The Kerry Fire and Rescue Service has attended 44 illegal wildfires during the month of March, within metres of the Killarney National Park.

Gardaí are investigating a house fire on the Cork-Kerry border that has left one man dead.

A FIRE which resulted in the death of a 61-year-old man at his home in Killarney is believed to have begun with an electrical appliance.

The funeral of three members of a Co Kerry family killed in a weekend house fire takes place this morning.