Ireland’s countryside is one of the greatest gifts the island has. From the crash of the Atlantic waves off the west coast to our stunning mountains from the Mournes to the Reeks, there is beauty from ...

The DUP's Jim Wells has insisted "urgent action" is needed to tackle the threat posed to the Northern Ireland countryside by a species of deer. The South Down MLA revealed there had been more than 100 ...

We live in a listy time and much of the content we consume comes broken into digestible chunks and helpfully numbered so we can rank its importance more easily without overly taxing our brains. We ...

For more than a month in the summer and autumn of 2003 the story dominated the headlines in Northern Ireland. Big cats - thought to be a panther and a puma - were on the loose on the north coast.

BRUCKLESS, Ireland — Many visitors to Ireland make the trip in search of heritage, tracking down ancestors in obscure villages and wandering through ancient churches, pursuing the dream of a verdant, ...

10 Photos That Perfectly Display Ireland's Beautiful Countryside In honor of St. Patrick's Day, here are 10 photos that will instantly transport you to the gorgeous rolling hills of Ireland. By ...

BBC Northern Ireland's rural affairs correspondent Martin Cassidy explores how modern farming is at last seeking to reconcile itself with the province's natural environment. Ravaged by 30 years of ...

I went because: The countryside is beautiful and so was the deal. Don't miss: The castle ruins, which are hard to miss, but do a bus/train tour anyway, even if, like us, you aren't bus-tour people.

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Thousands of homeless horses now run wild across Ireland - another consequence of the economic recession as the animals are abandoned by owners who can no longer afford their upkeep. Animal welfare ...

Embattled firefighters have had to deal with more than 1,100 gorse fires in Northern Ireland in the last two weeks — a staggering 97% of which have been started deliberately. Over the weekend Northern ...