On Wednesday Dublin Zoo will open a brand new orang-tan enclosure, a new €3m forest home that will replicate their natural habitat in Borneo. Still a construction site, Rowena Walsh wears her hard hat and goes behind the scenes to take a look.

Transylvania has a way of life lost in the rest of Europe. Just in time for Halloween, Darina Allen paid a visit.    

While recalls over potential faults in cars are headline news in western nations, drivers in Asia are more vulnerable as the controls are far less stringent, writes Shamim Adam

Richard Collins looks at the role zoos play in saving the orang-utans.