Being just on the northern side of the border, some weird stuff has gone down, writes Declan Bogue.

From Christmas Day swims to Christmas tree flings, there’s no excuse to be a couch potato this festive season, with lots on offer to get you and your loved ones up, out, and on the move, writes Susan O’Shea.

A few years ago on a visit to Chile I went for a swim in the Pacific Ocean at 7pm on a warm evening in mid-December, it was a little bracing but also blissfully refreshing.

Cork Harbour is one of the three most heavily littered waterways in Ireland, according to a study.

Back in the day, when Bertie Ahern’s most-popular-taoiseach- ever crown was beginning to slip, hyper-energetic, unquestioning optimism was all but mandatory.

Irish golf clubs have had plenty to celebrate in 2019.

Joe McNamee reviews the Stranded Cafe, Pizzeria & Wine Bar, Garrylucas, Garretstown East, Kinsale.

Gardaí have launched an investigation after the discovery of a body in the water off the coast of Donegal.

Dublin forward Ciaran Kilkenny is looking forward to a summer of fun riding the blue wave.

A meeting of the World Rally Commission in Geneva tomorrow to discuss next season’s Word Rally Championship may increase the possibility of an event returning to the island of Ireland.

There are some startling truths out there.

Mary Lowry's evidence against Patrick Quirke was "a piece of the most devious poison that has been delivered across the face of the Central Criminal Court for many a year," defence lawyers have told the jury in the love triangle murder trial.

Closing speeches are continuing in the trial of Tipperary farmer Patrick Quirke who denies murdering his love rival Bobby Ryan.

Stephen Rochford’s pathway from Mayo to Donegal wasn’t exactly straightforward.

Would nobody give her a hat?

The festival, in its eighth year, continuously sells out and continues to grow in popularity.

Is it a bit unfortunate that our Taoiseach recently said he was trying to eat less red meat, when asked what he was doing on climate change?

The funeral of one of the victims in the Donegal crash is taking place today.

None of the four passengers in the back seat of a car which crashed yesterday, claiming the lives of two young people, were wearing seatbelts.

‘Consequences of Wild Atlantic Way success must be managed’

In his job as a professional diver, Donegal centre-back Paul Brennan has seen the depths but has an opportunity of a career highlight on Sunday.

Walking on Cars will join Dizzee Rascal as headliners for next years Sea Sessions in Bundoran.

What use is a utility, if not as a scapegoat? Except that the scapegoat is now so starved it can’t carry the load, writes Victoria White.

The country’s wastewater treatment infrastructure will be fully in place and contaminated sites cleaned up within the next three years, according to Irish Water.

A High Court challenge has been launched against Donegal County Council’s decision to defer offering housing support to a Traveller family of seven living in a caravan without basic facilities, including running water.

A security analyst believes the Defence Forces will find it difficult to manage and police a ‘hard’ border post-Brexit.

Update 7.33am: Two men who drowned on a weekend fishing trip have been named as friends originally from Lithuania.

The bodies of two men believed to have drowned in a boating accident off the coast of Co Donegal have been recovered.

It was coming for a few days and yesterday on the brutal Donegal terrain the An Post Rás was blown to pieces as overnight leader Matt Teggart lost the yellow jersey in bittersweet fashion.

Ireland’s Matt Teggart can dare to dream as he leads the An Post Rás for the first time in his life with four stages to go.

The An Post Rás burst into life yesterday as an Irish rider landed a first stage win of the week and the race for the yellow jersey was blown wide open.

It’s ‘as you were’ going into stage three of the An Post Rás today, as Sunday’s stage winner Nicolai Brochner-Nielsen managed to hold on to the yellow jersey by the skin of his teeth.

Three popular beaches have been forced to lower their coveted Blue Flag.

It will be an An Post Rás full of nostalgia for one of the country’s most experienced riders next week as Eugene Moriarty lines up at the start in Dublin Castle for an incredible 20th time, writes Brian Canty.

Damien Shaw has been handed the onerous task of leading the An Post Chain Reaction team into battle for this year’s An Post Rás which gets underway from, Dublin Castle on Sunday week, May 21.

When Finn Ní Fhaoláin was first diagnosed as a coeliac aged 18, she let out an expletive and then just got on with it.

"I might be the ticket holder but we all won as a family."

Update: 3pm The teenage girls have found the body boarders who rescued them off the Donegal coast at the weekend.

Update: 3pm The teenage girls have found the body boarders who rescued them off the Donegal coast at the weekend.

Rescue teams are resuming their search for a swimmer who is missing off the Donegal coast.

The €11m Lotto ticket seller Noel McGowan, who is celebrating his third jackpot sales win, has a special celebration of his own this year.

A Donegal man who nearly died after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a game of golf last week has praised his fellow golfers for saving his life.

A politician at the centre of allegations he had used political influence to prevent continuing garda questioning of the main suspect for the disappearance of missing child Mary Boyle yesterday denied any involvement.