James Forrest has completed his record-breaking expedition in just two months. The 35-year-old walked over 1,000 km in his mission to reach the peak of all of Ireland and Northern Ireland's 600 ...

The list of the top ten most scenic winter walks in Northern Ireland is rounded out with The Dark Hedges in Co Antrim, ...

A guide to Ireland’s highest hundred peaks has won a top award in an international mountain literature contest. The international jury for the Banff book contest in Canada selected Irish Peaks - a ...

As Ireland celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966, Myles Kinsella, a UCD student, set off alone for an ascent of Ireland's highest mountain. Tragically, he died in a fall on the ...

While Irish mountains are not the biggest or most spectacular, they have their own beauty which draws many visitors both domestic and international. That beauty is fragile and is already feeling the ...

At least 70 people, including young army cadets, were rescued Wednesday after several of them suffered hypothermia and injuries while training in the mountains in Northern Ireland, the UK Coast Guard ...

James Forrest isn’t a full time adventurer but last year he still managed to summit all of the mountains in England and Wales over 2,000ft (the Nuttalls) within six months, achieving the feat via long ...

Ireland’s beauty is the stuff of legends—think misty cliffs, fairy-tale castles, and rolling green hills that stretch to the ...

With Dublin's Phoenix Park dating from the 17th century, our forbears grasped the importance of open green spaces for city dwellers. In 2003, the term "green exercise" – meaning physical activity ...