Vital work on Irish wetlands is necessary

We must look after our country’s wetlands, writes Donal Hickey

THEY are, generally, wild places where you’ll hear the buzz of insects and bees, in summer time, maybe even the rarely-heard cry of the curlew, or birds from other lands in autumn and winter.

Given the exceptionally rainy winter we’ve had, any confusion between these natural wetlands and lands that tend to get wet, or flooded, is understandable. There’s a lovely, fertile field I pass each day which has had a permanent pool of water since November.