The storm, which was named by the Spanish Met Office, will bring winds of up to 85km per hour, with gusts potentially reaching 130km per hour.

There is something obsessive about wanting to go to such an island as Potato Island. Why would anyone want to go there? Then why would anyone not want to go there?

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

An impasse between the ESB and the Environmental Protection Agency that has led to the suspension of operations at a power plant in Longford could lead to industrial action by Bord na Móna employees, unions are warning.

The operation began yesterday evening after the person failed to return ashore after jet-skiing on Lough Ree, which borders Westmeath and Longford.

A morning-after headache may be the side effect of a pint of plain and a whiskey chaser but at least it’s short-lived — the long-term hangover is the thousands of tonnes of carbon emitted during production.

With both annual ISA All-Ireland Championships settled, the Autumn Leagues around the country are now in full swing, a subtle shift of gears between the main sailing season and the hardcore enthusiasts of the sport has taken place.

As Autumn storms herald the end of the main Sailing season, twin annual showdowns between various strands of the sport in Ireland are set to take place in Dun Laoghaire and Lough Ree over the next two weekends.

With overseas visits to Ireland up by 7.6% for the first five months of 2018, it seems likely the current tourist season will deliver another record year in terms of revenue, writes John Daly.

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A search for a missing pensioner in Westmeath is entering its third day.

Thirty-five people were saved from likely death last year by lifeboat crews who rescued more than 1,200 people in Irish waters.

Independent TD, Michael Fitzmaurice’s criticism of President Michael D Higgins (Irish Examiner, January 7) for his work in transposing the EU Habitats Directives into Irish law, in 1997, which he claims is impeding efforts to dredge the rivers, is typical hot air as the elections near.

NOT surprisingly, as the Government meets in Cabinet session today to draw up a flood emergency strategy, the despairing prayer on the lips of those struggling to keep flood waters at bay is that their terrifying ordeal will never happen again.

Winter storms Desmond, Eva, and Frank have wreaked havoc on golf courses throughout Ireland but nowhere more aggressively than at the famed Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in Kerry.

A trip to Athlone, the geographical heart of Ireland, left Eoin Edwards able to indulge his passion for all things historical.

A pig farmer, who built a “monster” piggery without planning permission, has been given three months to work out a plan to prevent the development from becoming an environmental disaster.

PEOPLE who move between locations to use waterways for sport may, unwittingly, be spreading dangerous invasive species in Ireland.

Athlone has a lot to offer, as Claire O’Sullivan discovered on a recent family trip to Hodson Bay Hotel.

A judge has called for a taskforce to be set up to prevent an impending environmental disaster in the Midlands.

The exceptional summer weather stretching into autumn has brought unusual visitors to our shores.

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The wife of angler Daryl Burke, 30, who drowned after a sudden storm capsized a boat on Lough Ree eight weeks ago, gave birth to the couple’s only daughter on Saturday.

A body which was recovered from Lough Ree in County Westmeath yesterday has been formally identified as missing angler Daryl Burke.

Search teams looking for a missing angler from Portadown, Co Armagh, have recovered a body.

Information provided by a man who survived a boating accident on Lough Ree is being used in the search for an angler missing and feared drowned.

Up to 120 people will resume the search operation this morning for missing Co. Armagh man Daryl Burke.

A specialist search and rescue sniffer dog from the North has been brought in to help with the search for a missing man on Lough Ree.

A search for a man who went missing on Lough Ree in the midlands since Thursday is set to resume this morning.

Hopes are fading that a missing father-of-three will be found alive after a fishing trip in Lough Ree turned to tragedy, claiming the life of his friend and leaving another man fighting for survival.

The tragedy involving three anglers on Lough Ree is a reminder to everyone who enjoys our lakes, rivers or seas of how very unforgiving, how very threatening adverse weather can be.

The 27-year-old who died in a boating accident in Lough Ree has been named locally as David Warnock from Armagh City.

An eye-witness to the tragedy in Lough Ree that has claimed the life of a fisherman has said that their boat was hit by a "freak squall".

One of two anglers taken from Lough Ree after an accident has died overnight.

A search to locate a man missing from a fishing boat on Lough Ree is to resume in around an hour.

THE seas are rolling. You’re trying to stand still, to keep the horizons level, the camera dry, the lens in focus and to hold on.

The ESB has reported a 4% year-on-year increase in first-half revenues to just over €1.7bn, adding that it remains on course to meet its stated targets of €280m in recurring annual savings by 2015.

BECAUSE we live on an island, and because every travel brochure ever printed plonks a bikini-clad siren on its cover, we tend to associate holidays with the coast.

OVER the past few weeks I’ve listened to a lot of people complaining about the weather.

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As he stood on the banks of Lough Ree in the heart of Ireland’s Lake District, President Michael D Higgins gazed skywards to watch a bright rainbow of balloons swirl and soar to the heavens, each one a visible reminder of loss and heartache — but also a symbol of hope.