The statutory body responsible for food consumer protection has confirmed it is investigating an allegation that a Cork restaurant may have misinformed customers over the source of products on its menu.

Stuck for plans this weekend? Colette Keane's got some ideas for you.

A travelling exhibition which focuses on Bronze and Iron Age settlements in the Ballyhoura Hills, which straddle the Cork/Limerick border, will open tomorrow.

The abundance of Japanese knotweed in Kerry may be due to the county’s wet coastal climate, the leader of the most extensive survey of the invading species has said.

Pilot scheme aims to highlight heritage potential of lesser-known villages and boost visitor numbers

Jobs are being shed at organisations in Co Cork which aid rural development because they still haven’t received funding from central government and there’s fears that many worthy projects will also be put on hold as a result.

Dubliner Willie Coyne (Vauxhall Nova) emulated brother Noel by clinching the McLoughlin’s Industrial Flooring Irish Rallycross Championship at Mondello Park yesterday.

WE are just back from another action-packed school tour. 

PORTLAW WITH CURRAGHMORE ESTATE, COUNTY WATERFORD

Ever wanted to go mountain biking but felt unsure as to how you'd fare?

KNOCKAINEY WALK, CO. LIMERICK

LOUGH GUR HERITAGE CENTRE

The historic old brewery site in the middle of Clonakilty could be redeveloped into an artisan food and drink centre — but only if flood relief works are carried out to protect it.

When Pádraig Marrey was booted out of the An Post Rás last year along with 28 others for missing the time limit on stage three, he would have been be forgiven if he decided to call time on his 27-year racing career.

WE set off north, up MacCurtain Hill, passing the garda station on our right.

Cork’s reputation as the food capital of Ireland was confirmed yesterday at the 2014 Irish Food Writers’ Guild Food Awards, with six of the seven awards going to producers, organisations or individuals based in the county.

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Another year, another yard of baling twine to hoist up The Menu’s trousers for he once again put in sterling work on behalf of his beloved readers roaming the length and breadth of the land, eating and drinking all the way.

Planning a hen weekend or girlie getaway with a difference? Pól Ó Conghaile has a pamper-tastic selection of weekend breaks at every price point.

The 20th anniversary world tour of Riverdance will form the centrepiece of Limerick’s year as the City of Culture programme, which will be launched today.

Limerick Gay Games Committee was yesterday encouraged to try and win the 2022 Gay Games, having lost out to Paris for the 2016 event.

IT WAS daunting. The assembly of a 500km route over mountains, bogland, fields, across rivers and through towns and villages took years.

Having already rejected Rio, San Paulo and Orlando, a five member selection party were guests of a civic and tourism leaders in Limerick last night as the city makes a bid to host the 2018 Federation Gay Games (FGG).

Good grief — a funeral home is set to rock to live music and comedy over the next two weekends as one of Ireland’s quirkiest festivals kicks off.

The Treaty City is hoping for a financial bonanza if it lands the 2018 event, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

THE first anniversary of the “Taste of Ballyhoura Country” food brand will be celebrated in Kilmallock, Co Limerick, today.

Up to 200 craftworkers in West Cork are being surveyed by separate consultancy firms in a bid to determine why the area is such a magnet for creative people — and how best to create more jobs in the sector.

With craft beer one of the few success stories to emerge from the recession, the Mitchelstown-based brewers Eight Degrees stand out as the brewmasters. And they’re only just getting started, writes Trish Dromey

WEST CORK is by now an internationally-recognised brand.

This three-bed chalet could be the ticket to great outdoor living. Tommy Barker reports

DRIVING through Mitchelstown, a town whose easy traffic is still hard to get used to after being bypassed by the M8, I turn up a cul-de-sac and pause at the gates of Ballinwillin House.

IN-FORM John ‘Shark’ Hanlon completed his second double in a week when Streets Of Newyork and Ardglen triumphed at Ballinrobe last evening.

AINAMA looks the safest bet — on a very poor card — in the P.Flannery Plant Hire Group London Chase at Ballinrobe this evening.

You don’t want to know the mucky process in which many engaged to get a ticket. Each one will have a tale of how they got there come Sunday.

Dormer in scenic tourism area is priced at €325,000 says Tommy Barker.

THIS letter is in response to your recent article on elderly suicide.

ENTREPRENEUR Jonathan O’Grady has so much get up and go, he is already gone. Well, almost, he’s on the way out the doors.

A gang rammed a garda car last night following a smash and grab in Co Cork.

THE man who pioneered the development of Croke Park stadium is to be honoured in his native Co Limerick.

PEOPLE living on a peninsula in West Cork were celebrating yesterday as they were officially awarded the title of European Destination of Excellence.