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Share this article A woman from Ranelagh in Dublin has criticised Gardaí for heavy handed tactics towards young people drinking outdoors. Aisling from Ranelagh says people are being told to meet outdoors where it is safer, but are then being moved on. She told Lunchtime Live the by-laws should be changed to reflect the current circumstances. "I feel that young people are really being badly treated in terms of any kind of social life. "Going right back a year ago, all the universities were clos...

Opus Dei charity planning multimillion-euro apartments scheme in south Dublin Glenavy Educational Foundation eyes development of 4.67-acre site at Nullamore House about 4 hours ago Glenavy wants consent for 215 apartments in five blocks ranging in height from four to eight storeys, and consent for four apartments in Nullamore House itself and another 16 in proposed extensions. File photograph: Getty Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio p...

Worcestershire Wildlife Trust says Dropping Well Farm is the "missing piece of the wild jigsaw". Photo by Wendy Carter AN ambitious project to turn 95 acres of farmland in Kidderminster into Worcestershires largest heathland for wildlife has reached an important milestone. Thanks to donations from members of the public, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust has successfully raised the match-funding necessary to apply for a Lottery grant to fund the purchase of Dropping Well Farm, located between Ki...

The village of Elmsett was once home to a dropping well. - Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND It’s the curious case of the lost well of Elmsett, a magical spring which – like Mother Shipton’s Cave – had the power to turn objects to stone.  North of the village church is a stream and close by was a slope where a mineral spring once bubbled to the surface and was famed for its medicinal properties. It was also noted that it caused cystallisation of objects  In the National Gazetteer of Great Br...