The Menu has always found Castletownshend in West Cork an intriguing spot and relishes the prospect of an evening there for some fine dining courtesy of one of his most beloved chefs, Caitlin Ruth, of Deasy’s Harbour Bar & Restaurant.

If the walls of Mill Lodge at Ballinderry, Co Tipperary, could talk, they’d have quite a story to tell.

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

A Tipperary man who stalked and harassed his former girlfriend for over six months has been given a suspended sentence.

A weekend of cooking with Sarah Baker isn’t just a relaxing getaway, says Pól Ó Conghaile. You may come home with plans for the kitchen and garden, too.

It’s the traditional Irish village pub that’s given up drink for business.

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It might be worth buying a boat for the house viewings at Lough Derg — there’s a rapidly growing mix of waterfront period homes here for sale, many for millions of euro.

Two officers stationed in Cork have been elected as presidents of the largest Garda representative associations with a combined membership of 13,300.

AN elderly man with a medical condition spent the night stranded on his boat when it ran aground on Lough Derg in Co Tipperary.

Conor Power finds craic and calm in equal measure on an Irish riverboat cruise

AS the last group of students from Templemore Garda College graduated yesterday, Justice Minister Alan Shatter said he was hopeful a recruitment drive could start again within 18 months.

A BRANCH of the Shannon Protection Alliance has been established in Limerick in an effort to prevent millions of litres of water being extracted from the Shannon river to boost dwindling supplies in the greater Dublin area.

THE priest at the funeral of the Tipperary man shot dead by Government forces in Bolivia two weeks ago asked the question that has been at the forefront of many people’s minds in the intervening days: Who is Michael Dwyer?

The Irish man shot dead by Bolivian police two weeks ago is due to be laid to rest in Co. Tipperary today.

The removal is taking place this evening of Michael Dwyer who was shot dead in Bolivia two weeks ago.

A post mortem examination is to be carried out Monday on the body of an Irishman who was shot by police in Bolivia last week.

Donal Hickey on the future of the Shannon cruises

A woman in her 80s has died during a fire at her house in Co Tipperary this morning.

THE dangers faced by gardaí and firefighters on a routine basis as they go about their duty are usually put to the back of their minds.

West Wing actor Martin Sheen today officially became a student again when he registered for an arts degree at a university in the west of Ireland.

Gardaí in Co Tipperary are appealing for the public's help in tracing a man who has been missing for more than a week.

IT was like a scene from an action-packed war movie.