Meet the kids who have gone to great heights to represent their country.

THE Mountaineering Council of Ireland (MCI) is the national representative body for hillwalking and mountaineering with over 9,000 members living all over the country.

A PROPOSAL that would see farmers giving limited access to their lands in return for upkeep payments has met with a cautious response from groups campaigning for more access to the countryside.

SOME reports concerning Wicklow County Council's decision to remove access routes from its county development plan have been misunderstood by many walkers to mean these routes are all closed to the public.

A religious community has thrown its weight behind opposition to a planned wind farm in Waterford .