This week we cast our sharp Munster Eyes over a selection of country homes in the southern six counties.

The homes we have selected are within a defined price bracket: nothing less than €185,000, nothing more than €230,000.

An executor sale of a 76.5-acre holding at Doon, close to Tralee in North Kerry, has just come on the market.

The RIC's major role in exposing the Black and Tans has always been grossly underestimated.

Former back-to-back All-Star nominee Daniel Flynn has admitted it was a heart-to-heart with Kildare great Johnny Doyle that made him realise he’d lost his ‘grá’ for the game.

Kids’ TV presenter, writer and first-time mum Muireann ní Chíobháin is learning that less is more when it comes to what babies really need, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Anyone travelling the roads at this time of year will inevitably note examples of crude hedge-cutting. And the irony is that local authorities, which should be prime protectors of the environment, are often responsible for this.

Catherine Shanahan Health Correspondent

The fate and fortune of small towns and villages in Ireland will be a defining feature of our country’s future.

Musician and broadcaster Philip King is originally from Cork, but has been living on the Dingle peninsula for many years.

Out-of-hours GP service, SouthDoc, may be forced to cut the number of its treatment centres because of funding pressures and doctor shortages.

The show rolls down the Dingle peninsula to the very tip of the country this weekend, with Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta taking place in the west Kerry Gaeltacht.

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) has invested heavily in supporting the third level research brain power needed to underpin the country’s future in renewable energy.

Golfing on our national holiday is becoming more and more of a tradition, writes Kevin Markham. And there are plenty of innovative options this year.

On its 75th anniversary of the American Note, in a two-day report Ryle Dwyer examines events leading to the international distortion of Ireland’s role in WWII

Sitting high on the cliffs of eastern Inishvickillane the view eastwards to the other Blaskets is simply extraordinary, writes Dan MacCarthy.

The country’s first community air ambulance service is set to take off within weeks — but it won’t be a doctor-led service as had been hoped.

A dig to uncover the remains of a man believed to have been shot during the Civil War in Mid-Kerry has finished without result.

Ten years on from the publication of his book, Hooked, Kevin Markham looks at how golf in Ireland has evolved.

One-way systems are being introduced in Kerry for some of the country’s most crowded tourist routes.

The third county in the best-18-hole listing is the exceptional Co Kerry. With 15 courses — three of which are regularly listed among the world’s best — Kerry is spoilt for choice. So much so that, in this elite company, several of the smaller clubs don’t get a look in. Which is why a silver medal 18 holes are also provided. Measurements are as the clubs provided them.

Is there any month more welcome than May?

An old Irish church has been named alongside the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney’s Opera House as some of the coolest constructions on the planet.

Fáilte Ireland is examining the possibility of developing a full-scale walking trail along the entire Wild Atlantic Way route. The ambitious plan is a key objective of the tourism body’s 10-Year Vision for Tourism.

April is usually a month of promise, with lengthening days, buds and blossoms and a heightening of wildlife activity.

Dingle Distillery co-founder Liam LaHart tells Trish Dromey the company is ready to go global.

Beach-friendly facilities for wheelchair users are being considered by Cork County Council.

At the end of December, the Irish Examiner produced a review of ninecourses (The Front 9) and their 2017 experiences. Now Kevin Markham looks at the back nine – and how nine clubs see 2018 unfolding for them.

Thirty-three years after gardaí failed to discover the killer and mother of a baby boy, the investigation is to be reactivated, writes Donal Hickey.

David Moran insists the hype surrounding David Clifford is excessive and the teenager will need time to adapt to senior level.

A magnificent historic stone doorway, along with a 10-metre section of a large rampart, has fallen into the sea following weather damage to the cliff at the foot of a 2,500-year-old fort on the Slea Head drive in west Kerry, an archaeologist said yesterday.

Ceann Sibéal is seeing stars, writes Kevin Markham

A stroll on a beach anywhere in Ireland reveals the scale of the marine littering problem, says Donal Hickey

It is a place of worship, but not in the traditional sense. The towering cliffs of Inishnabro are known as the cathedral rocks as they resemble a magnificent church. Some, but not many, have come to kneel at their altar, writes Dan MacCarthy.

Digging your own potatoes and serving up “balls of flour’’ on the kitchen table, an hour later, is a special kind of experience that’s becoming all too rare in Ireland, with the one-time staple food being gradually forsaken in recent years, writes Donal Hickey. 

ONE of the many ironies of Irish life is that most people — 97%, according to an EU Commission survey — agree we have a responsibility to protect nature. 

Kerry is open for business and tourism but there are issues around parking, traffic, dog fouling, and rubbish, writes Anne Lucey

IT’S AN upland landscape that has inspired poets and traditional musicians for centuries, but it could soon be dominated by lofty wind turbines, writes Donal Hickey

A county which tops the Blue Flag list is making access to some of its beaches easier, this summer, for people with mobility issues.