St Mary’s’ bid to complete the six-in-a-row of Jack Murphy Cups will have to wait until the middle of January at the earliest, as Dromid Pearses secured a late draw with two Niall Ó Sé frees during six minutes of added time in the Kerry SFC final at a bitterly cold Portmagee yesterday.

As Dublin star Diarmuid Connolly looks set to head out to the US for the summer in the coming days, the allure of Gaelic football in Boston is proving extremely attractive, with a host of inter-county and elite club talent basing themselves there this summer.

St Mary’s 1-15 Skellig Rangers 1-6: St Mary’s claimed their third consecutive South Kerry SFC title with a nine-point win over Skellig Rangers at Con Keating Park, Cahersiveen on Saturday.

Former Waterford manager Michael Ryan has urged Derek McGrath to throw the shackles off and hit Kilkenny hard from the start in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final.

Four boy racers were yesterday fined a total €15,000 after gardaí in Kerry mounted a covert operation near Killarney two weeks ago.

All-Ireland Club IFC semi-final - St Mary’s (Kerry) 2-20 Ratoath (Meath) 1-5: Perhaps it was the talk of litmus tests and stern examinations that drove St Mary’s to such dizzying heights.

St Mary’s 0-9 Waterville 0-6: Although it was a successful retention of the South Kerry SFC title for St Mary’s (and their 32nd title in total), the durability of Bryan Sheehan was the main talking point after a hard-fought victory over Waterville on the muddy and heavy Portmagee sod on St Stephen’s Day.

Munster Club IFC final - St Mary’s (Kerry) 1-16 Carrigaline (Cork) 0-9: Denis Daly is looking forward to a couple of weeks away from the football field, and boy has he earned the break. 

St Mary’s 1-16

The last thing Bryan Sheehan wants you thinking is that he’s struggling, when he’s having the time of his life.

St Mary’s 1-13 Spa 0-13: A Sean Cournane goal six minutes from time proved the decisive score in propelling St Mary’s to the summit of Kerry intermediate football.

The Supreme Court will give judgement at a later date on a challenge brought by former senator Dan Kiely against the result of last year’s local elections where he lost out on a seat for Kerry County Council by two votes.

Former Tánaiste and senior counsel Michael McDowell is to represent a Kerry County Council candidate who is challenging the results of the last local elections in a case which has the potential to affect all future elections, it has been confirmed.

Rhinos wearing satellite-tracking collars with spy cameras implanted into their horns could help turn the tables on poachers, experts believe.

A local election candidate who disputed a county council result in Kerry is to have his case heard by five judges of the Supreme Court, as a matter of urgency in the first appeal of its kind in the history of the State.

A 21-year-old man who sped from his bed in the early hours of the Feast of the Epiphany, after it suddenly came to light his girlfriend might be with another young man, ended up in court on a charge of dangerous driving.

South Kerry 0-16 Kilcummin 1-8: The dead ball accuracy of Bryan Sheehan proved crucial as South Kerry secured a winning start in this Kerry Senior Football Championship first round tie in Kilcummin yesterday.

A fast-fingered accordion player was so exhausted after two performances in different counties on the same day — he struck a ditch, crashed his van, destroyed his instruments and his equipment. And his band did not play on, a court was told.

Kerry 2-13 Donegal 2-11

New Kerry captain Kieran Donaghy will make his first competitive start of the year in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 1 clash with Dublin in Fitzgerald Stadium (2pm).

IT Tralee 0-7 IT Carlow 0-10 

A retired nurse tripped and fell over kerbing in poor lighting on her way to the polling booth in Killorglin on the night of the last general election.

South Kerry SFC final: St Mary’s 0-14 Waterville Frank Casey’s 0-7

The body representing residential landlords says it is "unbelievable, unacceptable, and unfair" that its members may be required to collect tenants’ outstanding water charges on behalf of Irish Water and has suggested the provision may be unconstitutional.

Members of the public who return blank application forms in protest against water charges will be processed as having registered with the utility, Irish Water has confirmed.

Anti-Irish Water momentum reached new heights yesterday as protesters forced it to abandon a meeting with public representatives and later demonstrated in a town where three householders were arrested for blocking meters installations.

It's a girl! Finally...

The baby boom continues at Dublin Zoo as a second Asian elephant to be born in the last six weeks arrived on Tuesday.

Bryan Sheehan is expected to be fit for selection for Sunday week’s All-Ireland semi-final against Mayo.

An appeal surrounding the counting of ballots of a local election poll in Co Kerry has been lodged with the Supreme Court — and it is believed to be the first such appeal in the history of the State.

A full transcript of the two-day petition to hold an election recount in the Listowel area has been ordered as the legal team for former Fianna Fáil senator Dan Kiely said they were "actively considering" an appeal to the Supreme Court.

A former Fianna Fáil politician who lost out on a seat by two votes in the recent local elections yesterday began his civil action to have the result in the Listowel area of Co Kerry declared invalid.

A local election candidate has gone to court to have the result of the Listowel Electoral area declared invalid and to have a full recount.

Not even the rise of Sinn Féin, which took the last seat in South and West Kerry and out-polled Labour in the Killarney area, could dwarf the gigantic performance of the Healy-Rae organisation.

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

Fianna Fáil woes in Kerry continue, with a fourth former councillor quitting the party.

Interference “from outside” by Fianna Fáil headquarters led to the shock withdrawal 10 days ago of party stalwart and seasoned councillor Paul O’Donoghue from the election in South and West Kerry.

Fianna Fáil has nominated teacher Norma Moriarty, from Waterville, to replace Cllr Paul O’Donoghue on the party’s ticket in the South and West Kerry area for the May local elections.

A brother of former Fianna Fáil minister and ceann comhairle John O’Donoghue yesterday confirmed he will not be seeking re-election to Kerry County Council.