Just like Brexit, Storm Lorenzo is on the way. And, just like Brexit, wishing it away will not cut the mustard.

The islet of Rockall captured the public interest last month as the periodic claims of its nearest neighbours (ourselves and Scotland mainly) were laid out in stark detail.

Being a modest man, marine expert Kevin Flannery wouldn’t claim to be among the first people to notice the effects of climate change.

The future for Irish space exploration is safe, considering the remarkable achievement of four secondary school students from Athlone, Co Westmeath.

From barbeques to bathers and buckets of ice-cream, the weekend is set to be sizzling with more to come, as a heatwave is on the way and set to strike next week, with temperatures expected to soar to 29C.

A first this week as I believe this is debut appearance of wines from the Azores on this page.

The Republic of Ireland women's side suffered a narrow friendly defeat tonight.

Rebecca Chaplin takes to the roads of the Azores to discover what these enchanting islands have to offer.

Jake LaMotta, who died last month at the age of 95, wasn’t the best middleweight boxer of the late 1940s, though he did hold the world title in that division for two years.

Ryle Dwyer recalls the last time a hurricane hit with Debbie back in 1961, killing 15 people.

Rallying across the three Irish championships is a rare feat but one Monaghan’s Sam Moffett is accomplishing.

The leaves underfoot are dry as potato crisps, lighter and every shade from pastel yellow to blood red. They crunch underfoot; they blow around the yard in eddies and whirlpools, writes Damien Enright

The Skellig Ring — consisting of Skellig Michael, the 6th century precipitous monastic island off the coast of Kerry, its sister island the Little Skellig, and the coastal villages on the mainland — has been named among the top regions in the world for travellers in the influential Lonely Planet 2017 yearbook.

Red deer stags in Killarney have become so “subdued” by the current spell of warm weather, they are taking a break from their annual mating ritual and can scarcely roar, let alone fight.

The RNLI have released a powerful video showing the "challenging" conditions that rescuers had to contend with during a rescue operation off the coast of Cork over the weekend.

The RNLI is towing a lone sailor to safety this afternoon after his vessel had mechanical difficulties in stormy winds off Cork early this morning.

Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae again challenged scientists yesterday and blamed climate change on erupting volcanoes and comets.

Czech: A Prague drinker who could not pay his bar bill left his clothes at the pub as collateral as he headed off naked to get cash, Czech police said.

The maritime heritage of Cork was celebrated yesterday when two majestic yachts sailed into view, one a sleek silhouette of modern motor cruising, the other an ode to a bygone era when ships had masts and rigging and relied on wind for speed.

A rare January hurricane in the Atlantic is closing in on the Azores, with authorities in the Portuguese islands warning of waves up to 60ft high, wind gusts up to 100mph and torrential rain.

A rare January hurricane formed far out in the Atlantic is the first to form during the month since 1938, US officials say.

A European air trade body has been asked to review its sampling procedures to include Cork Airport after its latest report showed Dublin was one of the fastest growing airports in Europe.

E UROPE, the second smallest of the seven continents, covers seven per cent of the world’s landmass and has about 742m citizens. More than two billion pairs of birds, of some 530 species, nest here.

Having set the fastest time on the qualifying stage for the SATA Rallye Acores, round four of the European Rally Championship, Craig Breen and co-driver Scott Martin on board their Peugeot Rally Academy 208 T16 brought that form through last evening’s opening three stages to lead the event.

More than a century of service to the seafaring community by the Coast Guard radio station in Valentia, Co Kerry, has been marked by the erection of a plaque to honour all who worked there.

Catalpa tells the incredible true tale of the vessel that sailed to Australia in 1875 to break six Fenians out of jail, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

The Chieftains’ Matt Molloy talks to Eoin Edwards about some of his and his instrument’s epic journeys

An early Christmas present — that is how Waterford’s Craig Breen described the announcement that will see him remain with Peugeot Sport next season and along with tackling the European Rally Championship (ERC) campaign, he will also compete in seven rounds of the WRC2 category within the World Rally Championship.

Jose Manuel Barroso is leaving after 10 years at the head of an oft-derided European Commission, but insists he has done his best, writes Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

Tennis: Limerick’s Sam Barry is set to improve approximately 12 places in the singles world rankings after a run to the final of the ITF Men’s Futures event in the Azores.

Limerick’s Sam Barry takes on Spain’s Javier Pulgar-Garcia today in the singles semi-finals at the ITF Men’s Futures in the Azores.

Amateur ham radio operators from around Munster will wind turn back the clock this weekend when they attempt to communicate via radio and Morse code with hundreds of radio clubs throughout the world.

After a spectacular event on Inis Mór last month, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series moved to another picturesque location - the Azores in Portugal.

A British MP has backed calls by the families and colleagues of four Britons who went missing when a yacht capsized in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for the American authorities to relaunch the search and rescue mission to find them.

DID three months of fierce winter storms affect our wildlife? Millions of trees were felled and swathes of farmland inundated.

THE rain lies like a soft gauze curtain across the view of the terraced mountains and the white houses of the island of La Palma, westernmost of the Canary Islands.

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

THE other day I got a chance to talk to a marine biologist who’s an expert on conger eels.

He's the Mickey Goldmill to his Rocky.

As well as enjoying more tranquil days around the Med, Louise Roseingrave has had plenty of adventures on the high seas — from drifting perilously close to shipping lanes, to dodging the attentions of a seedy sea-captain.

WE did not have more fine summers long ago.