Frits Potgieter is General Manager with Muckross Park Hotel and Spa.

A community-run water rescue unit is urgently seeking volunteers.

A bitter row over a disputed right of way near the Lakes of Killarney is set to erupt again after An Bord Pleanála ruled that a gate erected to block public access to the lakeshore is not exempt from planning permission requirements.

There are that drones are being deployed by would-be burglars to stake out houses and properties, says a councillor.

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Three American tourists were thrown from their horse-drawn carriage on a tour of the Lakes of Killarney which saw their carriage teeter over the edge of a cliff.

LORD POWERSCOURT introduced Japanese Sika deer — just one stag and three hinds — to Ireland in 1860, for “ornamental purposes”. 

There are 50,000 tourist beds in Co Kerry, more than anywhere outside Dublin and the bulk of them are in Killarney.

An unseen enemy lies in wait for people making the most of fine weather and long evenings at this time of year. Many people may not have heard of Culicoides impunctatus, but everybody is familiar with a tiny creature called a midge, its name in plain language.

A substantial piece of farmland in Kerry is due to fall under the auctioneer’s hammer next month.

THE invasion of one of the Lakes of Killarney — Lough Lein — by a noxious algae is now as much a harbinger of summer as the far more welcome return of swallows to the Muckross shore. 

LIKELY to be chased as a trophy Killarney purchase, as either a hotel with further potential, or as an extraordinary private residence once more, is the 38-bedroomed Victorian timepiece Cahernane House Hotel, on the Muckross Road in Killarney.

Killarney Adventure Race 2015 will take place in the picturesque tourist town of Killarney on October 3rd.

Trish Dromey reports on how the efforts by a Dublin woman, on a Kerry sabbatical, transformed an old cottage into a spectacular dwelling.

The Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht is, reportedly, understood to be taking a legal route to have public access to a section of Killarney National Park restored.

Behind-the-scenes moves are underway to resolve a long-running dispute which has resulted in a private landowner blocking a traditional access road to a western section of Killarney National Park, Co Kerry.

THERE’S a chance to add a further €100,000 a year in rent to the existing rent-roll or to further develop/redevelop for a possible main anchor tenant, at Killarney’ s Innisfallen Mall.

One of the country’s landmark castles, visited by tens of thousands of tourists, has made the cover of a prestigious travel magazine with millions of readers.

Despite objections from environmentalists, councillors have voted unanimously in favour of a contentious new access road to Killarney National Park.

Breda Joy has written a celebration of Kerry. Donal Hickey on a fine contribution to the county’s rich heritage.

The father of a former top jockey liked to have a flutter every day and he generally won, mourners were told at his funeral yesterday.

One of the last acts of Killarney Town Council has been to clinch a deal for the purchase of a cemetery in the area.

A photo of an Irish dancer who stepped off a tour bus at Ladies View, Killarney, and broke into a spontaneous slip-jig has attracted over 22,000 hits on Facebook.

They came with roses to say farewell to a young woman who had bloomed and touched many hearts during her all too short but happy lifetime.

Experts are finding it difficult to trace sources of pollution in a well-known salmon and trout angling river in Co Kerry.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to Vodafone to retain two masts at Moll’s Gap, a well-known viewing area and stop-off point between Killarney and Kenmare.

Never shy about promoting its natural beauty and light, Kerry has now begun to work on its dark side.

Fears are again being voiced about pollutants entering Lough Lein, the biggest of the three, world-famous Lakes of Killarney.

Chairman of the Oireachtas Health Committee Jerry Buttimer has admitted he is “ashamed” of his binge-drinking.

CAMEL through the eye of a needle is about the level of difficulty that non-locals encounter when trying a self-build anywhere near the Lakes of Killarney.

International travel website Expedia has ranked The Lake Hotel in Killarney number 50 on its ‘Global Insiders’ Select List’ for 2013.

The irony of how a gentle person who loved peace and nature could die in a terrifying gas explosion that ripped through his launderette was reflected upon by mourners at his dignified funeral service yesterday.

The first chick hatched in a project to bring white-tailed sea eagles back to Ireland was tagged yesterday and its movements can now be tracked through a satellite transmitter.

Comedian Billy Connolly today refused to apologise for an incident during a concert in Killarney on Thursday night during which he is alleged to have called a local photographer a "f****** c***".

An age-old rowing tradition on the famous Lakes of Killarney will be celebrated with a visit, this summer, by crews from famed universities Oxford and Cambridge.

You provided the soundtrack to many ‘hot’ moments in the chilly bedsits of my youth, John Daly tells 80s star, pianist Richard Clayderman

Courtmacsherry in West Cork has seen plenty of blue shark about this month.

Renowned angler John O’Connell, believes this year’s salmon season has been the best in the province for 40 years.

IF YOU’RE heading down to the Lakes of Killarney in the next week or so you may encounter a large group of walkers out around the shores.

YOU don’t have to be a naturalist to know what bears do in the woods.

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny had the minor advantage of familiarity when he lined up alongside golf’s golden boy Rory McIlroy for the glamour Irish Open Pro-Am in Killarney yesterday.

MUNSTER juvenile fly anglers sealed their places in the Trout Anglers Federation of Ireland inter-provincial fly fishing competitions next month.

150 years ago Victoria made what is undoubtedly the most famous visit by a member of the British royal family to these shores. Ryle Dwyer revisits the eight days that marked the start of a very valuable tourism trade.

WITH all the talk about a possible visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland and the 3 Irish Open being played at Killarney this weekend, it is worth remembering that the queen’s great, great grandmother, Queen Victoria, was largely responsible for putting Killarney on the tourist map with her visit to the area in 1861.

“AT the height of it, this land would have been worth €850,000 to €900,000, and it’s possible to get planning for a fantastic, detached house,” says Donal Cullotty of Coyne and Culloty Real Estate Alliance of a 22.5 acre farm at Crohane, Fossa, Co Kerry.

The 3 Irish Open will take place next year at the Killarney Golf and Fishing Club from July 29 to August 1, it was announced today.

A SEARCH that started in a local newspaper with a simple advertisement looking for love in the local paper has ended nine months later in beaming smiles on the Lakes of Killarney and a sparkling diamond.

WE are a country that is practically bankrupt. Is this any surprise, considering we have given away some of our greatest natural assets.

Abbey Travel has packaged a five-night trip which combines magical Rio de Janeiro and the Iguassu Falls.