THE GRASS may be greener and the sea a brighter blue in the old John Hinde picture postcards of Slea Head, but nowadays the stone cottage in the foreground still looks much the same, except for the replaced thatch topping.

Slea Head, Kerry €395,000

There are concerns that access to an historic Kerry island visited by thousands of people each year may be restricted unless urgent repairs are carried out to a mainland pier.

Catherine Fulvio, Mulranny, Co Mayo

MEMORIES of heady days in the late 1960s when the cinematic epic Ryan’s Daughter was shot on the Dingle Peninsula will be recalled when one of the stars, Sarah Miles, returns next month.