A brutal winter storm has dumped snow, sleet and freezing rain up the south-east seaboard of the United States, delivering snowy conditions some cities had not seen in decades.

Michael Moynihan reports back from after the 2023 Rugby World Cup and tells us missing out was no bad thing. 

Friendships on the golf course make any challenge easy to overcome, writes Kevin Markham.

Donald Trump pledged to bolster the US government's investment in the space programme - a boon to the space coast of Florida.

A fast-weakening Hurricane Matthew which has been blamed for at least four deaths in the US, all in Florida, continued its march along the Atlantic coast.

A strengthening Hurricane Matthew is steaming towards Florida with winds of 140mph as hundreds of thousands of people board up their homes and flee inland to escape the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Weather system Hermine has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves inland after making landfall in Florida's Big Bend area as a hurricane.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

US billionaire Donald Trump has finally won his battle against plans for a windfarm near Doonbeg golf course — which he owns — thanks to a little-known freshwater pearl mussel.

The Wild Atlantic Way is making waves in more ways than one.

The race director of the An Post Rás has warned those with designs on riding this year’s race that it is anything but easy — despite it being a much flatter route than previous years.

New Florida million-dollar home has nice view, but built on wrong lot

A small plane with its pilot slumped over flew a ghostly 1,700-mile journey down the Atlantic Coast shadowed by two US fighter jets before finally crashing in the waters off Jamaica.

IF you ever want to test parental, familial and romantic bonds to see how cool-headed you really are, how much you actually love your children, and how strong your relationship is, pile them all into the car.

Take a walk with Liz O’ Brien to the literal end of the earth at Finisterre, on the rugged Atlantic coast of Galicia in Spain, where for centuries pilgrims have completed the Camino de Santiago.

Áilín Quinlan talks to filmmaker Ken O’Sullivan about a new four-part series, Ireland’s Ocean, which starts Sunday, June 22 at 6.30pm on RTÉ One.

Details of a €10m investment package to develop greenways and cycling routes across the country has been announced.

Tycoon Donald Trump has struck a deal to carry out work on a protected dune system running alongside his luxury golf resort in Co Clare.

ONE of world’s rarest mammals, the Mediterranean monk seal, has returned to the Adriatic coast.

John Michael McDonagh puts a gun-toting priest at the heart of new film ‘Calvary’, says Alan O’Riordan

The world’s longest coastal touring route has just been unveiled — and it’s right on our doorstep. Pól Ó Conghaile and Tommy Barker map the Wild Atlantic Way.

American business magnate Donald Trump Sr last night officially became owner of Doonbeg Lodge and Golf Club in Co Clare after his organisation completed a reported €15m purchase of the 400-acre resort.

An orange weather alert is in place this morning warning of snow and ice in Donegal.

Met Éireann issued a national weather alert last night, warning of very strong winds, driving rain and the possibility of floods.

The Coast Guard has warned people to be extra careful in sea areas after a gale warning was issued for the Atlantic coast.

THIS year, the number of elvers swimming up UK rivers and waterways was 20 times the norm of recent decades. This is good news.

On Ireland’s emptiest major shopping street, butcher Keith Clarke is mourning a loss of business.

TWO years ago, Ciaran Black, a retired school principal from Cork, made a life-changing decision.

The green light has been given for a major seismic survey off Ireland’s Atlantic coast to assess the true potential for oil and gas resources.

The sleek white Lauren L yacht has become Cork’s latest tourist attraction, and you have to admit, it definitely adds a touch of glamour to the place.

FOR most of the year The Burren is more moonscape than landscape.

THERE is nothing quite like the feeling of boarding a Friday morning flight from Ireland: nothing like relaxing back into your seat as you gaze out of the window, feeling the engines surge as the plane rises out of the grey, cold mist on a journey bound for a weekend of golden beaches and blue skies.

The battered US East Coast took the first steps back towards daily routine today, even as rescuers combed areas strewn with debris and scarred by floods and fire.

Huge swathes of New York have been left deserted and dark after America’s largest city suffered the full force of Superstorm Sandy.

President Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York and Long Island after superstorm Sandy swept across the east coast of America, killing at least 16 people.

Close to 400,000 people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the north-eastern US as cities and towns were braced for the onslaught of a “superstorm” threatening some 60m people along the country’s most heavily-populated corridor.

Tens of thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the north eastern United States today as big cities and small towns across the US Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation.

The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali’s ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward.

AT this time of year, the vast white beaches along the Atlantic coast of southern Spain, the Costa de la Luz, are deserted, and the holiday apartments that front them, empty.