Friday 11th December is International Mountain Day, a day to recognise the importance of our mountains, from an ecological perspective and indeed also from a cultural perspective. Each year a ...

An English tourist and his four children were rescued last night after getting lost while hill walking in west Cork. An English tourist and his four children were rescued last night after getting lost ...

A Coast Guard helicopter was on its way to the Beara Peninsula in west Cork in an attempt to rescue a man and a boy who became trapped on a ledge in the Caha Mountains. The two got into difficulty ...

Throughout the year there are always a number of commemorative days, both on a national and international context. Many of these days have a strong heritage association and include days such as World ...

THE grieving brother of an Irish mountain rescuer who died after falling to his death during training has said: “He’s a hero.” Corkman Kevin Hallahan, 43, below, slipped while climbing a mountain in ...

Soccer Uefa Cup: Cork City will be aiming to break new ground for the game here when they take on Slavia Prague in front of a sell-out crowd at Turner's Cross tonight. A place in the group stages of a ...

Thousands of tourists are lured to the three rock-cut tunnels on the main road between Glengarriff in West Cork and Kenmare in south Kerry. The county border line runs through one of the hand-hewn ...

Outdoor pursuits have always been a passion for Miki Barlok and now the Cork-based photographer has turned his passion into a new range of waterproof clothing, writes Ruth O’Connor Women’s (orange) & ...

IT was a moment that almost made me put my foot through my car radio. There I was, stuck in a boiling hot motor without air conditioning, a four-month-old teething baby in the back, and hopelessly ...