An initial report into the Rescue 116 helicopter crash says it "pitched up rapidly" in its final seconds.

The black box from Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 will be given to British experts today in the hope that they will be able to shed light on what caused Rescue 116 to crash off the coast of Co Mayo.

A sea scan for the black box and wreckage of Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 will not take place until Sunday afternoon, because of severe weather conditions.

After battling through the floods with family in tow, Glenlo Abbey was a sight for sore eyes for Esther N McCarthy. 

An attempt to save a whale beached in Ballyheigue in Co Kerry has failed.

In the GAA Team of the Century, named in 1984, Tony Reddin was the man chosen in goal.

West Cork land in a stunning location will draw international interest as well as local, writes Tommy Barker

A sense of isolation was felt keenly by the Irish diaspora in the USA in the late 1800s whose sole means of communication was the letter home. Dan Buckley dips in to some of them

MAGICAL days for Limerick’s Blackrock GAA club ahead of tomorrow night’s All-Ireland Club JHC final against St Colmcille’s of Tyrone.

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy with learning difficulties drowned in the sea after wandering off from his aunt’s house, an inquest heard yesterday.

A seven-year-old boy with learning difficulties drowned in the sea after wandering off from his Aunt’s house, an inquest heard today.

JUST how do you price sites by the sea in West Cork, particularly following a couple of striking results in the Rosscarbery/Clonakilty area?