IRE - The Irish Times

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1. Is climate change responsible for this sighting of a butterfly in winter?

   Eye on Nature: Éanna Ní Lamhna on a migrant insect, a native dipper, and a toothy-looking animal horn

2. The lichen test: what these colonies tell us about the health of a habitat

   Lichens can survive nearly everything - even long periods in outer space - but pollution will kill them

3. ‘There’s no humanity any more’: Homebuyers on ‘soul-destroying’ bidding wars

   Concerns of ‘phantom bidding’ exist, but estate agents point to reality of scant supply and massive demand

4. ‘Wintry’ conditions expected over coming days with lows of minus 3

   Met Éireann forecasts rain spreading across the country on Saturday afternoon

5. Why are flood defences taking so long to build? Don’t blame the pearl mussel

   Just 10 of 54 projects prioritised for development in 2018 are under construction

6. What are the flood relief schemes in my area? Here’s how to check

   Fewer than one fifth of schemes given priority in 2016 have reached the construction stage

7. Most ‘priority’ flood defences have still not entered planning after eight years

   Thirty-one of 54 big projects deemed priority works in 2018 remain on the drawing board

8. Nurses suspend industrial action at Naas General Hospital following intense talks

   INMO members had been engaged in work-to-rule since Monday over ‘unsafe’ staffing levels

9. Murder accused says it’s ‘100% coincidental’ that he threatened friend hours before stabbing him in neck

   Accused denied he was angry at being disrespected and determined to ‘send a message’

10. Former UL president seeks injunction stopping reinvestigation

    University of Limerick chief’s resignation came after threat of disciplinary action over due diligence and adherence to policy