Beautiful vistas surround an upgraded traditional farmhouse located on a craggy promontory deep in West Cork, writes Tommy Barker.

This holiday season as lots of people do their annual winter dip, we meet just some of the people who swim in our seas and ocean, not just in summer, but all year around. From grief to burnout, and from career changes to community spirit, everyone has their own reason to swim, reports Joyce Fegan.

It’s a place where the soul replenishes, a retreat, an escape from the world, whilst having it right on your doorstep, Tommy Barker hears

All of Ireland’s most expensive streets are in Dublin, with Temple Road now taking the crown as the costliest street in the country. Near Rathgar, Milltown and Rathmines, properties on Temple Road come with an average price tag of €5.5m.

All of Ireland's most expensive streets are in Dublin, with Temple Road now taking the crown as the costliest street in the country.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Dublin to pay their final respects to Joseph Tuohy who died in Islington, north London after a life bereft of familial care, from the tender age of four and a half.

As he launches his latest cookbook, Donal Skehan talks to Clodagh Finn about juggling his career and family, and why a heavy workload has left him with a few grey hairs.

Joesph Tuohy, 87, originally from Toomevara, in Co Tipperary passed away during the summer after spending the majority of his working life there.

PBR Restaurants Ltd, which is currently insolvent, includes 'Kelly and Coopers' gastropub in Blackrock, 'Ouzos' in Dalkey, 'Fish Shack' in Dun Laoghaire's East pier.

It's a crazy world. On Sunday, I followed the reports of the G7 Summit. All these leaders of the Western world were avoiding saying anything that would annoy US President Donald Trump, while struggling with the notion that this is a man who, for any reason at all, could shatter years, even decades, of carefully constructed agreements and institutions.

Irish Water need to put a plan in place urgently to stop wastewater leaks into Dublin Bay, according to a Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown county councillor.

Eight beaches in Dublin have been closed to swimmers following the heavy rainfall last night.

UPDATE August 5: A body has been found in the search for Kathryn (Kate) Holmquist.

Being one of Ireland's most popular food delivery service, Deliveroo has come across a number of strange requests on their order forms.

The father of a wheelchair user has organised a protest at Clontarf Dart Station in Dublin, calling for accessible train platforms.

Following the re-opening of Seapoint and the Forty Foot yesterday, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have given Sandycove Beach the all-clear today.

A warm-weather warning will come into effect for parts of the country later today.

Following a wastewater leak on Monday, two Dublin beaches have re-opened to swimmers.

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have said that the orange water at Sandycove Beach today is a naturally occurring micro-alga.

Update: Another bathing ban has been introduced on some beaches in south Dublin.

Lions Mane jellyfish have been spotted off the south Dublin coast at Sandycove.

A bathing ban remains in place at Dollymount Beach.

The bans were lifted at all beaches in the Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown area last night after tests found the water quality had returned to normal.

A swimming ban at three Dublin beaches has been extended.

Tommy Barker on local property values.

An RNLI volunteer saved a life yesterday just days after qualifying as one of Ireland’s youngest helms.

A schoolboy has captured a stunning photograph of a dolphin frolicking in calm waters off Cork as whale watchers report a surge in marine wildlife activity over the balmy bank holiday weekend.

“we actually watched Jaws today”

They’re a formidable duo who have literally pooled their talents to make Cork the Hollywood of open water swimming, and with a bit of help, could win the global recognition they deserve.

A new initiative is committed to clearing our waters of plastic pollution. Ciara McDonnell finds out more about how we can clean up our act.

Almost 15 new property millionaires were created every week in Ireland last year as the average value of a house surged almost €100,000 in five years, a new report shows.

Tributes have been paid to a leading figure in Irish and international aviation who died from a suspected heart attack while swimming off Cork.

A man in his 60s was in a critical condition in Cork University Hospital last night after being pulled from the sea in Kinsale, Co Cork.

Mobile cryotherapy units and oxygen chambers are part of inter-county teams’ plans to overcome their intense championship schedules this year.

I was shocked by the video footage of a swimmer being rescued from a raging sea at Sandycove, as the country was battered by Storm Emma and the Beast from the East last week.

A swimmer had to be rescued from the sea off the Dublin coast in the midst of the worst winter storms to hit the country in more than 30 years.

Home values in parts of the country could hit their Celtic Tiger peaks “within a year or two” with prices nationally set to increase by up to 8% this year.

Chilly at Christmas!

There are more than 3,800 property millionaires around the country, according to a new daft.ie wealth report.

There are more than 3,800 property millionaires around the country, south Co Dublin is the most expensive market in the country, and the priciest house sold so far this year was on Shrewsbury Road in the capital. It cost a cool €8.4m.

One of the most dangerous breeds of jellyfish has been spotted in the sea near Sandycove in Dublin.

More than 150,000 people across Ireland took part in the annual Pieta House annual suicide awareness event this morning.