Michael Longley: ‘Most men don’t like intelligent women. I just hang on their every word’
The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poems
Latest articles about Michael Viney
The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poems
When Michael Viney’s second column An Eye on Nature answering readers queries began, Ethna ran it for years under his name until she was finally acknowledged as the author
For 33 years she wrote the weekly Eye on Nature column for The Irish Times which appeared alongside her husband’s Michael’s nature columns
Author was a feminist, economist and environmentalist who wrote the weekly Eye on Nature column for 33 years
The Irish Times’s obituary writers have marked the deaths of more than 150 people this year. Here are 50 of the best known
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Daughter Michele Viney says writer who worked to complete ‘Natural World’ right until the very end ‘died with his boots on’
Worldview: Viney would have been interested in a new book by Kohei Saito, which explores Marx’s evolving ecological thinking
Writer, artist, broadcaster and Irish Times columnist’s life was celebrated with affection at Lakelands Crematorium in Cavan
The late journalist was best known for his Another Life column, describing life in Mayo and interactions with nature
In this 2015 article, the late Irish TImes journalist looks back on his life on the road less travelled
As well as being a master of words, the late journalist produced all his own illustrations, inspired by the Mayo landscape
Tribute: The late journalist, a sensitive observer of nature and weather, turned an equally sharp eye on Irish society
Journalist and author composed his final Another Life column in February, after decades recording Ireland’s natural life
Michael Viney: Captive breeding of eggs taken from the wild can contribute to our conservation programmes
Another Life: Extreme weather can be traumatic to live through. We need to grow increasingly alert to the psychological damage it does
New species arriving through human activity turning Ireland into ‘ecological junkyard’
Michael Viney: The last ramparts of bog-deal, piled at the margins of fields cleared from peatland, are darkening in November rain
Six decades ago our Another Life columnist wrote his first article for The Irish Times. It was the start of a long relationship with the paper and its readers
Irish media for a long time did a medium job – at best – of holding power to account
What emerges from the files, and from the graves of the unregarded innocents, is a dark story that will take some time to absorb into the official narratives of independent Ireland
Will Covid-19 begin a resurgence of the 1970s withdrawal from growth-driven capitalism?
In season: You’ve filled bucket after bucket with plump blackberries, now what to do with them?
It takes time and expertise to coax these greedy, sun-loving, thirsty plants to give of their very best
Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more
Ecologists push for a critical mass of cover, extending and merging existing clusters
On walls and boundary railings of Lucan’s public park, 54 were counted on one visit in July
Michael Viney: We have never known about more species – and the list is growing
Michael Viney: Stephen Galvin’s work established the long-lived yew as a reliable barometer of environmental change
‘Irish Times’ columnist and environmentalist among 18 people recognised by RIA
Published: April 24th, 1967. Photograph by Gordon Standing
Unless we attend to health of our environment, our economies cannot survive
UK moves to pardon gay men prompts calls to examine how they were treated in State
Whether elderflower, blackcurrant, rhubarb or gooseberry, country wines livened up our social life in our first decades at Thallabawn
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices