The widower of a 47-year-old woman, killed in a traffic accident on a dangerous stretch of road which wild deer are known to cross, has appealed to the authorities for action to tackle the problem.

Size: Sq m 370 (4,000 sq ft)

Hug the scenic and wooded coastline between Union Hall and Castletownshend, in West Cork, and there’s every chance you’ll stumble across Rineen.

Location: Castletownshend, Cork

Irish Water Safety (IWS) has called for compulsory aquatic training for primary school children as part of a long-term strategy to prevent future drowning tragedies.

This impressive property in Union Hall has served as a guesthouse and a family home, writes Tommy Barker

LESS than a year ago, a 103-acre farm at South Reen, Union Hall, in west Cork — which included a little island — was expected to sell to an overseas, or upper-level, hobby farm buyer.

HOT on the heels of a once-in-a-blue moon sale at Reen, Union Hall, Co Cork, and a bullish €13,250-per-acre result for a 20-acre portion at Ballymacus, Hangman’s Point, Kinsale, comes this prime 50-acre farm at Castlepark, Kinsale.

ON A HEADLAND jutting into the Atlantic, it’s 50-50 whether this 103-acre, west Cork farm will be bought as a trophy property or as an agricultural holding.

IT isn’t often that land sales hit the residential property pages, but there are exceptions and this is one.

A BLACKBIRD can easily teach its young to scratch amongst fallen leaves and uncover grubs and insects; I’ve watched such lessons from kperegrinemy work-room window, the student standing close to the teacher, watching the process intently and waiting for succulent morsels to be popped into its bill.

PEOPLE in Kenmare, Co Kerry, where a younger sister of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan is living, yesterday spoke of their sense of shock and outrage at her kidnapping.

More than 1,000 mourners attended a memorial service for murdered hostage Margaret Hassan in Co Kerry today.