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Since I came to live in the west of Ireland, I have been trying to find the beauty in rain and these cool wet summers. That sunny dry period in June is a distant memory now and we are having to cope with more extreme weather conditions as the ...

18 Aug 2023 at 11:00

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Dirty aul’ sallies

SPRING FEED A queen bumblebee foraging on willow. Pic: Oliver Whyte The amazing life-giving world of the oft-underrated willow In the garden Oliver Whyte A man once advised me to ‘get rid of those good for nothin’ dirty aul’ sallies’. He was ...

21 Apr 2022 at 12:32

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Small islands of hope and wonder

FULL OF LIFE The wildflowers on the Mall river’s gravel islands last week. Pic: Ciara Moynihan A look at the vegetation on the Mall river in Westport Nature Pat Fahy As sure as the Carrowbeg flows to the sea at Westport, since Mother ...

17 Aug 2021 at 11:00

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Westport river’s islands ‘could raise flooding risk’

CONTROVERSY The vegetation in the Carrowbeg River at the Mall in Westport (pictured here in August) has caused plenty of talk in the town this year. Pic: The Mayo News IFI expert says silt beds should only be removed after June 1 ...

02 Nov 2021 at 10:00

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A bee in my bonnet

LOCAL IS BETTER Most cheap honey sold in supermarkets has been heat-treated and can be devoid of nutrients and flavour. Food Redmond Cabot A few weeks ago, an English newspaper ran a story, ‘Like sending bees to war: the deadly ...

11 Feb 2020 at 12:03

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Hedgerow cutting ‘savage and unnecessary’ – Mayo Greens

Scathing criticism brands Council’s hedge-cutting operation ‘regressive’ Áine Ryan THE ‘reckless and senseless’ decimation of Co Mayo’s hedgerows and trees is in flagrant contrast to the aspirations expressed in the recently ...

02 Feb 2021 at 09:00

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No time for spin and greenwashing

NEW THINKING NEEDED Rewetting and restoring bogs could give many rural communities a dividend, if incentives were in place. Nature and rewilding Pat Fahy Things are hotting up. Last year, 2019, saw the highest sea ...

11 Feb 2020 at 12:36

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Stafford-Johnson among ‘Birds, Bees and Trees’ speakers

Colin Stafford-Johnson Top nature experts to speak about gardening, nature and biodiversity at the Museum of Country Life Nature expert Éanna Ní Lamhna and award-winning wildlife presenter Colin Stafford-Johnson ...

04 Feb 2020 at 13:57

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A bat in the hand…

HANGING OUT A Lesser horseshoe bat – so named for the flaps or folds of skin that lie around their nostrils, called a noseleaf, that form a horseshoe shape. Their range is mostly limited to Clare, Cork, Galway, ...

25 Jun 2019 at 14:06

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The curious otter

OTTERLY LOVELY Ireland has become a stronghold for these intelligent little animals, at a time when populations across Europe are in decline. Country Sights and Sounds John Shelley Madra Uisce: half his ...

02 Apr 2019 at 11:42

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Bottlin’ It for Westival

THAT’S THE STUFF Children of Lankill NS stuffing plastic bottles to make eco bricks. As part of Westival’s Education Programme, artists Nicky Dowd and SiobhΡn McGuire are working with the Lankill, ...

08 Oct 2019 at 12:49

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Give the lawn mower a break this summer – Biodiversity Officer

DIVERSITY RICH A wildflower patch at Fr Angelus Park, Westport. Anton McNulty Manicured and pristinely kept lawns will have to become a thing of the past if the native Irish bee population is to ...

19 Mar 2019 at 12:26

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