Wildlife Watch: Can you find this tiger lurking in your garden?
With the Irish Peatland Conservation Council
The garden tiger moth caterpillar. Picture: Nuala Madigan
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Did you know that there are approximately 1,350 species of moth in Ireland?
With 1,350 moths, there are also 1,350 moth caterpillars, so forgive me if I have identified this week’s caterpillar incorrectly.
In the wildlife gardens of the Bog of Allen Nature Centre, a volunteer found this week’s species. It is what I believe to be the caterpillar of the garden tiger moth (bolb leamhan tíogair as Gaeilge). This is a native species which, as its name suggests, is a typical garden visitor, but can also be found in damp grassland, open woodland and coastal areas.
Drug addict who hijacked a car from a man who had just dropped his child off at creche jailed
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A drug addict who hijacked a car from a man who had just dropped his child off at creche has been jailed for two and a half years.
Thomas McDonnell was in a drug-induced psychosis when he threw himself over the bonnet of the injured party s car, told the driver to get out or he would kill him before hijacking the vehicle, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard on Tuesday.
Because the driver had the car key in his possession, the car was only able to go a short distance before it stopped and McDonnell fled the scene, Garda Stephen O Shea told the court.
Addict has ‘crushing’ jail term cut for stealing from whiskey museum
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A man with 161 previous convictions, who stole from a women s changing room while on bail for stealing from a whiskey museum, has had his ‘crushing’ jail term cut from six years to four.
Jonathan Grimes (33) was on bail for the whiskey museum burglary when he targeted Bewley s cafe in Dublin City centre on two separate occasions.
Grimes of Rutland Street, Dublin, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to burglary at the Irish Whiskey Museum, Grafton Street, Dublin, on February 8, 2019.
The father-of-one also pleaded guilty to two burglaries at Bewley s on Grafton Street on February 23, 2019 and March 6, 2019 respectively. He had 161 previous convictions, including convictions for burglary, robbery and theft.