To whom it may concern, rest in peace Gay.

Claire Guinan’s exhibition includes a new painting of Phil Lynott, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

The three women who died in the crash in Co Limerick have been named locally.

The two-car collision occurred on the Kerry side of Loughill, in West Limerick.

The Kerry local elections have thrown up mixed messages for the main parties.

The extraordinary performance of the Healy-Rae siblings was the story of the weekend at the count centre in Killarney, where Johnny headed up Kenmare and Maura won Killarney minutes later.

Legendary musician John Sheahan leads a Late Late Show line up including champion jockey Pat Smullen and three of Ireland's leading crime fiction writers.

Glen Hansard Christmas concerts have an epic reputation and his latest three-hours plus seasonal shindig more than lived up to expectations. The red-haired, grey-bearded singer-songwriter crooned, joked, danced (yes) and invited up a rotating cast of poets, trad singers and Irish music icons.

Take one giant ship and a politician facing choppy waters and it was inevitable that yesterday’s fine weather would be clouded by the looming icebergs of Brexit, the Eighth Amendment referendum, and a certain gossiping minister looming ominously into view.

A bronze statue stands to Mick O’Dwyer in his native Waterville in south Kerry. Earlier this year RTÉ aired a documentary on his life. And now the famous football manager will be honoured with a civic reception by councillors and officials in Tralee.

The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council has apologised to a female councillor for "an inappropriate spur-of-the-moment comment".

One of the worst series of bends in the country is to be rectified, at a cost of €10m.

There was a time Ireland’s raised bogs were considered to be of little worth but now their value as a refuge for rare and beautiful plant and animal species is recognised across the world, writes Donal Hickey

Efforts are being made by Kerry County Council to persuade a District Court Judge to allocate more money to local communities and charities from the court poor box.

There’ll be no more unnecessary journeys to the Dancing with the Stars studio for Teresa Mannion, after the RTÉ reporter became the latest to leave the Sunday night competition.

Two collections of photographs capture the magnificence of Ireland’s mountains, showcasing stunning surroundings and intimate portraits of the people who call the slopes home, writes Dan MacCarthy.

Cyclists are colliding with pedestrians, prams, and potholes in Killarney National Park, injuring themselves and others, and there has been a call for them to slow down.

The eldest daughter of the Kerry Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has lost out in her bid to take over the chair of the municipal district of Killarney.

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Thousands turn out to acknowledge role played by ordinary people in pivotal time in the State’s history

A warning has been given of the risk of further road deaths, unless safety measures are improved on a short section of one of the country’s busiest tourist routes.

A local authority is to crack down on landowners who fail to properly maintain roadside trees and hedges.

Kerry County Council is in “active discussions” to acquire land which has the potential to provide 3,000 burial spaces in Killarney.

JUST like Christmas, it happens annually with calendar certainty. From around St Patrick’s Day until well into April, the uplands are ablaze in parts of the west and southwest. 

MUSICIAN and psychotherapist Eamon Keane is a Renaissance man. 

The Fianna Fáil chairman of Limerick City and County Council was yesterday accused of misrepresenting the council’s position on water charges.

A local authority is taking a lead in trying to end the "scourge" of many church-goers being intimidated by some political parties taking up annual cash collections.

Funding is unlikely to be provided for roundabouts at three dangerous junctions, where numerous accidents have occurred, on the N22 road between Cork and Tralee, it emerged yesterday.

Final tallies from Killarney are in and the quota is likely to be 2,000.

By Jimmy Woulfe, Irish Examiner Mid-West Correspondent

As of 2.40pm 32 of the 54 boxes were open and the picture among the 16 Killarney candidates sees Independent Danny Healy-Rae topping the poll at 23.7 per cent with 2,548 votes.

It is well over a century since Limerick County Council first met but its last ever meeting proved when it comes to local politics, some things never change.

I was looking forward to the gala concert at the Royal Albert Hall, as the finale of President Michael D Higgins’ visit to Britain. How disappointed I was.

Martin McGuinness has heaped praise on Britain’s Queen for the way she influences the peace process.

Special Olympics Ireland last night saluted a multinational firm and its workers in Cork and Limerick for their support over the past 10 years and for the upcoming national games to be held in Limerick.

A ‘map’ tells the story of the city’s poems, songs and characters, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

The ninth Temple Bar Trad Fest opens today and features over 200 free events, including a musical trail and a family programme.

Up to 100 charity and voluntary organisations are bracing themselves for a €60m hit after confirmation that the JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am will not take place in 2015.

SINGER, songwriter and composer, Eamon Keane, is returning to Cork for his first concert in ten years at CIT School of Music this Friday, Dec 20.

A special Secret Service mission ordered by John F Kennedy involved a search for a precious heirloom from the old family homestead in Bruff, it was recalled yesterday in the Co Limerick town.

Tighter controls of dangerous dogs in Kerry, including a computer listing of the owners of such dogs, are to be introduced.

His music has been a tonic for millions and now John Sheahan can legitimately call himself a doctor of music after receiving an honorary degree from Trinity College.

Worsening erosion at one of the country’s finest blue flag beaches has prompted calls for action at EU level to prevent more damage and flooding in communities now exposed to the vagaries of the sea.

Planners are adamant no more land will be zoned for housing in Tralee and Killarney.

The best of what's on the box from April 13-19. Simon Cowell is back on Britain’s Got Talent.