Hello again. I’m so delighted that you grabbed a couple of minutes away from the fields to down a cup of tea and have a lightning scan of the Irish Examiner’s Farming section, before rushing back to work.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages...

With the housing crisis, public sector pay disputes, cost over-runs on major construction projects, Brexit, and Fine Gael’s election prospects to worry about, ministers might be tempted to put An Taisce’s call for action to protect trees in urban areas and villages in the file marked Interesting But Unimportant.

Our two weeks of Irish summer are something that we all look forward to.

This is a Gael Warning.

Pope Francis came and he went. In terms of the past sins visited on the Irish population by the Catholic Church, not a lot of difference was made.

Ireland's domination of the 2018 Cheltenham Festival reached new heights on St Patrick's Thursday, when trainers from the Emerald Isle saddled the first six winners to wrap up the BetBright Cup from Great Britain with a day to spare.

The World Rally Championship was launched at the Autosport Show at the NEC in Birmingham yesterday, with a strong interest from the Emerald Isle.

Ireland as a nation suffered three significant setbacks in the past two days, at least one of them self-inflicted. Our soccer team succumbed to the Danes on Tuesday night, and yesterday we lost out to France to host the Rugby World Cup.

Brigitte Nielsen and Brodir v George Berkeley and the Pixies. Michael Moynihan takes us through the alternative Ireland-Denmark confrontations

Ireland has been named as one of the world’s ultimate storybook locations by the Lonely Planet.

Irish Tourism has expereinced an increase in the amount of tourists visiting the Emerald Isle.

If you wanted to start a Make Enda Great Again campaign, then you could think of worse times to do it than a day after befriending Donald Trump and in the middle of a celebration for an old man who banished the snakes of Ireland.

St Patrick’s Day gets bigger and better every year, as more than 100 million people around the world celebrate our national holiday with the Irish diaspora.

Our streets host fabulous parades by day, but scenes of vomiting, urinating, and fighting by night, writes Alison O’Connor.

Airbnb hosts outside Dublin earned €27m over the last year by renting, occasionally sharing, a spare room or their entire home.

Living in Ireland you can often forget just how lucky we are to be surrounded by lush green scenery, but this video will reignite your patriotism for the Emerald Isle.

Kerry has been in the headlines lately for a number of reasons surrounding their annual festival ’The Rose of Tralee’ however here is a video that has a whole new perspective on the beauty of the Kerry county.

Friends star Courteney Cox may have an affection for the Emerald Isle through her Irish fiance, but don’t be surprised if she’s in no rush to come back after what Bear Grylls put her through.

Martha Hunt, a woman from the US on holiday in Ireland, came into more than a spot of bother whilst in Dublin.

The Republic of Ireland travels to France this week with a squad of 23 players who will be looking to make history and take Ireland out of the group stage for the first time in the Euros.

A couple from Des Moines, Iowa, recently visited Ireland and they wrote this glowing review online about why other people should follow their lead and visit the Emerald Isle.

Danny Willett and Rory McIlroy might be the star turns but the men chasing them sounded as happy about Ireland and the Irish as they did about their first round scores in the Irish Open.

UPDATE: Check out this exclusive footage of Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley and the rest of the Star Wars cast arriving into Cork Airport today from where they will head to Brow Head in West Cork to continue filming on the latest installment of the hit franchise. 

An Irish airport has been named as one of the most beautiful in the world to view on approach.

An Irish airport has been named as one of the most beautiful in the world to view on approach.

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Fiann O Nualláin begins a new gardening column this week just as the year is beginning to wind down. He discusses the end of autumn 

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill.

PornHub is a very popular site, but not one that you would necessarily be chatting about as openly as last night’s soaps, which makes their new clothing range more than a bit strange.

From the Cliffs of Moher to the Book of Kells, Ireland has a lot to offer in terms of celebrated tourist destinations.

It’s been over 10 years since Jodie Kidd quit the catwalk, but as the face of a Cork-based sportswear line, a busy family life and work on TV, the former supermodel shows no signs of slowing down, says Deirdre Reynolds.

Ireland has been chosen as the 2017 venue for the prestigious International Space University, which will be attended by 260 delegates representing the space industry’s finest brains.

It’s the country’s most internationally renowned celebration, and everybody knows it. All across the world, people with itchy feet are making bucket lists — Brazil for Carnivale, India for Holi, and Ireland for St Patrick’s Day.