IT’S SUMMER, and while gardens, parks and meadows throughout the land have burst into blossom, nowhere will boast brighter colours or dreamier scents than the RDS, which transforms into a floral paradise next week.

COASTEERING is an awkward amalgam of the words “coast” and “orienteering” and it essentially involves going from point A to point B along the coastline, avoiding C — the soft stretches of sandy beach.

A FINE, big house, at Rathroon, Bandon, Co Cork, is new to the market with auctioneer, Christy Buckley, and it has a great location between Bandon and Kinsale.

Music fans will be heading to Co Cork this weekend for the 3rd Summer Rhythm Meltdown, which will showcase 10 music acts in Kinsale.