They say it never rains but it pours — and there are fears that that is precisely what is now going on in the countryside. With more than 2,000 planning applications for rural dwellings shelved ...

Whether you’re drawn to a coastal retreat or a countryside haven, these homes are united by one key feature: the gardens are ...

Something wild in the countryside By Niall Glynn BBC News website For more than a month in the summer and autumn of 2003 the story dominated the headlines in Northern Ireland. Big cats - thought to be ...

The Chartered Institute of Housing Northern Ireland called for a review of the planning system after the latest statistics ...

But Gary McCartney, director of Countryside Alliance Ireland, which opposes the Bill, contended that it could “potentially criminalise every dog owner in Northern Ireland” and “also ...

Northern Ireland has a tiny number of public rights of way compared to Britain, and largely depends on public landowners like the Forestry Service, NI Water and government-run nature reserves to ...

Hailing all the way from the lake-crested city of Yibin in China, Mi Zhou has spent two years teaching Chinese and living in ...

Northern Ireland had tremendous economic, political, ... but the heart of the agreement — a plan to transform the long-neglected countryside — is perilously stalled.

Wildfires burn in Northern Ireland countryside Close There have been 511 gorse fires across in Northern Ireland since the start of May. At least 90% of the fires were started deliberately, fire ...