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Every food you love used to be purple

January 3rd, 2017 Well, most of the vegetables were. The New Year is a time of change and optimism for many- perhaps particularly so after 2016. People are often more inclined to eat well and are in the mindset to try new things. Why not …

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5 Edible Christmas ornaments you can make at home

22nd December, 2016 (Image credit: goodtoknow.co.uk) Don’t fancy having to haul eight boxes of baubles back into the attic next January? Me neither. Gone are the days where I want to stand under the attic door with safety goggles, a facemask and goalie gloves while …

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Have yourself a veggie friendly Christmas!

Maybe you’re vegetarian. Maybe you just think turkey tastes like tissue paper. Either way traditional Irish Christmas meals can be tricky to navigate- Ham! Turkey! Fry-up with 12 sausages per person! Which is great and lovely and you feel bad turning it down because so …

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Play your part! Ireland’s garden bird survey is live

Fancy a way to distract yourself from the inevitable Christmas politics talk? Take part in Birdwatch Ireland’s garden bird survey! Between December and February each year, Birdwatch asks members of the public to keep note of the highest number of each bird species visiting their …

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Could this pave the way for commercial hunting?

12th December, 2016 US hunters have seemingly paid substantial sums of money for licences to shoot the highly-protected Killarney red deer in Killarney National Park in Co. Kerry. This news comes after a stag was shot on October 7th near the National Park. The shooting …