Puffin numbers on Rathlin have declined by more than half in recent years Seabirds that are in decline on Rathlin Island are to be protected through a £4.5m scheme. The five-year project aims to ...

Rathlin Island off the coast of Northern Ireland is gradually reopening for the summer season after staying Covid-free for the duration of the pandemic. Residents on the island closed down on St ...

Just four kilometres off the county Antrim coast lies Rathlin - the only inhabited off-shore island in Northern Ireland. It is home to 145 permanent residents and now features the newly refurbished ...

Rathlin Island looks pretty close when you are waiting for the ferry at Ballycastle Harbour. But, if you don't have sea legs, it doesn't feel that close ten minutes into the crossing. Rathlin is the ...

A new project designed to reduce waste on Rathlin Island has received more than £4.6 million in funding. Famous as an idyllic home for puffins, lighthouses and beautiful cliff tops – Rathlin is ...

The company appointed last year to run ferry services to Rathlin Island has now expanded its operation to 18 staff and two vessels. Dunaverty Limited was awarded the contract for the island crossing ...

IT IS the island whose disputed ownership between Scotland and Ireland ultimately came down to a test on whether a snake lived or died. But four centuries after its Irish fate was sealed and in Brexit ...

European funding helped the island, which has a population of around 145 people, secure a modern harbor and connections to the National Grid, and now locals are worried about their future after the ...

The company operating the Rathlin Island ferry has ceased trading. Rathlin Island Ferry Ltd ran the service on behalf of Stormont’s Department for Infrastructure (DfI). The department said it is ...

Rathlin Island, six miles north of the Antrim coast, is home to just over 100 people whose way of life is shaped by the spectacular landscape in which they live. The pace of life on Rathlin is gentle ...

IT IS the island whose disputed ownership between Scotland and Ireland ultimately came down to a test on whether a snake lived or died. But four centuries after its Irish fate was sealed and in Brexit ...