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A small rural community on the Cork-Limerick border is taking unprecedented steps to combat rural crime.

Indiependence Music & Arts Festival has announced the first acts for next years line up.

Kya deLongchamps visits an executive level, 21st century eco-home near Mitchelstown, cleverly suggesting two centuries of charm and change

Latest:  An experienced hillwalker missing in the Galtee Mountains in Tipperary has been found today.

Obituary of Cappamore native Mike Cunningham, mountain runner and endurance athlete.

The Brexit threat is the gravest agri-business has ever faced in Ireland, bosses at Dairygold have warned. Dairygold chief executive Jim Woulfe said dairy, beef and rural industry faced a crisis if a hard Brexit occurred, an event which he said had “gigantic repercussions” for Ireland.

Miss Cork, Orla Clancy was joined by Tipperary Hurling & Football stars Colin English and Conor Sweeney to launch D’hillbillies Mud Run 2016, which takes place on Saturday, October 22nd in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.

“Yerra, something like that,” replies Gemma O’Connor, gingerly at that, when asked if tomorrow does in fact represent her 12th All-Ireland senior final appearance.

Coillte spends €450k a year cleaning up litter. We meet the contractor who’s out to bust the dumpers. Are bin charges to blame? asks Donal O’Keeffe

Located just a couple of kilometres to the south-east of the famous Mitchelstown Caves, a 55-acre farm in South Tipperary offers a very interesting package to different potential clients.

Saddle up to get a view of our magnificent landscape. There is simply no better way to appreciate our country says Dan MacCarthy

Wedding Belles

Camogie isn’t what it used to be for Cork’s Gemma O’Connor, but, then again, neither is life. In two weeks’ time, the eight-time All-Star winner will line out in her 11th All-Ireland final, with Galway waiting in the wings.

Trish Dromey reports on a home which was designed by an holistic architect to be environmentally sensitive.

Fáilte Ireland have launched a quality standard for quirky, innovative or unusual tourist accommodation like glamping, lighthouses, pods, and log cabins.

A fire in the Kilworth Mountain Range has been captured in a video which shows devastating destruction.

A Cork-based social care worker who provides adventure therapy to young people in care has won a prestigious award worth €30,000.

KNOCKAINEY WALK, CO. LIMERICK

Two hill walkers have been rescued after spending the night stranded in the Galtee mountains in County Tipperary.

LOUGH GUR HERITAGE CENTRE

BLASKET ISLAND VISITOR CENTRE WALK

THE first anniversary of the “Taste of Ballyhoura Country” food brand will be celebrated in Kilmallock, Co Limerick, today.

Locals are helping to conserve the terrain for future generations, says Dan MacCarthy

The Waterford-based Coastguard Helicopter has brought two casualties to hospital today - one, a crew member from a fishing vessel off the south coast, the other a hillwalker in Co Tipperary.

THE memories of Christmas may be fading, but that pudginess around the mid-riff is a lot harder to shake off.

Joe Dermody enjoys a peaceful break in the Glen of Aherlow, Tipperary.

HOW wonderfully a day of sunshine transforms the world, and ourselves.

Distinctive features ensure Midleton property stands out from the crowd, writes Trish Dromey

A MAN as strong and old as some of the trees he’s planted was honoured yesterday for his remarkable service to Irish forestry over 70 years.

People are being warned of the dangers of mountain hiking after three men had to be rescued in the Galtee mountains yesterday.

FIVE minutes from the motorway, this Tipperary farm is due for auction on October 6, and has garnered considerable interest, says Matt Ryan of Matthew Ryan and Son.

Twelve people have been rescued from the Galtee Mountains after getting lost during poor weather conditions yesterday.

Two children have been rescued from the Galtee Mountains after getting into difficulty earlier.

GARDAÍ sealed off a picturesque wood on the Cork/Tipperary border after discovering a body in a burnt-out car.

Two people have been rescued from the Galtee Mountains in Tipperary.

A FAMILY of four were found safe and well late on Sunday night after becoming lost while hiking on the Galtee mountains in Tipperary.

TREES were toppled, garden furniture tossed into fields and debris — including corrugated iron and plastic sheeting — sucked 200m into the air as two tornadoes battered a rural community in West Cork yesterday.

FORMER Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Joe Rea died yesterday after a short illness.

A search operation is underway in the Galtee Mountains for a man missing in the area.

NESTLING in the foothills of the Galtee Mountains, Hillview Farm does exactly what it says on the tin.

MIRACLE woman Rita Hickey said yesterday she survived a night lost in the Galtee Mountains with the help of prayer and a Mars bar.