WITH summer just around the corner, many might be looking for new places to visit to enjoy the warmer weather. Just two hours ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. I got my first lesson in the physics of sand dunes in 1998 on an expedition into the Sahara. In order to take aerial ...

Donald Trump’s luxury Irish resort has reached a compromise deal with a county council over the erection of temporary fencing ...

Well-managed tourism is playing a crucial role in promoting biodiversity within one of Ireland’s Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) according to new research from Trinity College Dublin.

Behind many of these beaches are sand dune systems which provide homes for diverse forms of wildlife including plants and insects, some so highly specialised that without these dune habitats ...

in enhancing plant diversity within one of Ireland's protected dune systems. The study finds that tourism, often seen as a threat to fragile ecosystems, can instead be positive for biodiversity ...

SO WE GET TO USE ALL THAT SAND, SAND THAT WOULD NORMALLY GET TOSSED BACK INTO THE OCEAN WILL INSTEAD BE USED TO REBUILD THE DUNES. THE COUNTY RECENTLY APPROVED NEARLY $8 MILLION TO MAKE THIS ...