Two Cork flags are set to boldly go where no rebel county flags have gone before.

Peter Dowdall reports on an initiative in the grounds of Birr Castle demesne that will see massive redwood trees tower over the midlands like they once did in the stone age

A castle estate in Co Offaly is hoping to plant 2,000 redwoods to help preserve the giants which are threatened by climate change.

WOW, we’re really got the bit between our teeth about Halloween at last. We’re every bit as commercial as the US, I couldn’t believe the number of spooky festivals in Ireland this season.

Beautiful Bahamas

Breeda Hennessy, South Tipperary Federation PRO, has been an ICA member since she was 17 and that’s well over 50 years ago now.

A team of secondary students from Kildare will be representing Ireland at a European space competition this summer.

Áilín Quinlan chats to one of the school teams designing and launching their own satellites for a Europe-wide high-tech space competition

Siobhán Byrne Learat talks to Trish Dromey about the success of her upscale tour operator firm Adams & Butler.

Creative students have designed, built, and launched mini satellites from waste drink cans.

Meet the young Irish rocket scientists who are about to boldly go where few Irish teens have gone before.

Lords & Ladies takes the viewer on a historical journey to celebrate our past through the wonders of food and the glories of cooking.

Kevin McCloud spends time with a family who have escaped the rat race and are now living in Tonga.

ON A CHILLY winter’s night a few weeks ago, we had our first East Cork Slow Food event of the year.

A group of Limerick secondary school students has proved that the sky is not necessarily the limit for their ambitions after winning a competition to design a satellite which could be sent into space.

Almost four years on, Birr GAA club are still waiting to hear from the Disputes Resolution Authority about a fourth hearing concerning the legitimacy of the parish rule.

I’M a great believer in serendipity, using it as a perfectly adequate substitution for hard work. The word means happy accident or fortunate mistake.

BECAUSE we live on an island, and because every travel brochure ever printed plonks a bikini-clad siren on its cover, we tend to associate holidays with the coast.

I read with interest your report “Tougher Laws Urged on Blood Sports” (Aug 26), quoting remarks made by John Carmody, director of the Animal Rights Action Network, ahead of a planned rally in Dublin last Sunday.

A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the body of a man found in the grounds of Birr Castle in Co Offaly today.

There are references to watercress in many early Irish manuscripts. It formed part of the diet of hermits and holy men who valued its special properties.

Emo Court has been announced as host for countryside event, the National Country Fair, on Sunday June 6 and Monday June 7.

Over 3,000 people from all over the country will attend an invite-only party for the launch of the Irish Wheelchair Association's new youth structure in Birr Castle today, in Co Offaly.

THE country's longest heritage railway opens today but it's future is being threatened by massive insurance costs.