A LONG country roads these days, you’ll occasionally meet tractors towing trailers clamped high with new season turf, being brought home earlier than usual as a result of excellent drying conditions in the bogs.

THE Department of the Environment has announced a month-long extension to allow for further public submissions on the management of Skellig Michael over the next decade.

The Taoiseach’s annual summer retreat is to get a luxurious revamp over the next two years, it emerged today.