Delgany now Ireland's first fully conscious cup village

Delgany village has recently become the first fully conscious cup destination in Ireland and the UK.

Why are puppies and kittens so adorable?

Pete Wedderburn - Animal Doctor Young kittens and puppies are cute. Most people find them utterly adorable: they make you smile and feel good about the world. But what is it about them that makes us feel so fond of them?

Delgany now Ireland's first fully conscious cup village

Mary Fogarty Delgany village has recently become the first fully conscious cup destination in Ireland and the UK.

In the grey of the vegetable garden in shirt sleeves and flip-flops

David Medcalf - Medders at Large 'Medders, what are you doing?'

Ash trees flower before their leaves open

Ash flowers don't need to be showy to attract wind

Jim Hurley - Nature Trail The Ash is Ireland's most common, tall native tree. It is not in leaf yet but is coming into flower. The Ash is wind-pollinated, so it needs to flower before the leaf buds open so that its pollen can blow...

TV ads don't make anyone more likely to eat fast food than they already do

Fast food ads targeting parents, not kids

Deborah Coleman - Straight Talking Health campaigners have turned their attention to television sponsorship in recent weeks and have called for an end to fast food advertising during children's programmes.

Tips for expanding wellbeing at work

Calodagh McCumiskey - Wellbeing & Meditation With so many pressures on organisational leadership - sales, strategy, growth, staffing, training, product development, targets, deadlines, compliance and GDPR to name a few, some can be slow to prioritise wellbeing at work. However, the research is now showing that wellbeing at work is paying great dividends to those that invest in it.

Dogs get bored if they are left alone all day.

Is it fair to keep a dog if you're at work all day?

Pete Wedderburn - Animal Doctor As a vet in the media, I get many questions from members of the public. It's impossible to answer each one privately, but I do my best. And once in a while, I'm asked a question that's worth...

The emergence of the Orange Tip butterfly is one of the signs that spring is well underway.

Orange Tip to be on the wing from late April

Jim Hurley - Nature Trail There are no prizes for guessing how the Orange Tip butterfly got its name. Butterflies have four wings and it is obvious that it is the brightly-coloured tips of both the upper and lower surfaces of the two forewings that give this butterfly its common English name.