Leane Lough
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10 great family walks for Christmas
- Travel
- December 24, 2019, 06:00
Most of us will doubtless be glad of a Christmastime escape from the clutches of the workplace. A few days cooped up en famille, however, and cabin fe(...)

Blaming farmers for risks to Irish species unhelpful, says environmentalist
- Environment
- February 21, 2019, 01:20
A collapse in species is evident throughout the world including Ireland but pointing the finger of blame at farmers is not the way to address the cris(...)

Grand Hibernian luxury sleeper does $2m business in three months
- Transport & Tourism
- August 9, 2017, 05:26
The Belmond Grand Hibernian, Ireland’s first luxury sleeper train, which began operating after the summer season last year, racked up $2 million (€1.7(...)

Walk for the weekend: an enchanting walk along the Kerry Way
- Travel
- May 3, 2017, 12:00
A woodland walk by a lake shore with a mountainous background is one of the most sublime experiences a walker can have, and there is no better route t(...)

Ciarán Murphy: Waterford must push away hand of history
- Gaelic Games
- August 10, 2016, 21:19
Hard as it may now be to believe, there was a time when GAA books were few and far between. Up until the late Nineties, they weren’t being released wi(...)

Holiday SOS: 25 escapes before winter sets in
- Travel
- September 12, 2015, 09:00
Indulgent hotels Capture a castle in Mayo Ashford Castle is synonymous with luxury and now that new owners, the Tollman family, ha(...)

A walk for the weekend: Killarney National Park
- Travel
- August 27, 2015, 14:15
The final day of my Killarney holiday came with unfinished business. Seduced by the towering MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, I had neglected the charms of Kill(...)

Toxic algae on Killarney lake a risk to public
- Environment
- August 14, 2015, 01:00
The public has been warned not to drink from, fish or paddle in Lough Leane, the biggest of the Killarney lakes, after the emergence of algal scum a(...)

Go walk: Kingdom come, with little effort - Crohane Mountain, Co Kerry
- Travel
- July 25, 2015, 05:13
Walk: Crohane Mountain, Co Kerry Map: Ordnance Survey. Discovery Series. Sheet 79 Start & finish: At th(...)

Public access would put ancient oak woods at risk, says environmental group
- Environment
- April 22, 2014, 01:49
A proposal by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to allow full public access to the ancient oak woods and rarely glimpsed(...)