Golf returns to the Olympic Games next year after more than a century in the wilderness but a ceremony conducted on the fifth tee at Ballybunion over the weekend served as a reminder that the game has made a small contribution to Irish sporting success on the world’s biggest stage.

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A surfer has been rescued off the coast of Co Kerry after getting into difficulty.

Gardaí in Listowel, Co Kerry, are keeping an open mind while investigating a fire in which 12 mobile homes were destroyed in the nearby seaside resort of Ballybunion early yesterday.