There is a tendency among wine enthusiasts to constantly refer to the beauty of vineyards and wine regions, but some of this I think comes from the fact that we feel so at home in these magical places that produce our favourite sustenance.

Dublin will hope to perform this evening but Tipp should win, while Wexford Park will be electric for Limerick’s visit, writes Anthony Daly.

Clogheen make its claim to be the "Hidden Heart of Ireland".

Lismore is gearing up for its seventh opera festival, with the hotly tipped Rachel Croash starring in a production of Così Fan Tutte, writes Cathy Desmond

ARDMORE-GOAT ISLAND, WATERFORD.

SCARCELY a week passes without news of yet another invasive species, plant or animal, reaching our shores.

SERIOUS flooding in recent times is prompting people to look at new ways of resolving, long-term, a problem that’s likely to remain with us, given climate change and all that implies.

A teenager due to begin his Junior Cert exams yesterday was fighting for his life in hospital after suffering head and neck injuries in a quad-bike accident on Tuesday.

LISMORE, CO WATERFORD

Adventure and endurance racing, be it cross-training or mountain runs, are all the rage, says David Young

THE CELTIC CAMINO IN WATERFORD AND TIPPERARY

A LEADING peace and human rights campaigner will deliver a keynote speech next week in which he will criticise the Government for not doing enough to achieve unity on the island.

IT has been said that the life cycle of trees is comparable to that of human beings.

A TIPPERARY farmer’s system for profitable upland livestock production will be shared with others in October, when training is due to start in the Organics with Altitude scheme.

The Taoiseach Brian Cowen will lead the annual General Liam Lynch national commemoration today.

WILDLIFE rangers are searching a woodland in Co Cork following a reported sighting of a black panther.

THE SPECTRE of violent death came calling to a rural, isolated and previously peaceful corner of south Tipperary yesterday.

THE families of four Dutch people killed in a plane crash in the Knockmealdown Mountains 20 years ago made the sad journey back to The Vee yesterday to attend a memorial Mass.

A LOVELY bit of ground is how Fermoy auctioneer, Micheal Barry, describes a 58-acre farm he’s selling in Clogheen at the moment.