Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Strike missions don't always go according to plan even for a seasoned globe trotter like Nic von Rupp. While on his way from ...

That was the self-written epitaph of William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet. It appears on his gravestone and was taken from the last stanza of his last poem, Under Ben Bulben. Benbulben is the ...

Nic von Rupp spends most of his life either thinking about, training for, or surfing enormous waves. The last few years have been a real statement for him. He’s a Nazaré staple, of course, but it’s ...

You won't find Australian surf cinematographer Tim Bonython shooting tour surfers doing airs at Trestles. Bonython likes his waves big, really big. In fact, he has an affinity for the world's most ...

With the first large swell hitting Mullaghmore, a talented crew of local and imported world-class surfers, and the wind going absolutely manky the next day, all the elements were lining up perfectly ...

An exhibition of Mullaghmore Harbour will take place at the old schoolhouse in Mullaghmore during the week 23rd -29th July 2010. This exhibition will open at 7.30pm on Friday the 23rd July and will ...

'It was fantastic' – the reaction of watching crowds. By Cathy Gray Thirty-two year old Fungi, the dolphin that swims off the Kerry coast, may be facing some competition for the limelight here in the ...

A rescuer who pulled bodies from the water following Lord Mountbatten's assassination has said the murder site should be known for the joy it brought the royals, not just the horror. On the eve of the ...

Conor Maguire has been surfing since he was 11, but his fearless exploits over the past few years have earned him a reputation as a leading big wave rider. Things are turning green and warm on the ...

Residents of the Irish village where Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb in 1979 are forging links with the Hampshire town where he lived. An exhibition about Mullaghmore, Co Sligo is ...