The Phoenix Park in Dublin has won a top award for being one of the best urban spaces in the world.

Tyrone GAA has called for an end to a funding imbalance between urban centres and rural areas.

Kerry football legend Pat Spillane has ‘red-carded’ the Mackinnon recommendations for a major boundary extension of Cork City, but said the county council will have to cede more territory than it’s currently offering.

Blackberry season is one of the few times of year when it’s clear that you can’t banish nature from the city, even though we try, writes Clodagh Finn.

An urban fox has been relocated to the countryside after getting stuck in a back garden in Cork city.

THE Twentieth Century fox moved to the city and is prospering. Now the 21st Century rabbit is following suit. 

It is estimated that by 2050, seven out of 10 people will live in cities. Planners recognise something clever is required, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

It is only a matter of a few years since more people lived in rural communities rather than in cities. That this Rubicon has been crossed has all sorts of implications and will probably mean that we will have to live in ever more compact homes and forego the pleasures of gardens and private green spaces in urban settings.