You don’t need to travel through Ireland to get to Scotland. But that only begs the question: Why wouldn’t you?

Dooks Golf Club celebrates its 125th anniversary this year and the renowned Kerry links wants as many golfers as possible to join the party.

EVEN on a relatively windless day, the breakers that ceaselessly pound the fragile shoreline at Rossbeigh, on the Ring of Kerry, can look menacing.

Kerry County Council is to seek emergency funding from the Government to deal with a worsening coastal erosion problem, with some seaside areas being described as “war zones”.

Sq m: 140 (1,500 sq ft)

Beautiful site makes this bungalow well worth buying, Tommy Barker reports

Worsening erosion at one of the country’s finest blue flag beaches has prompted calls for action at EU level to prevent more damage and flooding in communities now exposed to the vagaries of the sea.

A further 35m of sand dunes have disappeared at a popular south Kerry beach area in the past year.

THE marketing blurb describes it as “the ultimate luxury gift book of 2011”.

IF Mark Twain truly believed that golf is a good walk spoiled, he obviously never set foot on the Old Head of Kinsale, a course in southwest Ireland cut from apromontory jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean.

EVEN in a drenching summer in Ireland, there’s no shortage of things to do if you wish to enjoy our natural heritage.

EVERYONE has heard of the Irish red deer that grace Killarney National Park, not to mention eagles and dolphins, but Kerry also has many other rare and threatened species of animal and plant life.

PORTMARNOCK has been voted Ireland’s premier golf course by Irish Golf Digest magazine.

A NEW island has been created at one of Kerry’s blue flag beaches, after the sea breached sand dunes during the weekend.

NO FURTHER coastal protection works will be carried out by Kerry County Council until it receives €2 million it is owed by the Government, the council has warned.

THERE’S real value to be had at Lismirrane House, the big Ring of Kerry house that could be mistaken for a golf clubhouse.

ABSOLUTE drought was recorded in three counties this week, heightening the prospects of severe water shortages later in the summer.

PEOPLE in Cork and Kerry are being urged to save water and confine their usage to essential purposes only.

SOMETHING special is auctioneer Catherine O’Donoghue’s succinct summation of this house at Dooks, Glenbeigh, but it hardly conveys the sheer majesty of its situation.

PROBLEMS caused by flooding and coastal erosion in Co Kerry are getting worse with each passing winter, it was claimed yesterday.

MOVE the Old Presbytery from its Ring of Kerry location in Glenbeigh to Killarney and you’d double its value.