A unique experiment by Naval Service volunteers and a medical expert on how to deal with casualties who have been in the water for some time could save countless lives worldwide.

From Dracula to Fr Ted and Boyzone, we have devised some of the most brilliant, but often annoying, things on the planet, says John Daly.

Michael Hilliard Mulcahy’s play, Beyond the Brooklyn Sky, deals with the generation that emigrated from Ireland in the 1980s and returned, some without having fulfilled their dreams.

The adventurer who crossed the Atlantic in a craft made of hide in a re-enactment of the voyage taken by St Brendan will be reunited with his famous boat today.

Composer Shaun Davey says his new musical dips in and out of Jonathan Swift’s most famous book, reports Richard Fitzpatrick

BAILE na nGall means the foreigners’ town, referring to a 9th century Viking settlement at Smerwick, a Norse name meaning the butter harbour.

IT is 22 years since I came back to live in West Cork and 20 years since I began to write this column.

The Pacific islands may have been beautiful but were never peaceful, less so when western slavers arrived. Tim Severin on empire and destruction

Sarah Webb will lead workshop on penning commercial fiction at Waterford Writers Weekend, says Colette Sheridan.

Rorke Bryan has produced a wonderful book, says Tim Severin , about the ships that brought explorers — and tourists — to the ends of the earth

THEY’LL certainly get tossed around in the water in the next few years, but the navy’s newest recruits are unlikely to ever have to cope with the conditions experienced by the guest of honour who attended their passing out ceremony yesterday.

From heroes to hypocrites, the 19th century explorers of the river Nile left a lasting legacy according to a wonderful new book, writes, Tim Severin.

The Atlantic

AWARD-winning travel writers such as Ranulph Fiennes, Jan Morris, Tim Severin and Damien Lewis will be travelling en masse to Co Waterford in June for the annual Immrama Festival of Travel Writers.

Donal Hickey on the resurgence of interest in currachs

PART of Clare’s crannóg site, which has featured on Irish school curriculums for decades, has been destroyed in a fire.

FARAWAY places such as Greece, Brazil, Africa and Moscow were among many destinations grabbing the attention of exam students across the country yesterday.