Manager Edmond O’Sullivan admitted Dr Crokes attempted to coax Colm Cooper out of retirement for yesterday’s Kerry’s county final, but “it wasn’t to be”.

Dr Crokes’ Kieran O’Leary has emerged as an injury doubt for this Sunday’s Kerry SFC final, with fellow forwards David Shaw and Jordan Kiely ruled out of the decider against East Kerry.

The number of visits paid to Ireland’s key attractions has fallen by 10% so far this year, despite coming off a bumper year for tourism in 2018.

Fianna Fáil have retained the top positions in the new Kerry County Council, with support from Fine Gael and Labour and three independents.

David Clifford is in line to make his first start for Kerry this season as he is named in the full-forward line in tomorrow’s final round Division 1 game in Roscommon.

Dr Crokes were “schooled” by the best club football team in the business, selector Niall O’Callaghan has admitted.

A book of condolence has opened in the State-owned Killarney House for the last member of the McShain family, who donated the house and grounds to the people of Ireland.

Two members of the Dr Crokes football management, along with half-forward Brian Looney, would prefer if the All-Ireland club championship was wrapped up within the calendar year, describing the 12-week gap between their Munster decider and All-Ireland semi-final as “crazy”.

Motoring giant Jaguar is set to announce a huge investment in Shannon in a move which could bring hundreds of jobs.

Workers regularly complain about being stuck in major traffic jams, while residents say the congestion at peak times makes them prisoners in their own homes.

High-tech companies in the West and the Mid-West are in "recruitment mode" and urgently seeking key talent from outside the regions, the IDA has said.

A number of local bodies have joined forces to promote six deepwater marine investment opportunities along the Shannon Estuary.

Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield has told Irish teenagers to dream big and aim for the stars.

Over 80% of employees are suffering increased stress levels, according to a new survey, and the stress has a knock-on effect on workplace morale and productivity and company staffing.

An 18-month suspended prison sentence was imposed yesterday on a man for a “demented” assault on his ex-partner which put her in fear for her life.

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern joined in a host of tributes to the former Independent TD, Jackie Healy-Rae, who died yesterday aged 83 following a protracted illness.

A "demented" assault by a man on his ex-partner saw her fear for her life.

There won’t be an announcement any time soon. It’s not his way.

Businesses in tourist centre Killarney are to lobby for key local authority services to be retained following the abolition this month of the town council.

A claim that there will be “utter bedlam’’ in a top tourist town during the summer following the abolition of the town council has been rejected by a senior manager.

A politician whose friends got text messages on foot of false reports posted about him on an internet swinger site has vowed to track down the perpetrators.

Michael Noonan has been urged to do a U-turn on his pension proposals in next month’s Finance Bill; with proposed pension levy changes being slammed as unjustified and a potential deterrent to people saving for retirement.

One of the country’s top tourist town has given the thumbs down to a gaming arcade.

Plans to carry out roadworks in Killarney at the height of the busy tourist season are leading to objections in the Co Kerry town.

It can be hard enough to get visitors to come to Ireland these days — so sending them astray on the streets of a leading tourist town cannot help things.

Residents of a Kerry town are objecting to the proposed site of a €15 million “green” heating plant.

Half the children making their Confirmation in a Kerry town tomorrow have declined the traditional pledge on alcohol.

Ireland’s tidiest town still has a problem with littering, but is finding it extremely difficult to catch offenders.

Drivers, especially ‘boy racers’, who modify their cars, should notify their insurance companies.

Ireland’s tidiest town is to get tough with dog owners who do not clean up after their pets foul footpaths and walkways.

A local authority has bowed to pressure from residents opposed to a new roadway aimed at relieving traffic congestion in Killarney.

A CRACKDOWN on drivers who park in spaces reserved for disabled people is to get under way in Killarney.

THE Brendan Duke-trained Roicead scorched up the five furlongs at Cork last night in 56.68 seconds to easily land the corkracecourse.ie Handicap.

CHAMPIONS Moorefield were sensationally beaten by Carbury in a dramatic Kildare SFC tie that saw county star Eoghan O’Flaherty kick the winner from a free.

FARMERS in Kilkenny are enraged by a council letter threatening them with fines of up to €130,000 for rubbish dumped on their lands by passers-by.

CONVICTED drug dealers will be evicted from council houses in Killarney under a new draft anti-social behaviour policy adopted by the local town council.

A CALL for an annual inspection of horse-drawn carriages and harness used by Killarney jarveys has been rejected by the local town council.

NIALL O’CALLAGHAN, who trained at Louisville, Kentucky for 28 years, enjoyed a first success in his native country when Takeover Bid landed the Newmarket Handicap at Cork yesterday.

IT looks increasingly likely that an unseemly row about horse dung in tourist haven Killarney – which likes to be known as the more lyrical Heaven’s Reflex – will be resolved in the courts.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in Killarney to remove ugly advertising signs not deemed to be in keeping with the area’s reputation as a top tourist destination.

CONVICTED drug dealers will be evicted from council houses in Killarney under a draft antisocial behaviour policy adopted by the town council.

THE people of Killarney pushed out the boat last night to give a royal send-off to three local oarsmen heading to Beijing for the Olympic Games.

TOP tourist town Killarney, which likes to call itself Heaven’s Reflex, has given the thumbs-down to sex shops.

HE’S 93 and she’s 84 but yesterday they proved nobody is too old for romance and getting married.

BEING a Cork woman living in Kerry is not easy these days, but Kathy O’Callaghan is standing by her native county.