Nature

It’s the season for trees and shrubs to steal the limelight through a process of radical transformation

Government should not only reserve legal designation for fast-tracking built projects but should extend it to nature too

Manchán Magan and Eoghan Daltun have shown us we can improve the world right here on our doorstep, acre by acre

Eanna Ní Lamhna on reader encounters with a cheeky squirrel, a giant caterpillar and Ireland's only native lizard

The book the late author was working on when he died has been published

Always try to source plump, firm, undamaged bulb stock

Emer McLysaght: When did we stop just ... going to sleep?

Members of the public are invited to name the twin cubs ahead of International Red Panda Day on Saturday

Since his breakout TV show Éire Fhiáin in 2017, Warner has presented shows in Irish and English, winning awards and acclaim

Your nature notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Everywhere in the garden are unmistakable signs of seasonal shift, from trees heavy with fruit to spiderwebs silver-beaded with dew

A selection for young readers from Michelle Beech, Hollie Hughes, Laura Dockrill, Jarvis and Judge, Becky Baines and Jane Wilsher

In his follow-up to An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, Eoghan Daltun shows how policy shifts in land managment could work in practice across Ireland

Josh Holton delivers an impressive autofictional debut; Alex Hyde creates a portrait of two very different artists

The summer of 2026 has provided a timely reminder of the urgent need for climate action

Éanna Ní Lamhna answers readers’ queries about a bird, a moth and very small fly

Upgraded Shandon Park three-bed with easy access to the city and green spaces

Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to your notes and queries on robins, spiders and rare moths

For decades, environmental psychology has explored why humans feel better outdoors in green spaces like forests, but attention is turning now to blue spaces, asking why water makes us feel happier

Butterflies react quickly to change but can still get caught out by misaligned life cycles

Nick Maertens and his wife Cyrelle, from Belgium, spent years fantasising about living somewhere rural

Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna responds to your notes and queries on dragonflies, ladybirds and more

Overharvesting, pollution and harsh winters all contributed to the decline of oysters in Ireland

Department of Agriculture issues order to cease work to allow investigation of felling licence

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

There is at least 10,000km of tracks available

The need for conservation measures on the Co Kildare plains has been recognised for 30 years

Dublin beekeeper says honey harvest this year is ‘best in 20 years’ but drought has put strain on hives

There are hopes that more sites will soon push for dark sky status in Connemara, Wicklow, Donegal and west Cork

Your wildlife notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

Fingal’s biodiversity officer says planting blackberry brambles starts a chain reaction that benefits wildlife and the entire community

Sustainable tourism depends on safeguarding the very landscapes that attract people to the island

In the Republic, there has been unrelenting deterioration of lakes, rivers and estuaries

Pricey hotels and expensive rentals make holidaying at home prohibitively costly. We need better alternatives

Some of my potatoes have pushed up out of the ground and turned green

Eanna Ní Lamhna answers your notes and queries on crows, bees and more

In 2015, Unesco extended the reserve to the entirety of Dublin Bay, including Ireland’s Eye, which has 9,000 pairs of breeding seabirds across 11 different species

Have your say on who, where and what comprise the greenest people, places and projects countrywide

Latest building addition coincides with relaxation of back-garden dwelling rules

Bill Oddie found fame in the 1970s as a member of comic trio The Goodies