Dara Mcanulty

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“As nature is pushed to the fringes of our built-up world, it is these small pockets of wild resistance that can help.”
Individual efforts matter now more than ever

The tail-end of winter is frustrating, writes Dara McAnulty in his wonderful Diary of a Young Naturalist. “All this waiting to travel through a portal(...)

Irish Times Winter Nights Festival 2021.
The Irish Times Winter Nights festival: Everything you need to know

Gabriel Byrne, Sonia O’Sullivan, Micheál Martin, Nicola Sturgeon, Emma Dabiri, Dara McAnulty, Blindboy and more will appear at the online festival (...)

The Irish Times Winter Nights Festival takes place from Monday, January 25th to Friday, January 29th,
Irish Times Winter Nights Festival: Nicola Sturgeon, Gabriel Byrne, Dara Ó Briain and Edith Eger
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  • December 17, 2020, 15:30

The line-up for Winter Nights, a new Irish Times online festival taking place at the end of January, was announced on Thursday. Over five evenings fro(...)

Just as dandelions close when raindrops fall, Dara McAnulty says, the bullying at school made him close himself off
The remarkable Dara McAnulty and his connection with nature

The first flowers of my life were sky-blue speedwell and scarlet pimpernel. They grew among the mosses of the gravelled dustbin yard behind our “dinin(...)

Dara McAnulty with his mother Róisín and sister Bláthnaid. “Nature is like the heart of the house,” says Róisín. “It’s how we live our lives.” Photograph: Freya McClements
Award-winning Asperger blogger raising funds to tag raptors

As we drive through the snow-covered mountains of Co Fermanagh, a large bird of prey swoops in front of us. The car stops, and 13-year-old Dara McAn(...)