GRASPING AT STRAWS is all the rage among a growing number of British homeowners, as Mark Phillips now shows us: When it comes to housing design, it's hard to get more retro than this: a thatched roof, ...

Donegal County Council’s award-winning Thatch Repair Grant Scheme has opened for applications. Now in its eighth year, the ...

Thatched roofs may be synonymous with traditional architecture, but this roundup points to a revival of the age-old craft in contemporary buildings across the globe. Used to create thick, insulating ...

Here's a sight you don't see very often - a thatcher practising what has become a dying art. Peruse the Irish tourist brochure abroad and you might be forgiven for thinking that every second house has ...