A water rail is about 22-26 cm long with a wing span of 38-45pm. They are a common breeding species found here all year around — typically on wetlands. Slightly smaller than a blackbird, a water ...

But water and wastewater networks are under huge strain already. “The crunch is here,” says Laffey of Uisce Éireann, adding that capacity is fast running out in Dublin.

Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where households do not pay directly for their water. Instead, NI Water receives a government subsidy which diverts more than £300m annually from the ...

As the U.S. water supply decreases, demand is set to increase. On average, each American uses 80 to 100 gallons of water every day, with the nation’s estimated total daily usage topping 345 ...

Mr. Mascha, who discovered fine water after his doctor told him to stop drinking wine, said it deserves as much respect as anything else on the table. “It drives me nuts that the chef cares ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said: “This is not what Northern Ireland is about, this is not what we want the rest of the world to see,” on BBC’s Good Morning Ulster on Thursday.

They were supported in court by a Romanian interpreter. Several houses were set on fire on the first night of disorder on Monday. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said 15 officers were injured.

The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to loss by enemy defenses, a dozen Blackbirds were lost to accidents ...

Built to outrun missiles and MiGs, the SR-71 Blackbird flew faster, higher, and longer than any jet in history. Discover how this Cold War marvel became the ultimate spy plane—and why it was ...

LONDON (AP) — Demonstrators pelted police with bricks, bottles and fireworks and set vehicles alight on Tuesday in a second night of anti-immigrant violence in the Northern Ireland town of ...

Historians estimate that more than a million Irish people died between 1845 and 1851, either from starvation or hunger-related disease—one-eighth of the population. Another million people left ...

Ballymena riots latest: Fire started 'after vandalism' at leisure centre as water cannon deployed in third night of disorder in N Ireland Disorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third ...