The Ring of Kerry, An Mhor Chuaird, is an eye-filling sort of place. Beginning and ending in the fine city of Killarney, it's a 180km road circuit out and around the Iveragh Peninsula that has some of the best scenery in Ireland.

Greg Dixon dons his walking shoes to visit the ancient sites in the Ring of Kerry.

Irish hospitality abounds in Galway's pubs, museums, parks, festivals ... and pubs.

Once, the Celtic Tiger was an example for New Zealand. But in Dublin, finds Chris Barton, boom has turned to hangover.

Blushing bride: Singer Sinead O'Connor is celebrating her 45th birthday with a fourth marriage.

Susan Buckland delights in floating down an Irish canal in a home away from home.

A chance stop by a museum on the Dingle Peninsula leads Greg Dixon to visit a remote scrap of history at the edge of the Atlantic.