Angus heifers and bulls were flying high at Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Angus Sale on Saturday last.

The Skellig Ring — consisting of Skellig Michael, the 6th century precipitous monastic island off the coast of Kerry, its sister island the Little Skellig, and the coastal villages on the mainland — has been named among the top regions in the world for travellers in the influential Lonely Planet 2017 yearbook.

Tourism chiefs have hailed an exceptional start to the year for the industry — but warned of the unravelling of competitiveness as the euro strengthens against sterling.

It’s not a galaxy far, far away, but by the time it’s finished, the scene at Ceann Sibéal in Co Kerry will be every bit the intergalactic equal of Skellig Michael, as our exclusive pictures show.

We are fast approaching the festive season. I am appealing to people to shop local where they can this Christmas. 

Filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII has begun on Skellig Michael with a break in the weather yesterday finally making it possible for the Disney Lucasfilm crew to access the island.

A terrified llama on the loose in a town just outside Manchester managed to evade capture for six hours before being safely guided back home.

The Hollywood rumour mill is at it again — this time with a report that the company making the latest Star Wars film is to return to south Kerry for further filming.

THEATREclub’s ethos of drama for the people underpins its new play, an exploration of what kinship means in Ireland, says Pádraic Killeen

A murder investigation was under way tonight after a mother-of-one was stabbed to death.

ROY SHEAHAN (St Michael’s, Athy) will have the ideal opportunity to get his international career back on track when he guests for the Garda/Rylane selection against the New York Police Department in a sell-out dinner show at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork on Saturday night.

A diocese in the UK is taking legal action against a photographer who used a village church for an erotic photoshoot.

PJ McDonald gained his first success for the Michael Dods stable when Leonid Glow defied top weight in the Bud And Joe Pieroni Memorial Handicap at Ayr.

TYSON FUREY weighed in for the national senior boxing championships at the National Stadium yesterday morning but he will have to produce evidence that he has been resident in the country for 12 months before he can take his place in the semi-finals tonight.

THE slim Olympic qualification hopes of Irish heavyweight champion Alan Reynolds were shattered in Gothenburg when he was stopped on the 20 point rule by local star Andreas Gustafsson in the third round of their semi-final bout.

UDAY and Qusay? “The fools, the fools, the have left us our Fedayeen dead. As long as Iraq holds these graves she will never be at peace.”