If ever an island were misnamed it must be the small Cow island which lies 2.5km off Dursey Head on the Beara Peninsula.

For sheer unadulterated exhilaration, it is hard to beat a boat excursion to the Bull Rock off Dursey Island, Co Cork.

Plants that conjure up the otherworldly beings in their name are the ones to watch, says Fiann Ó Nualláin.

A SUBMISSION to develop a wooded, scenic, amenity outside Tralee has been made to Environment Minister John Gormley.