Liam Coates

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Liam Coates

As the sun beat down on the eve of another sunny weekend in Drury Street in Dublin, revellers on the street were in high spirits. Beaming from ear to ear, they danced to live music and clutched tote bags filled with drinks of every persuasion. But while Drury Street has become quite the destination for the young socialite – seen as a buzzy oasis in the concrete jungle of the capital – the throngs congregating have caused issues for some long-standing retailers on the street.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Liam Coates

Gardaí have issued a renewed appeal for information that could help locate missing sheep farmer Michael Gaine, three weeks on from his disappearance. Speaking to media outside Kenmare Garda station on Friday, Supt Dave Callaghan said the ongoing search effort had been comprehensive but investigators remained on the hunt for any new information.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Liam Coates

The Irish birding world is abuzz with talk of the hoopoe. This striking springtime visitor is having a moment in the spotlight along the south coast, where sightings this year are the highest they have ever been. “In my 40 years of birding, I’ve never seen anything like this spring,” said Paul Connaughton, an ornithologist who sits on the Irish Rare Birds Committee, on a weekend hunt for the usually little-seen hoopoe.

2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Liam Coates

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3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Liam Coates

A shift in mood is taking place in Kenmare. When Defence Forces vehicles full of soldiers rolled into the picturesque Kerry town to join the search on Tuesday, the shock felt by locals in the wake of Michael Gaine’s disappearance was giving way to an air of sober resignation. “It might have been April Fool’s, but there’s nobody joking in this town,” said local councillor Dan McCarthy, sitting in the canteen of the cattle mart he manages.