Plans to close a spectacular mountain route between Cork and Kerry for road repairs have been postponed.

This 1950s-built cottage is set against a mountainous background, writes Trish Dromey. 

BioAtlantis is licenced to mechanically harvest kelp around the Bantry Bay area. However, despite the fiscal and employment potential and despite assurances from the company, considerable local concern remains about the impact on wildlife, livelihoods and the environment, writes Noel Baker.

DON’T use the weather as an excuse. Get out there, says Donal Hickey. 

Secret Garden is a family-owned stone cottage right next to a beautiful park on the Beara Peninsula, says Trish Dromey.

ONE of the reasons Irish crime writing took so long to develop as a body of work is Ireland lacked the kind of large, anonymous urban settings where crime fiction tends to thrive. 

The discovery of an archaeological structure, at least 1,000 years old, has been described as significant.

BUNAW PIER-KILMAKILLOGE HARBOUR, BEARA, CO KERRY

Bantry to Drumclough loop of the Sheep’s Head Way

ROSSDOHAN WALK, KERRY WAY

WE have parked opposite the old Post Office, marked on the OS map. Before setting off, we should certainly retrace our steps to the Blackwater Bridge — we will be re-crossing it on our return, but viewing it before we start will make us aware, when we see the Blackwater River upstream, of how romantic and wild it is in this gorge.

WHIDDY ISLAND WALK, WEST CORK

From the car park, we follow signs for Lady Bantry’s Walk.

IN the glorious weather during the weekend of Nov 23 and 24 — historic weather, one might almost say — the canvas of the Kerry landscape would have inspired, and probably defeated, the efforts of the greatest painters.

CARRIGFADA HILL, WEST CORK

Anyone looking for an Olympic gold medal in canoe or kayak wild-river slalom would do well to cast an eye over this Kealkil, West Cork bungalow — it looks over an historic castle, river rapids and dramatic, pulse-quickening falls.

THE CELTIC CAMINO IN WATERFORD AND TIPPERARY

LIFE-CHANGING decisions are made in recessions — and a flight to the land is near the top of the list.

ADOPTED Irishwoman, the aviatrix Daphne Pochin Mould wrote the first book about Irish mountains in 1955.

SHERRY FitzGerald in Kenmare are selling a spectacular stone-faced residence with a panoramic sea view over Kenmare Bay and the Caha Mountains.

A HIGH-FLYING past pupil dropped in to visit his old school yesterday — in his Coast Guard helicopter.

Marine accident investigators will begin an inquiry today into a boat fire which claimed the lives of three anglers.

An Irishman and two German men were killed last night after a boat caught fire during an angling trip off west Cork.

THE Marine Casualty Investigation Board will investigate whether the massive blaze which claimed the lives of three men on a pleasure cruiser in West Cork last night was caused by an explosion.

An Irishman and two men from Europe were killed tonight after a boat caught fire on waters off Co Cork today.

WEST CORK is more associated with fuchsias than fincas, but here’s a Glengarriff home to buck expectations.

COASTAL Kerry town Kenmare has been awash with newly-built holiday homes in the past few years, with pending major town centre developments.

AT A time when archaeological remains are being bulldozed to make way for roads, shopping, farming and housing developments, some communities are taking a stand to protect their heritage.

A Cambridge University lecturer returned home from Ireland today after he and his family were rescued from mountains in west Cork with the help of a camera flash.

A WARNING against taking children onto the mountains, especially in winter, was issued yesterday by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), which brought a man and four children to safety near Adrigole, Co Cork, late on Monday night.

A RARE mountainside relic in West Cork that stands as a symbol to the copper mining industry internationally has been restored.

DEEP mooring for a yacht is just one of the draws with this property overlooking Traillaun Harbour, at Castletownbere, Co Cork.