Some ecologists are calling for predators such as wolves and lynx to be returned to Ireland They say this would help control Ireland's expanding deer population and so protect forests and crops Sheep ...

One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a tourist in Ireland is to stick to the most touristy cities and towns. If you spend your entire trip in Dublin, you will be missing out on some of ...

We live in a listy time and much of the content we consume comes broken into digestible chunks and helpfully numbered so we can rank its importance more easily without overly taxing our brains. We ...

Embattled firefighters have had to deal with more than 1,100 gorse fires in Northern Ireland in the last two weeks — a staggering 97% of which have been started deliberately. Over the weekend Northern ...

I went because: The countryside is beautiful and so was the deal. Don't miss: The castle ruins, which are hard to miss, but do a bus/train tour anyway, even if, like us, you aren't bus-tour people.

Thousands of homeless horses now run wild across Ireland - another consequence of the economic recession as the animals are abandoned by owners who can no longer afford their upkeep. Animal welfare ...

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BBC Northern Ireland's rural affairs correspondent Martin Cassidy explores how modern farming is at last seeking to reconcile itself with the province's natural environment. Ravaged by 30 years of ...