It promises to become one of the great road trips on the planet… while also providing a major boost for tourism along Ireland’s western seaboard.

Peter Clohessy’s going. So is Brent Pope. Mick Galwey has his tickets, and Alan Quinlan is on board. Anytime is a good time to travel to Australia, but for rugby fans, the 2013 Lions Tour is something else entirely. As holidays go, this is once-in-a-lifetime stuff.

The Cork section of what Fáilte Ireland hopes will be an iconic coastal tourist drive will not stop in Glengarriff, as planned, and will extend into Kinsale.

Get ready for Ireland’s answer to the Great Ocean Road — the 1400km Wild Atlantic Way, says Tommy Barker

PLANS are being drawn up for an “end-of-the-world” drive along our Atlantic coastline to rival the most scenic road trips around the globe.

Kevin Pietersen was today fined for speeding after taking a loaned Lamborghini for a drive on his day off from England training.

THE trouble with talent scouts is that they only talk about where you are going because they don’t know what you are leaving behind.