life following years of constant pollution.

EEL stocks in Ireland and Europe are now so depleted as to be under threat, and radical action is needed to ensure the survival of the species.

RIVERS and canals could have an important role to play in the country’s transport system, north and south.

Rescue teams searching for a man lost overboard in Lough Neagh have recovered a body, police said today.

A search will recommence today for a man lost overboard in Lough Neagh.

A special mass is being held in the North this morning in memory of a musician who was shot dead by loyalists.

IRELAND has more than 6,000 lakes and, according to author John Dunne, we don’t appreciate them. They are, he thinks, a neglected part of our heritage.

WHITE-TAILED sea eagles are winging it to all corners of the country.