A man has been airlifted to hospital after suffering a fall while hiking in the Burren in Co. Clare this afternoon.

A new initiative aims to involve walking clubs in minimising effects on the environment and farming by hillwalkers on the Kerry mountain range, writes John G O'Dwyer.

What an incredible feat.

What a view!

 

A retired lecturer’s near fatal Alps accident and a recently completed 2,300k trek has prompted a memoir that says we are all to "passive and accepting" of self imposed limitations when it comes to getting older, writes Colette Sheridan.

WITH our backs to the Town Hall we set off down Main Street, keeping to the left pavement. Skibbereen is, arguably, the most ‘typical’ of West Cork market towns, little changed in the last century.

TIMOLEAGUE AND ARGIDEEN WALK

KENMARE RIVER WALK