He was minutes from death after going into cardiac arrest near the top of Blarney Castle last Friday.

An American tourist in his 50s who was airlifted from the top of the landmark Blarney Castle in Cork after suffering a heart attack is recovering in hospital.

Myrtle Allen has been credited with almost single-handedly creating Irish fine dining by the Lonely Planet travel writers.

It may be home to one of Ireland’s most visited attractions, but the tourist office in a popular Cork village has closed — more than six years after its demise was actually announced.

Ahead of next week’s Australian Open, Canadian tennis superstar Eugenie Bouchard lifts the lid on her recent trip to Ireland — and her attempts to enjoy Guinness.

A former lord mayor of Cork has launched a scathing attack on some outspoken opponents of the city boundary extension, accusing them of damaging the region’s reputation and likening some to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.

There were no trains or Bus Éireann buses operating out of Limerick, causing chaos for commuters.

As 'Jackie' opens in cinemas, Ed Power looks at her love of and visits to Ireland.

Ireland is famed for it's appeal to tourists, but how many people who live here can say they have really explored our fine island?

This week we visit some iconic tourist spots to see if they live up to their reputation. Ellie O’Byrne visits Blarney

"Sure we have the gift of the gab and if ya don't, you can go kiss the Blarney Stone anyway!"

We always suspected the North Pole was a decoy...

Every year thousands of tourists flock to Ireland to take in the sights and soak up the atmosphere of our beautiful country.

The ever present smartphone means people don’t bother striking up conversation with strangers anymore and self-confessed chatterbox Michelle Murphy isn’t one bit happy...

Cork people are looking forward to welcoming visitors from the US next year following the announcement of Cork Airport’s first transatlantic flights to Boston with Norwegian Air. 

Jose Carreras and Katherine Jenkins have opened up about their visit to Cork, their upcoming concert, and why they might be visiting the Blarney Stone.

Suzanne Harrington returns home with a boyfriend who has never visited Cork and finds there have been many changes over the years to a city which has embraced the new but hung on to the best parts of the old.

The man who treated himself to a Christmas holiday at the five-star Hayfield Manor and leaving without paying his bill of over €3,000 and similar offences totalling €3,000 at two other Cork hotels and a guesthouse over the holiday period last year will spend this Christmas behind bars.

Stephanie Lynch is the CEO and Founder of OnTheQT.ie, a website dedicated to finding and showcasing the best out of the way places in Ireland. Stephanie talks about how she started and why ‘off the beaten track’ tourism is growing.

If this doesn’t make you want to grab your friends and jump in the car for an Irish road trip, nothing will.

If this doesn't make you want to grab your friends and jump in the car for an Irish road trip, nothing will.

Plans are under way to regulate future development in one of the world’s best-known tourist spots.

White House planners did not include Cork in the first draft itinerary they prepared for President Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.

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BLARNEY, CORK €325,000

The Irish Tenors, ranked as one of the most successful Irish touring acts ever, alongside U2 and Riverdance, sing Ireland’s praises whenever they can.

SCORING spectacularly against the last government was about as challenging as hitting the broad side of a barn at point blank range.

THIS IS shaping up as the Christmas when everybody wants to support local industry.

I NEVER set out to be a model.

IS it the kiss of death for one of the world’s best known tourist attractions?

A DREAM ending to the perfect fairytale would see Willie “Big Bang” Casey claim the belt at the Citywest Conference Centre tonight but even the Limerick man’s combination of heart, strength and a defiant attitude is unlikely to strip Guillermo Rigondeaux of his WBA world super bantamweight title.

LEGEND has long had it that kissing the Blarney Stone on the Blarney Castle ramparts bestows the gift of the gab – but now it appears that the magic might have come from somewhere closer to the ground.

“BEAUTIFUL” is not a word many Irish people choose to describe the weather but, according to a group of English language students from Abu Dhabi, the rain is the best thing about Ireland.

The Lonely Planet says Ireland is still one of the world's top holiday destinations.

WHETHER it’s discovering a traditional music seisiún in “an old traditional boozer” or touring West Belfast’s divided neighbourhoods with a “wise-cracking” driver of a black taxi, the new Discover Ireland guide by Lonely Planet still finds much to favour in an Irish tourist industry in the doldrums.

OUT goes the Blarney Stone, plastic leprechauns and Temple Bar.

THE owner of one of Ireland’s biggest visitor attractions has claimed the tourism industry needs to keep Irish people instead of foreigners to curb the loss of overseas visitors.

CLAIMS that the world’s most famous stone harbours all kinds of nasty diseases are nothing short of Blarney.

JUST €5,000 and a few differences separates these two bungalow buys in Tower, near Blarney, Co Cork.

ONE of the most prestigious tourism jobs in the world is up for grabs.

MORE than 1,100 people yesterday bared all in a frozen June dawn to take part in a nude installation by American artist Spencer Tunick at Blarney Castle.

A WAR of words erupted last night over claims that millions of people have been kissing the wrong Blarney Stone.

Ireland’s famous Blarney Stone, renowned for giving those who kiss it the gift of the gab, may in fact be nothing but Blarney.