Guided safaris, pedal ride boats and bird hides will be unveiled this weekend as a new eco-park, Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre, opens.

I’M CONTINUALLY surprised by how thrown waiting staff in many restaurants seem to be if one asks about the provenance of the food. They immediately seem to go on the defensive and it can take three or four attempts to find out the source of a piece of meat, fish or cheese.

ANCIENT Irish mythology has inspired the design of a €4 million cultural and ecological building, which will be the centrepiece of Millstreet Country Park in north Cork.