Nature

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

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

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

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

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

Butterflies may be more colourful but moths bring their own special magic

Older farmers tell of regrets at being encouraged to remove hedgerows under misguided policies

Trees ‘sweat’ so that people don’t have to

Éanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on horseflies, thunderworms and busy bees

Readers’ questions: Most of my plants now have tall spikes of leaves which taste off

Artists can be shape-shifters of cultural norms, as they are not afraid to push against the status quo and stimulate behaviour change

Songbirds hit by a contagious infection are being found dead on bird tables and in gardens after last-gasp efforts to feed

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

Large congregations of jellyfish are normal, marine biologist says, despite social media buzz

Families who moved from city life share the freedoms, challenges and surprises of building a new life in the countryside

Eye on Nature: Eanna Ní Lamhna answers your queries on woodwasps, butterworts and more

Once-common bird of prey is at the centre of tensions over land use for farming and forestry

Your notes and queries for Eanna Ní Lamhna

Such destruction should be regarded as an ecological emergency, not routine maintenance

As well as being like a supermarket for deeper-water species, fragments can also carry carbon into deeper water, where it stays out of the atmosphere

Shining a light on people working together to protect and restore our natural enviromnent is a key function of this year’s competition

Small city gardens are akin to theatrical stages just waiting for the right props to set the tone

If ever there was a case for a conscience vote in the Dáil, this is it

Six decades of birdwatching, drawing, writing and sharing and the author’s passion still shines through in new book

There is a growing movement of people reviving the ancient Irish healing tradition of an bean feasa

Your notes and queries for Éanna Ní Lamhna

We create food to sustain us, while systematically destroying the environment that sustains us

Killarney’s ‘Cuach Cores’ among cuckoos undertaking journey from Ireland as far as Democratic Republic of Congo

I agree with licensing cats in the same manner as dogs