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Damien Enright: On the Canaries, it is the ravens who predominate

FIFTY seven Canada geese at Coolmain Strand and 47 Canarian ravens touring the sky above the blunted peak of the long- extinct volcano of La Gomera, in the Canary Islands — Garajonay, the volcano is called, for a pair of doomed lovers, Gara and Jonay, she the Gomera Guanche princess, who fell in love with the peasant boy, Jonay, from the island of Tenerife, 50km across the water, which he swam to reach her.

Hawks in flock — a sight to set birders’ hearts racing

Taxonomy of mangoes puts taste buds to the test

food

Restaurant review: Iberian Way, Cork

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UCI investigates Froome claims

More than sun and sea on offer in diverse paradise

Happy in my little island paradise

THIS morning, dawdling knee-deep in the water at the edge of the port beach at Valle Gran Rey on the Canary Island of La Gomera, I remembered standing in the same spot many years ago with a skinny boy, now a giant of 30 years, and looking at a big manta ray lying in the sand at our feet.

Mon, 03 Mar, 2008

Six die after becoming trapped in Tenerife tunnel

SIX people died and 23 were rescued after becoming trapped in an underground shaft on the Spanish island of Tenerife, local officials said.

Mon, 12 Feb, 2007

The many, soothing voices of the sea

AT NIGHT, the sea in La Gomera moaned and spoke with many voices. We could hear it from our house amongst the bananas, as we lay sweating on our sheets.

Mon, 25 Sep, 2006