A man and two children have been airlifted to hospital after they got into difficulty while swimming in Co. Kerry this afternoon.

Swimming at Ballybunion in Co. Kerry, one of the south-west's foremost seaside resorts, has been placed off-limits after high levels of e.coli associated with animal and human faeces, or a combination, showed up on Monday.

Gardaí are asking for help to find a 16-year-old girl missing from her home in Co. Kerry.

Grace is an Irish showbiz veteran, with a lengthy career over 50 years spanning into music, stand-up comedy and acting.

A woman has been killed in a crash in Co. Kerry.

Today is providing a mixed bag on the weather front with many parts of Leinster and Ulster bathed in sunshine but its umbrellas at the ready for southern and western counties.

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

ESB Networks have confirmed that around 10,000 homes, farms and businesses have no power due to Storm Hannah.

Elizabeth Sugrue saved herself from the gallows by offering to hang her fellow condemned, and thus became Ireland’s only female executioner, says Robert Hume

A man has died after being struck by a van in Co. Kerry last night.

Since filming STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS in Co. Kerry, the actor has been a great ambassador for Ireland.

But managed to scoop up the Match 5 + Lucky Star prize of €333,913.

A cyclist has died after being involved in a collision with two cars in Co. Kerry last night.

Gardaí in Co. Kerry investigating an organised crime gang based in Killarney have seized more than €100,000 in cash and nine cars.

Update - 3.30pm: Tributes have been paid to an Irishman who died in a swimming accident in the Netherlands.

Gardaí are asking for help to find a young man missing from Co. Kerry.

A woman in her 60s has been killed in a road crash in the Gap of Dunloe in Co. Kerry.

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has issued an extra 13 permits to boatmen to bring visitors to Skellig Michael as they say they are "cautiously optimistic" the island will open to the public on schedule next month.

Revenue officers investigating the supply and sale of illegal tobacco products have seized 10,000 cigarettes in Co. Kerry.

An elderly woman has been killed in a two-car crash in Co. Kerry today.

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The area is a 30km drive off the famous Ring of Kerry and connects Valentia Island, Portmagee and The Skelligs themselves with Waterville and the beautiful Ballinskelligs.

Update: 10am Met Eireann has issued another Status Orange rainfall warning for Co. Kerry.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Anyone missing a jetski?

It’s a horrible experience to be burgled and lose some of your prized possessions.

A major wind farm straddling the uplands of the Cork-Kerry border, across 32 townlands, has been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

A man has died after being struck by a car in Co. Kerry.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a male cyclist in his 30s was killed in a collision in Co. Kerry yesterday.

The search will resume this morning for a tourist missing off the Co. Kerry coast.

Sceilig Mhícíl and Star Wars: worlds apart and both mighty forces... I read (on Irish Examiner July 24) with concern that a second Star Wars film crew may yet descend on the ‘world heritage site’ of St.Fionán, west of The Iveragh Peninsula in Co. Kerry.

Two people have been located safe and well after getting lost while out walking on the Mangerton mountain Range in Co. Kerry this afternoon.

A new short documentary by Ireland’s rugby sponsors 3 takes a unique look at the career of Johnny Sexton from his schoolboy days.

Failte Ireland have announced Ireland's best tourism towns.

Gardaí had to be called to a hotel in Co. Kerry last night after a large fight broke out at a wedding in Ballybunion.

The Rose of Tralee is getting underway in Co. Kerry around now.

A woman remains in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Co. Kerry.

SIPTU workers at the Liebherr manufacturing plant in Co. Kerry have rejected Labour court proposals which would have seen a 2.5% pay increase backdated 21 months.

The Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) has said that an earthquake measuring 2.6 magnitude occurred off the coast of Cork today.

Three Dublin railway stations have received awards at the 8th annual International Station Awards.

Motorists are advised to take extreme care on the roads this morning following heavy rain and flooding overnight.

A 26-year-old man has been remanded in continuing custody charged with the murders of a young mother and her eight-year-old daughter in Co. Kerry.

Two people have died and two other men are in a critical condition in hospital this morning, after road crashes yesterday in counties Kildare and Kerry.

A fire has broken out at a building in Killorglin in Co. Kerry.

Three men have been arrested after a number of burglaries in Co. Kerry this week.

Government Minister Deenihan is to be commended on his recent decision toprotect the remnant of our native Red Deer herds in Co. Kerry, but at the same time he ignored the plight of our non-native Red species, whose numbers are at critically low levels because of commercial exploitation.

Gardaí have issued a renewed appeal for information after a man in his 40s died when he was hit by a car while out cycling in Co. Kerry at the weekend.