Marius Rucinskas has appeared before Bantry District Court in relation to the new charge.

Two of three men who drowned on a sea fishing trip in south Kerry a year ago had high levels of alcohol, the inquest into their death in Killarney has heard.

A group of friends stole a keg of Guinness by wheeling it down the road to a house in a shopping trolley.

Earlier this year, an 85-year-old sheep farmer was in court for allegedly allowing her sheep to wander under an 1851 law. What happened next? Noel Baker found out.

A man in custody for an alleged assault on a pensioner has received two new charges arising out of the same incident and offered apologies when they were put to him by gardaí.

A grandmother has been sentenced to four months in jail after being convicted of possessing drugs for sale or supply — her car and handbag were searched when a garda in the public office of the local garda station smelt cannabis.

A grandmother has been sentenced to four months in jail after being convicted of possessing drugs for sale or supply - her car and handbag were searched when a garda in the public office of the local garda station smelt cannabis.

A woman began verbally abusing ambulance staff while being brought for treatment and when concerned staff pulled in she left the vehicle barefoot and was found later following a Garda search.

A man is facing a jail sentence after being found guilty of head-butting the son of a former work colleague in a pizzeria.

Some might call it a ewe-turn - an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in west Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

Some might call it a ewe-turn — an 85-year-old sheep farmer who was found guilty of allowing her sheep to wander from commonage in West Cork has had the case dismissed under the Probation Act.

The Marine Casualty Investigation Board is to carry out an investigation into the death of a female kayaker who drowned in Kerry yesterday afternoon.

Gardaí are beginning house-to-house enquiries on Valentia Island, Co. Kerry this morning in relation to the death of the Kerry baby, also known as Baby John.

A feud which erupted after a First Holy Communion and continues to involve two sectors of the Kerry Traveller community remains highly volatile, the county’s main policing body was told yesterday.

DNA samples have been requested from several locals in south Kerry as part of a renewed inquiry into the death of the ‘Kerry Baby’, also known as Baby John.

Votes of sympathy for the family of the tourist couple killed when the horse and trap in which they were travelling plunged down a ravine in the Gap of Dunloe, a week ago, were passed at a meeting of Kerry County Council yesterday morning. 

Two American tourists killed in a freak accident involving a jaunting car at the Gap of Dunloe in Co Kerry are understood to be from Phoenix, Arizona.

Reports of secret relationships and long-hidden affairs are being recalled in Co Kerry as a result of the renewed investigation into the death of the baby found stabbed on a beach near Caherciveen in 1984.

The depth of rage that swept over me this week after gardaí apologised to the woman at the centre of the Kerry Babies tribunal, one of the most shameful episodes in recent Irish legal history, can’t be adequately described, writes Clodagh Finn.

Joanne Hayes, who was wrongly accused of the murder of Baby John, has welcomed an apology for what she went through, but her only request now is to be given privacy and allowed to live in peace, a family friend has said.

Gardaí have issued an apology to the woman at the centre of the Kerry babies scandal, admitting for the first time that the original investigation was substandard.

Latest: Gardaí have confirmed a DNA profile has conclusively stated Joanne Hayes is not Baby John’s mother.

All took place in Killarney, amid sharp increase in Kerry break-ins

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

Gardaí have made a number of arrests in Killorglin, Co Kerry, in connection with allegations of public order and unsociable behaviour in which a gang of up to 10 men have been terrorising the townspeople.

A mother and her daughter murdered in Kerry in 2013 were stabbed at least 72 times between them, an inquest into their deaths has heard.

The daughter of a man murdered, possibly with a hammer, in an attack where the motive is unknown, yesterday appealed for the public’s help.

A hammer may have been the weapon used in the murder of a man in mid-Kerry five years ago.

The volunteers of Kerry Mountain Rescue Team have been praised at an inquest for risking their lives to recover from a steep ledge the body of a 66-year-old former marathon runner, who had climbed alone to the top of Ireland’s highest mountain, Carrauntoohil.

Gardaí in south Kerry have ruled out foul play but are continuing to investigate the circumstances related to the "sudden deaths" of two people in the county. 

A coroner’s court has heard how hotels and nearby buildings were evacuated and guests rescued from bedrooms in the wake of an early-morning gas explosion at a Killarney town centre laundrette three years ago.

A postmortem is being carried out today on the body of a 32-year-old man who was found severely injured in the bedroom of the apartment in which his 11-month old son also died.

The outcome of a postmortem will determine the course of the investigation into the death of an 11-month-old baby boy in an apartment in Killarney town centre, the chief investigating officer has said.

A man who stole two match tickets and other items during a visit to a Killarney pub on the morning of the Munster final last year between Cork and Kerry has been jailed.

One of the country’s top tourist towns, Killarney, Co Kerry, is seeking to flag itself as a three-in-a-row of an international award.

An intoxicated man arrested at a place called Church Ground made “a holy show of himself” in a Kerry village in January, Kenmare District Court heard yesterday.

A sheep farmer has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Criminal Court, on two charges relating to having a Winchester rifle with a telescopic sight and aiming it at two gardaí during a siege at his Kerry farm.

A 22-year-old Limerick man is to make a contribution of €2,500 to the court poor box in the hope of leniency for an incident of so-called boy-racing during a motor rally in Killarney, Co Kerry.

A 47-year-old farmer has appeared in court charged with aiming a telescopically fitted rifle at two gardaí, arising out of a stand-off on the Ring of Kerry last January.

A roguish bachelor whom Kenmare ladies found irresistible was finding it very difficult to clear his pub, Kenmare District Court was told yesterday.

A cattle dealer arrested during a rally weekend in Killarney, Co Kerry, after driving at 120kph through the town in the early hours is to pay €5,000 to the court poor box and is to have a speed limiter fitted to all vehicles he drives.

Some of the recent fires which scorched parts of Killarney National Park and its surrounds are believed to have been set maliciously.

Two women, still in a merry mood after a night out, stole €33 worth of lingerie for a lark.

Gardaí are viewing a video sent to a news outlet purporting to show the cross on Carrauntoohil being cut down.

Church authorities, gardaí, and locals remain mystified about the motive for cutting down a landmark Christian cross at the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain.

Complicated case law is being consulted to decide whether Kenmare gardaí were entitled to pursue an allegedly intoxicated Kerry farmer who was driving a 40-year-old tractor into the driveway of another person’s home in the early hours.

The book of evidence is not ready for serving on a 21-year-old North Cork man charged with a fatal hit-and-run on a cyclist who had been training for the annual Ring of Kerry charity cycle in July 2012.