Scientists at University of Galway have published the first record of a noble false widow spider feeding on a pygmy shrew, a species of tiny mammal protected in Ireland. The new study, recently published in the international journal ‘Ecosphere’, demonstrates further the potentially negative impact of the invasive and venomous noble […]
Garden designer Anne Hamilton, who shares her time between West Cork and London is aiming for a medal – “the shinier the better” says the designer – at the Olympics for garden designers, the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Anne has partnered with Taina Suonio, to create the garden, titled […]
Over 200 films will screen at the First Cut Youth Film Festival (FCYFF) in March (7-11), including a film created by local Ukrainian teenagers (based in West Cork), residents from Direct Provision at Clonakilty Lodge and local young people from Clonakilty. The film ‘Practice Session’ was created at the end […]
The image of the mad March hare is very suited to this month. There is so much astro-action coming up over the next few weeks it could leave us feeling ‘all over the place’. It’s a month that brings huge shifts and major new phases with the two heavyweight planets, […]
Already the shop of choice for Ireland’s organic producers and gardeners, more and more conventional farmers are turning to Fruit Hill farm – Ireland’s specialist for environmentally-friendly house, farm and garden supplies – to help them make the switch to organic. With over 2000 new applicants to the Organic Farming […]
For a while there it felt like the mist just wouldn’t go away and that the rain was never going to stop. I went digging for information on how wet it had been and discovered that from September up until January 26, Sherkin island has recorded 799mm of rainfall. The […]