Last week, work and pleasure combined, and I spent a few days driving parts of West Cork well off the beaten tourist trail. What I found was beautiful, as always. But two recurring sights unsettled me.

Kathriona Devereux looks back at the Carnival of Science and Cruinniú na nÓg in Cork at the weekend and says there's plenty more happening for children Leeside this month. 

It’s not like we have a dearth of food delivery options - Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat have transformed the food delivery market for good and for bad, says KATHRIONA DEVEREUX.

Corkonians are not alone in their fight against abandoned turds. All over the world, dog fouling is consistently cited as a public concern, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX.

I suspect most Irish politicians would rather swallow a bucket of wasps before championing a nuclear power station in their constituency, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX

If a pill could do what a bike does, there would be queues for a prescription, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX

By shedding this desire for ‘tidy’ gardens, we allow them to become a fantastic source of food and shelter for our pollinators, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX.

The morning rush and the busyness of Dublin had left me frazzled. Fortunately, I had planned a day of last minute tree planting in a family field, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

I’ve produced a fair few history documentaries over the years and have spent hours snooping in the 1901 and 1911 censuses, but the 1926 census is extra special.

At the same time, NASA was talking about a “voyage for humanity”, the U.S President was threatening to commit war crimes and end Iranian civilisations, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

If half the country thinks speeding “a little” is normal, and that message is widely repeated, it confirms the norm. More people conclude: “Well, everyone’s doing it.”

Cork is a richer and more vibrant city because of the many cultures that now call it home, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

As she reflects on International Women's Day, KATHRIONA DEVEREUX says the event is 'not doing it' for her any longer. She  shares what she believes women really want. 

My friend is a survivor who uses her precious energy to advocate for others - but she is just one story among many, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

The school communities of Glasheen Boys’ and Glasheen Girls’ National Schools lined the footpaths of Glasheen Road on Monday, urging drivers to show extra caution in the vicinity of their schools, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

The frustrations of interacting with digital systems that can’t capture the complexity of how things go wrong are nothing new. But this emerging era of ‘AI chatbots’, wilfully designed to stop you speaking to a real person while pretending to be one, makes everything worse, says Kathriona Devereux.

We have heated the planet, there is more water circulating in the atmosphere than there used to be, and that has consequences - wet ones, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

Last week marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of television, prompting KATHRIONA DEVEREUX to reflect on the significance of television in her life. 

When a product may be an infant’s sole source of nutrition, the bar for monitoring, enforcement and transparency must be exceptionally high, writes KATHRIONA DEVEREUX. 

This country needs as many people as possible to cycle, we need to treat cyclists carefully, says KATHRIONA DEVEREUX.