Outdoor Living

Up to 25 Old Irish Goats are leaving the hills of Mulranny to take up residence in the salubrious surrounds of Howth Head

NATURE Pat Fahy on the joys of watching garden birds and taking part in the Irish Garden Bird Survey

NATURE John Shelley takes a stroll to a rookery and contemplates the joys – and potential vexations – of having rooks as neighbours

NATURE With peat compost soon be a thing of the past, Pat Fahy looks at the benefits of using comfrey in the garden

CULTURE Sonia Kelly looks at the history of our grá for horses, from the Irish Hobby to the Connemara pony and Irish Draught

NATURE A two-inch thorn lodges in John Shelley’s knuckle, causing swelling, pain and an attack of guilt over cutting a neighbour’s ash

GREEN LIVING The year of lockdowns has allowed McKinley and her family focus on creating the garden of their dreams

NATURE As the sounds of spring stir through the night, John Shelley notices the absence of frog song, and investigates

GREEN LIVING Pat Fahy on the changing political attitude to climate change, and the brighter future that will bring

NATURE John Shelley goes deep into the woods to find a local pair of courting jays, an old married couple with plenty of spark