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, ...

Some ecologists are calling for predators such as wolves and lynx to be returned to Ireland They say this would help control Ireland's expanding deer population and so protect forests and crops Sheep ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Standout meals in Ireland often come with remarkable settings, such as train stations transformed into taverns or castles serving fine dining in woodland surroundings. These locations reflect ...

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 ...

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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 ...