Joe McNamee talks to industry leaders about the steady rise in US-Irish tourism

Innovative housing solutions have never been more necessary in Ireland, writes Joyce Fegan.

In day two of our look at some of the artists of the Blackwater Valley Makers, Susan O’Shea chats with photographers and ceramicists, graphic designers and woodturners, and finds a scene and a place revitalised over the past year.

Laois an Uisce is that quintessential, White O'Morn dream of a thatched cottage quietly presiding over a magnificent ocean view about 5km from the sterling silver beaches of Ardmore, on the borders of counties Cork and Waterford.

Ireland has won two of three special awards at the 2020 Michelin star ceremony in London, while a Kinsale,Co Cork restaurant has become one of the three latest Irish eateries to receive the world-famous recognition.

Six Irish restaurants have become new recipients of the Michelin Star.

They celebrated their love of the GAA and their two counties of origin when Grace O’Brien and Robert Faherty exchanged wedding vows.

An ambulance rushing to attend a 65 year old-woman who collapsed with a heart condition was delayed for over 20 minutes by haphazardly parked cars.

We were distressed to learn from the media that our geographically rational, medically successful, and well-thought-out HSE South/Southwest network is to be replaced after a mere six years by one of the six proposed health areas.

A Government plan to rejig the health service will “tear apart” the medical and teaching links that hospital groups have worked hard to build over the past six years, a hospital consultant has warned.

There’s no tent to pitch, no sleeping bag to unfurl, no stove to work out. Embrace the luxury side of camping, from Ardmore to Dromquinna, with Ciara McDonnell’s pick of the best places to glamp

From whale-watching and open farms to zoos, Marjorie Brennan looks at some of the options for animal-centred days out.

Phil Hogan, as minister for the environment and local government, just about destroyed local democracy in the run-up to his Local Government Act of 2014 and I took no notice.

When gardaí asked murder accused Patrick Quirke why he had searched the internet for "body decomposition timeline" he told them his son had died and added: "That's all I'm saying."

There’s Ardmore, and lots more, to exercise your mind at this super-fit, five-bed family home. Tommy Barker had a ring side seat.

When I was at university, I had two friends who were teetotal, writes Louise O'Neill.

The subject of what constitutes an island cropped on this page a few week’s ago in reference to the minute Flea Island in West Cork.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages like ...

Three Cork restaurants have been awarded the prestigious Michelin star award for the first time.

Tommy Barker reports

Audrey has been sorting out Cork people for ages

Gardaí in east Cork are continuing investigations into a fire that gutted a large section of a derelict hotel.

A motorist who was convicted earlier this year for jumping on the bonnet of his car to prevent it being seized by gardaí had a better day in court yesterday when he was awarded €97,000 compensation for an injury suffered years before.

The heatwave is not over yet, with temperatures expected to hit 30C again later this week.

Edible flowers are one of summer’s biggest food trends, writes Joe McNamee.

EPA classifies 102 of 142 bathing waters as ‘excellent’ and 18 as ‘good’ but warns about bacterial contamination caused by bird droppings

Not a galaxy far far away, but still a unique venue.

How time passes when you’re having fun. And time has certainly passed for the 11-year-old West Waterford Festival of Food 2018 (April 20-22), an event at which The Menu has, in years gone by, put away more fun than a clown school on nitrous oxide.

They know plenty about life’s ebbs and flows in the seaside village of Ardmore.

Imagine celebrating Ireland’s national apostle, not in March, but in high summer.

The Government considered using explosions to remove oil from the Kowloon Bridge, a cargo vessel shipwrecked off the West Cork coast in November 1986.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in Finaghy on the outskirts of Belfast.

A 19th-century inn in Co Clare has become the latest Irish restaurant to be added to the prestigious Michelin star list.