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A sawfly spotted in the trees in Cork

What is this colourful insect I spotted in my tree? Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney answers questions on a sawfly, raft spider, fungus and caterpillar

Reopened in 2013, the Cliffs of Moher coastal path is undoubtedly Ireland’s busiest low-level route.

The legacy of the walks scheme

The scheme has given walkers 40 beautiful routes and provided landowners with income

An intense ‘battle for survival’ between a Tibetan fox and a marmot. Photograph: Yongqing Bao/PA.

Image of fox and marmot wins wildlife photography competition

Natural History Museum picks ‘extraordinary’ photograph by Yongqing Bao

People protesting in January 2018 against a new development planned beside St Anne’s Park, Dublin. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw

Over 650 apartments planned beside St Anne’s Park in Raheny

New proposal would see apartment-only scheme in nine-storey blocks

Doctors who gathered earlier this week to protest in support of Extinction Rebellion in London to highlight deaths caused by air pollution. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Air pollution at harmful levels in nine out of ten European cities

Government has yet to produce National Clean Air Strategy

Extinction Rebellion activists in Merrion Square for the duration of their Action week. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times

Council chief irked over Extinction Rebellion stay in Merrion Square

Senior management unaware of local decision to sanction park stay, says Owen Keegan

A desire among millennials to know the origin, breed and feed involved in producing the beef they eat was leading to growth ‘on the premium side’ of the meat market. File image: Kristina Barker/The New York Times.

Demanding questions of millennials leading to a global food ‘revolution’

Conference told meat alternatives expected to make up 60% of meat market by 2040

FoodCloud co-founders Iseult Ward (left) and Aoibheann O’Brien at the FoodCloud Hub in Tallaght, Dublin 24. File photograph

Charity films show impact of redistributing food on reducing waste

Foodcloud call on Irish manufacturers to become partners in donating food

Bleeperbike began operating in Dún Laoghaire in October 2017 and expanded into Dublin city last year. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Bleeperbike to remove services from Dún Laoghaire

Councillor calls on four Dublin authorities to establish bike-sharing scheme for county

Galtee mountains. Photograph: iStock

M8 motorway in Tipperary reopens after flooding closure

Water from Galtee mountains burst banks of culvert and flooded road, TII says

A sparrowhawk, having caught a pigeon

The cat hasn’t been killing pigeons, this bird has, what is it? Readers’ nature queries

Ethna Viney on slow worms, one of Ireland’s heaviest spiders, and lawyer’s wigs

Hiker walking along Leenane Hill after snowfall with Killary Fjord and Mweelrea mountain in background.

The copped-on guide to winter walking

Many people put themselves and rescuers in danger by heading into the hills ill-equipped

The proposed 32km project is earmarked for a disused railway line skirting the N70 Ring of Kerry.

Greenways should not be included in definition of public roads – IFA

Emotional contributions on fourth day of public hearing into South Kerry Greenway

Teagasc director Prof Gerry Boyle and Teagasc chairman Liam Herlihy at the launch of the Teagasc annual report and accounts for 2018. Photograph: John Ohle Photography

Farmers can meet difficult greenhouse gas reduction targets, says Teagasc

Agri-food advisory body to train farmers on how to use technology to cut emissions

Image taken with permission from the Twitter feed of @wazzas of a man who was disrupting a flight due to take off for Dublin from London City Airport. Photograph: Warren Swalbe/PA Wire

Climate protester removed from Aer Lingus flight to Dublin

Second protester climbs on plane as Extinction Rebellion activists target London City airport

The application was strongly supported by leading environmentalist Peter Sweetman (above), whose interventions on the necessity for complete habitat studies in the case of the Galway bypass in 2012 partly led to the 2014 EU directive on environmental impact assessments. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times

Leading environmentalist and former minister weigh in on Co Kerry greenway plan

Lawyer for 25 landowners tells hearing compulsory purchase would be contrary to Irish law

Pelletstown: since 2014, the Dublin Housing Taskforce has identified it as one of six areas in the city that could accommodate large-scale housing developments. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill

Construction of €10m Pelletstown train station to start

Stop on Royal Canal will open in 2021 and serve growing northside suburban location

Poolbeg power station. The ESB is seeking planning permission to build a new 75 megawatt plant at the Ringsend site. Photograph: David Dear/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

Plans for new ESB power station at Poolbeg in doubt

Planning authorities raise concerns about choice of location in Dublin for new facility

A reconstruction of what the 325-million year-old tetrapod would have looked like and (inset) the bones uncovered in Co Clare. Image: Dr Eamon Doyle

Bones of 325-million-year-old amphibian discovered in Co Clare

Chance discovery opens up whole new area of potential exploration along Clare coastline

The after-effects of ectocarpus – a brown-coloured opportunist algae – in Dublin Bay at Booterstown which is killing seagrass

Decline of carbon-capturing seagrass concerning, says Coastwatch Ireland

‘We are seeing climate change on the ground. It’s happening now,’ warns group director

Least Bittern: bird only lived for 30 minutes after it landed from America in John O’Donoghue’s back garden near Tralee. Photograph: Domnick Walsh

US heron-family bird blown to Kerry by Storm Lorenzo

Least Bittern, 10th to make it across Atlantic, perished from forced migration to Ireland

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