The hero of the story which I have to tell... appears to observers in different guise; to some it is a ghost, to some the conqueror of...

Home of Ireland's Red Deer: Forest & Mountain The red deer is Ireland’s biggest land mammal and the only native deer species to the...

Today Ireland is a small island at the north-western edge of Europe. Its origins however lie far away from its current position, on the...

Common Seals at the Shannon Estuary Seals are among the best loved marine mammals. Predominantly perceived as cute and cuddly, these...

Some millennia ago Ireland was covered in vast forests dominated by oaks and pines. A sudden change in climate triggered the rapid...

One of the side effects of climate change: More frequent and more violent storms. In 1088 the Chinese scholar, engineer and philosopher...

Ireland is infamous for its mild and wet climate. The main reason for this is the Gulf Stream which is part of a world-wide network of...