Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

#28 Irish Elk - Extinct Roughly 5700 BCE Among the largest deer species to have ever lived, the Irish elk—also known as the giant deer—roamed across northern Eurasia, from Ireland to Siberia's ...

From short and easy strolls to bigger days out, our experts Jen and Sim share their favourite smaller peaks for memorable ...

The similarly named Irish elk was in fact a type of extinct huge deer that lived up until the end of the last ice age, 11, 700 years ago. Brown bear The brown bear was a common top predator alongside ...

US-bound Irish exports plummet €16 billion in April but remain 48.6% higher than April 2024 amid POTUS Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff-driven volatility.

The Irish economy grew by almost 10 per cent in the first quarter, up from a previous estimate of 3 per cent, as exporters rushed to get merchandise into the US ahead of the imposition of tariffs.

Earlier this year, Gilbert’s team published a study about its attempt to recover the genome of the Christmas Island rat, which went extinct in the early 20th century, by using the genome of the ...

Total exports expanded by 9.4% in the first three months of 2025, equating to more than €18bn, CSO figures show In March alone, Irish exports to the US rose from €5.1bn to €25.4bn, up almost ...

Andy Farrell has named six Irish players, including a fit-again Tadhg Furlong, in the British & Irish Lions squad for a historic first match on Irish soil, when they face Argentina at Dublin’s ...

Research data suggests humans may have nearly gone extinct almost 1 million years ago, but scientists aren't sure why.

Paul Durcan, an Irish poet whose droll, sardonic and frequently tender poems about lads in dimly lit pubs, quotidian life in the countryside and the trauma of political violence made him one of ...