Tommy Barker visits a home which was designed for both comfort and views by its owners and their architect.

A financial reward is available to identify sheep rustlers after a livestock theft on the hillsides of the Comeragh Mountains in west Waterford.

Fine Gael won two of the four seats in Waterford last time as voters took their ire out on the exiting Fianna Fail government.

Tracks, trails and the toughest.

 

The Comeragh mountain range in Co Waterford is an area of spectacular natural beauty, a relatively undiscovered gem that is home to stunning glacial lakes, picturesque waterfalls and hidden caverns.

Tommy Barker is impressed by the history and style of Clonkerdin House near Dungarvan.

A new guide to Dublin and Wicklow will be a failsafe companion for walkers everywhere, says Dan MacCarthy.

WHEN I walked this route, mid-March 2014, the banks of the attractive little rapids on the Slaheny River above Coolyard Bridge were being reinforced. There are many classic mountain-river rapids and waterfalls to admire on this walk.

KENMARE RIVER WALK

WHEN you’re reared in an area, you take it for granted. It’s something that’s a given.

BROWN’S MILLS WALK, KINSALE, CO CORK

I’LL never forget the first time I saw Coumshingaun.

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

GRAIGUENAMANAGH TO ST MULLINS WALK

Three climbers are being treated at Waterford Regional Hospital after they fell down a gully in the Comeragh Mountains earlier.

How a theatre producer transformed a derelict stone cottage into a star attraction. Tommy Barker reports

A Tudor-style Tipperary mansion boasts many features inside. Trish Dromey takes a look at what’s on offer in The Old Grove

As Dan MacCarthy dips into a new series of guides on the country’s best walking spots, he discovers that size really doesn’t matter when it comes to the breathtaking beauty on offer

DO YOU want to be connected with the wider world through modern technology – even if it means putting up with occasionally obtrusive masts – or remain in splendid rural isolation?

A HOP across the river Blackwater and the county boundary from Waterford to Cork for work reasons brings this very nicely extended Kilmacthomas family home to market.

A HOP across the river Blackwater and the county boundary from Waterford to Cork for work reasons brings this very nicely extended Kilmacthomas family home to market.

YOU can go large, or go mór, at this Moorefield home near Tallow in west Waterford — it packs a lot of property in its punch.

IT’S a steep drop from €550,000 to €399,000, but that’s the way to get buyers going in the present market.

FORMER Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Joe Rea died yesterday after a short illness.

CLONACODY House failed to sell at auction on Wednesday, withdrawn when bidding reached €7 million.

CARRAUNTOOHIL measures 3,409 feet; Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains is 2,798 feet high; Mount Snowdon stands at 3,560 feet; Scafell Pike at 3,205 feet and Ben Nevis, is 4,409 feet tall.

CLONACODY House and its 122 acre estate at Fethard, Co Tipperary has attracted some very heavy hitters in the equestrian world since it went up for sale a few weeks ago.

This family home near Fethard, Co Tipperary is not as old as it looks. In fact, it is a spring chicken in building terms.

LAUNCHING today, the 12-house Gort na hEornan scheme in Ring, Co Waterford, has a very chic showhouse on hand for its expected audience.

By Tommy Barker INTO horses? Saddle up, and ride out towards Slievenamon - South Lodge to be precise - a spot that has been home to race winners trained by David Wachman, now married to John Magnier’s daughter Katie.

HIGH up in the Drum Hills between Ardmore and Dungarvan, the Sheriff of Waterford, Richard Osborne, decided to build himself a farmhouse.