Jim Wilson
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In the distance over Jim Wilson’s shoulder stand the famous yellow Harland and Wolff shipyard cranes Samson and Goliath, symbols on the landscape(...)

Irish explorer who discovered Antarctica honoured in home village
- Irish News
- January 25, 2020, 20:37
Edward Bransfield, the pioneering Irish polar explorer and the first person to officially record discovering Antarctica, has been honoured with the un(...)

We're cousins: genetic map of Britain and Ireland shows common ancestry
- Health
- September 2, 2019, 20:00
A complete genetic map of Britain and Ireland, generated by scientists for the first time, provides proof of common ancestry going back hundreds of ye(...)

How to birdwatch in the garden this winter
- Gardens
- October 14, 2017, 08:00
The first time I spotted a woodpecker feeding from a peanut feeder in our family garden, I wondered if I was hallucinating. An agitated flurry of fea(...)

Angling Notes: Casting for Recovery – breast cancer retreat at Mount Falcon Estate
- Other Sports
- May 30, 2016, 01:00
Casting for Recovery UK and Ireland, the fly fishing programme for women with breast cancer, held a retreat at the Mount Falcon Estate at Ballina, Co (...)

Daniel Lanois: ‘That’s a better headline. F*** the little twerps – especially the ones from Dublin’
- Music
- April 11, 2015, 01:00
Daniel Lanois is on the road again. He’s calling from a hotel in Seattle as his tour heads up the west coast of the United States and into his nati(...)

We all know we rely on nature. Let’s not throw away what’s left of it
- Environment
- December 13, 2014, 08:00
Exploring, once, the origins of the EU’s ecological shopping list for the habitats directive, I came upon a memoir by someone who took part in mara(...)

Another Life: What do birds dream about?
- Environment
- November 9, 2013, 01:00
This is the month of sunsets like bonfires, blazing up over the islands in luridly gilded flames or sinking redly and smokily into a frieze of purple (...)