A week of fires in upland areas of Northern Ireland has left an "incinerated landscape" affecting wildlife and walkers, conservationists say.

DUBLIN – Northern Ireland's snap election has left the rival extremes of politics virtually neck and neck for the first time — and facing a bruising battle to put their Catholic-Protestant government ...

Relatively few international visitors come to Northern Ireland to explore the Mourne Mountains — but as fantasy worlds they’ve been inspiring imaginations globally for more than 75 years.