The local chamber of tourism and commerce yesterday organised a “mountain meithal” to try to repel the relentless invasion of rhododendrons choking Killarney’s neglected national park.

A sea search has been launched off the coast of the North after two unattended fishing rods were found on rocks at Portrush.

Each week, Esther N McCarthy scouts around for interesting bits for your home.

THE off-duty garda who died after falling from a cliff in Co Clare on Thursday was the 10th person to be killed in such circumstances on the Clare coastline in the past five years.