BBC on MSN12d
Nettles helping to bring back island's corncrakes
The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the ...
AOL12d
Nettle dig 'positively' supports Rathlin's corncrakes
The population of corncrakes on Rathlin Island is being "positively" maintained with the help of an annual nettle dig, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has said. Since the ...
How nettles are helping one of NI's rarest birds
Rathlin Island is one of the few places left in Northern Ireland where you will hear the sound of a corncrake.
TechRound10h
Scientists Develop New Satellite Terminal For Remote Areas
Engineers at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh are working on a satellite-based system for data links. The venture forms ...
Now Scots are told they're suffering from 'Celtic curse' disease
It is known as the 'Celtic Curse', a potentially fatal genetic condition which has an unusually high prevalence among those ...
Spark your wanderlust with a trip to Northern Ireland this spring
From a glass house on the shores of Lough Neagh, secluded clifftop luxury retreats on the Causeway coast to the Georgian ...
Belfast Telegraph19d
Books that changed my life: Writers reveal the reads they return to again and again
Beginning in 1918, the book details Northern Ireland in the period leading up to partition with the story centring around 13-year-old Colm MacNeill, whose idyllic life on Rathlin Island is ...