FILM TIPS: The Young Offenders is in cinemas today and you’d imagine the Cork comedy will do flying business in its home city over the weekend, as well as drawing plenty punters in foreign counties. 

Four days of drama, music, sea activities, and more are on the agenda this month in one of the country’s most rugged regions.

The country’s first canyoning expedition through a waterfall is one of the highlights of a festival taking place this month against the backdrop of a stunning mountain range.

WE are just back from another action-packed school tour. 

Tracks, trails and the toughest.

OUR trailhead is Howe Strand, where a few cars can park but space is limited. The beach looks out onto Courtmacsherry Bay and beyond it, the open ocean. Westward are the Seven Heads, and to the east, the Old Head of Kinsale.

That hidden jewel of East Cork, Ballycotton, will be hopping this weekend as the Seafood & Shanty Ballycotton Festival (May 31-June 1) brings together fine local chefs, splendid seafood straight from the pier and excellent family entertainment.

A Carlow man has been rescued after a fall on the Comeragh Mountains this evening.

WHEN you’re reared in an area, you take it for granted. It’s something that’s a given.

More than 1,500 people walked through the cold and rain at the weekend to protest against a proposed Eirgrid network of pylons designated for the area around the Comeragh Mountains.

Say can provide the answer to the Listed Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Hurry Harriet Stakes for fillies and mares at Gowran Park this evening.

Photographer George Munday hopes to realise his dream by crowd-funding, where supporters pledge funds in advance.

GRAIGUENAMANAGH TO ST MULLINS WALK

From a magic hill, to a musical bridge, why not try some sights off the beaten track, says Jonathan deBurca Butler

HURLING star Dan Shanahan switched sports yesterday to help officially launch this year’s Sean Kelly Tour which aims to raise a sizeable fund for Down Syndrome Ireland.

FOUR legends of Irish rallying will rekindle its halcyon days on Sunday’s Halloween Historic Rally in Carrick-on-Suir.

WORLD-FAMOUS cyclist Seán Kelly is inviting fellow enthusiasts to test their pedal power and join in a scenic cycle tour through Co Waterford in August — over the same terrain where he mastered his craft.

A hillwalker is recovering in hospital, after falling from a cliff at Mahon Falls in Co Waterford.

THE chance to buy a bit of Waterford’s Terra Firma, just downstream from the natural beauty and tourist attraction Mahon Falls, is on the local property market.