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