You might describe it as a “match made in heaven” — one church is so popular with couples getting married that it has taken on a former hotel manager to specifically look after the matrimonial end of things.

The AA is advising motorists to take extra care as smoke may affect visibility.

As the year comes to an end it is an opportunity to ask: How was 2019 for Irish golf clubs? Positive vibes continue, boosted by the €2.34m (up from €1.96m two years ago) recently awarded to golf clubs under the Sports Capital Programme.

State papers revealed justice minister and Limerick TD Gerry Collins had become aware in November 1980 that the well-known manor and estate in Adare, Co Limerick, was due to be sold.

All of Ireland’s most expensive streets are in Dublin, with Temple Road now taking the crown as the costliest street in the country. Near Rathgar, Milltown and Rathmines, properties on Temple Road come with an average price tag of €5.5m.

All of Ireland's most expensive streets are in Dublin, with Temple Road now taking the crown as the costliest street in the country.

The non-residential holding is located in the townland of Ballyanrahan near the village of Patrickswell, which is within a kilometre of the property.

Residents in a quiet corner of Co Limerick now live in fear of dangerous heavy traffic caused by thousands of motorists who use the neighbourhood boreens as a 'rat run' to avoid Adare, one of the country's worst bottlenecks.

Gardaí believe a 16-year old boy who died Sunday after he was struck by a vehicle, had been walking home from a house party.

Parkland looks set to gain terrain unless Portmarnock Golf Club open membership to female golfers and is welcomed again into the European Tour family.

Their confirmation comes as an additional 100 tickets will be tendered this month for the sold-out event on July 6-7th 2020.

The sale of a Co Limerick farm featured on these pages early in August registered a strong result at public auction last week, one that flies in the face of any talk of the Brexit effect dampening agricultural land prices.

Could hemp be the crop that reduces farmers’ over-dependence on beef production, which has left them protesting at factory gates?

What seems like a premature withering of leaves on certain trees iscausing concern to some readers. After all, we’re only just movinginto autumn and it’s early to behappening.

It may be seven years away, but the Ryder Cup corporate ball is already rolling in the direction of Adare Manor.

As we move towards autumn, people everywhere are remarking how magnificent trees look this year.

Leading trainer for the fourth successive year in Galway, champion trainer Willie Mullins continued in sparkling form with a double in Cork yesterday, highlighted by the easy win of odds-on favourite Pravalaguna in the featured Joe Walsh Memorial Hurdle.

As well as being a much- appreciated opportunity for rural communities to see professional theatre in their locales, the West Cork Fit-Up Festival gives much needed work to actors during the summer months.

I see the train tracks are next for the chop. Sorry for the Flann O’Brien-type line, but I learned during the week that the rising temperatures being caused by climate change are causing havoc with British railways.

JP McManus has set Adare Manor and Ireland the challenge of staging the greatest Ryder Cup ever as he celebrated his luxury hotel and golf resort in Co Limerick winning the right to host golf’s biggest team event in 2026.

For the most part, it is a game that only the very few can play.

Of all the challenges Shane Lowry had to overcome in Portrush last week, none was more persistent or annoying than the American journalist who insisted on pestering the Irish golfer — and the others from the island — with questions about the symbolism of an Open Championship held in Northern Ireland.

The €300m Adare bypass is expected to be fast-tracked as a result of the Ryder Cup announcement.

No man is an island, not even in a non-team sport like golf and while Shane Lowry is not one to use “we” when referring to his achievements in the style of many of his counterparts in golf’s elite, the Irishman is not afraid to give credit where it is due.

Matt Kuchar, Rafa Cabrera-Bello and 2010 US Open champion Graeme McDowell were also confirmed to play this morning.

Padraig Harrington shot a superb opening day seven-under 63 to shoot to the summit of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open leaderboard on Thursday evening and if it looked easy then it was.

It can be hard for small food producers to find the wherewithal for necessary expansion so The Menu is delighted to bring word of funding opportunities for food producers in South and West Cork.

It’s a big few days for golfer Robbie Cannon, and his life could look much different by next weekend, if results go his way.

Few if any All-Ireland champions were measured for coffins as much as Tipperary in 1992.

The father of Limerick hurling star Cian Lynch has launched an astonishing attack on his home parish, the GAA and Fianna Fáil.