A man and two children have been airlifted to hospital after they got into difficulty while swimming in Co. Kerry this afternoon.

Among Ireland’s renowned explorers, of whom there are many, one name stands out. Shackleton and Crean (Antarctic voyages), Robert O’Hara Burke (first to cross the Australian Outback) and many others achieved monumental feats of discovery but it is the figure of the fifth century St Brendan who is the true torchbearer for Irish adventure.

Emergency services were tasked to two separate incidents on Kerry waters last night.

Two decades after a memorable visit to the midlands, Martin Claffey returns to the Hidden Heartlands.

The Irish Coast Guard received a report at around 11pm of a person in difficulty in the water off Ballybunion beach. It was also feared that there may have been a second swimmer in trouble.

A search for a swimmer reported missing off the Kerry coast this afternoon has been stood down.

Windsurfer Lorenzo Cubeddu may have been on the water along the west coast for up to eight hours before he managed to come ashore in Co Clare.

A woman has been found guilty by unanimous verdict of dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to an American tourist near Tralee in August 2013.

Dan MacCarthy explores llauntannig, an island where the Aud lay anchored off during the 1916 Rising.

A VIP passenger will be onboard LÉ Niamh when she departs her base next week for a three-month migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea, writes Sean O’Riordan of the Irish Examiner.

A VIP passenger will be onboard LÉ Niamh when she departs her base next week for a three-month migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea.

A man who lost an arm in a motorboat accident has called for the hero who saved his life to be honoured posthumously.

Three popular beaches have been forced to lower their coveted Blue Flag.

This year the worst on record as 56 mammals wash up on beaches

A hundred years to the day that Patrick Pearse stepped on to O’Connell Street and proclaimed an Irish Republic, the GAA will hold its extravagant commemoration of the most seminal moment in modern Irish history. 

The naval ship LÉ Aisling is in the bay, the Irish army will be on manoeuvres, and the strains of ‘Lonely Banna Strand’ are ringing out across Tralee Bay in one of the biggest State commemorations outside of Dublin of events associated with 1916.

With no radio, the ship’s captain had no way of knowing he was in Tralee Bay three days earlier than expected, writes Ryle Dwyer

Fenit Harbour in Kerry was deemed the best place to land guns from the German ships, and it was decided that the rail network would be the best means of distribution of the weapons in the South-west, says Niall Murray

A lack of German support, despite the arms shipment, led Roger Casement to try to warn Volunteer leaders to abandon the Rising, but his message arrived too late, writes Ryle Dwyer

The two salvaged anchors from the 1916 German gun-running ship, the Aud, will be ready for permanent public display within weeks.

Two years ago Waterford City and County Council and Kerry County Council were both awarded State funding for developing Greenways along old railways.

Like many other prisoners after the Rising, Diarmuid Lynch had to have correspondence to family and loved ones smuggled out of prisons and military barracks.

Details of what was being done this week 100 years ago by those planning the Rising, and how it was observed by British authorities in Ireland.

A priest and retired lecturer in his 70s died in a fire in his house in Fenit village near Tralee yesterday morning.

Tough choices ahead as back-to-school bill rises; Video footage emerges of giant Minion ’attack’ on Dublin; and Irish actor Pierce Brosnan tried to bring a knife on a plane. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

A swimmer was attacked by a seagull in the sea at Fenit in Co Kerry.

Beaches and marinas across the country are bathing in the warm waters of European approval — 86 of them have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag status.

Despite local objections, Kerry County Council is hoping to get planning permission for a new greenway on the northern side of the county so that an application for funding can be made.

On the 50th anniversary of the repatriation of Roger Casement’s remains, Ryle Dwyer contends that perfection is not a requirement of patriotism.

Plans on how to mark Cork’s role in the 1916 Rising and War of Independence are to be proposed at two public meetings in the next few weeks.

From Lahinch to Inchydoney and Fenit to Garretstown, thousands of people around the country braved the cold winter seas for the traditional Christmas Day swims.

The time is coming up to 3pm, the day is Friday, and the following conversation occurs in Spa Seafoods between a member of staff and a mature woman who has obviously been to the restaurant a few times before.

Finding money to carry out necessary dredging at an essential port will be a "significant challenge" for Kerry County Council.

Agreement from CIÉ to transfer the ownership of sections of a disused railway line to Kerry County Council has paved the way for the development of a major cycling and walking route.

A Kerry beauty therapy instructor has won a top international award, in the face of competition from 36 countries.

Another old railway line is to get a new lease of life as a walking and cycling route. The first, 1.5km phase of the Tralee-Fenit Amenity Trail has been officially opened by Alan Kelly, the minister of state for transport, tourism, and sport.