Galway farmer Michael Silke who completed the dangerous migration of 30 of his dry stock herd across a 100 metre wide stretch of the River Shannon, giving his cows and their calves a well-deserved holiday.
One of Ireland’s natural migration mysteries may soon be solved as the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) commenced a cross-channel Cuckoo tracking project with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) to find out just where Irish cuckoos spend their winter months. It is hoped the project will also answer if Irish cuckoos undertake a different migration strategy to their British counterparts across the Irish Sea.
Laytown races in Co.Meath occupies a unique position in the Irish and British racing calendar as it is the only race event run on a beach under the rules of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board.
