Hunger can really make people “hangry”, research suggests. The small study found that an empty stomach is strongly linked to feeling angry and irritable, leading to a feeling many know as hanger – a combination of the words hunger and anger. Led by academics from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in the UK and the Karl […]
A restoration project is aiming to help oysters flourish in Belfast Lough once again. Native oysters appeared to have become extinct in the lough in 1903, only to be discovered again in 2020 at six sites. Now a native oyster nursery at Bangor Marina, the first of its kind on the island of Ireland, aims […]
Popular food chain Pret A Manger is to open shops in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for the first time. The company announced on Monday that it plans to launch 20 shops across the island of Ireland over the next decade. The first will open in Dawson Street, Dublin city centre, this summer, […]
