The three-day fair presided over traditionally by a wild mountain male goat is older than the charter of King James which gave it legitimacy in 1603.

The committee behind Puck Fair has set up a fundraising appeal to cover increasing insurance prices and overall running costs of the three-day festival.

With the annual Puck Fair celebrations just around the corner, the festival’s Royal Highness, Queen Puck, has been crowned.

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

Burger King has successfully appealed a decision of Kerry Co Council to refuse it permission to extend the opening hours of its restaurant in Killarney on special weekends.

If a well-known beer did ringside seats, they would probably be like this — right in front of the cattle ring with a freshly-poured pint in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

There’s a distinctive smell that signals the opening day of Puck Fair — a mix of horse manure, chips, and cigarette smoke — although this year some smokers have traded their cigarettes for vaping.

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Puck Fair kicks off today, and huge crowds have descended on a horse fair in the area in search of bargains.

A civic reception has been given to a global entrepreneur who has kept his feet firmly on Kerry soil where he grew his tiny operation into a world-leading brand.

I spent a major part of last week on my knees praying for good weather. 

This weekend marked Kenmare’s “Pattern Day” - the Feast of the Assumption, when the people of Kilgarvan and Ballyvourney to the east, Sneem to the West, Glengarriff and the Beara to the south gather in the Kerry heritage town.

International visitors to Cork will be greeted with some of the country’s most breathtaking vistas as soon as they step off their flight, thanks to a new exhibition at the city’s airport.

It ended as it began — with a goat, a crown, and a legendary fanfare.

We’ve heard of losing your phone when on a session, even your shoe if it’s been a particularly good night.

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Tall tales abound about Puck Fair, many of which have been enhanced and enlivened in the telling down the decades.

Animal rights activists are urging organisers of the Puck Fair in Killorglin, Co Kerry “to take the live goat out of the festival”, saying tradition can never be used to expose animals to physical and psychological damage.

Council chiefs have been urged to repurpose a “monumentally ugly” disused factory in a tourist town.

A bypass is the only real solution to traffic problems in a congested town on one of the country’s busiest tourist routes, according to road engineers.

The crucial tourism industry is already moving up a gear in Kerry but maintenance funding for the county’s roads is not up to speed.

Thieves who broke into a Fáilte Ireland-approved pet farm at the weekend — snatching family pets as well as prized fowl — may have accessed the property from the main Cork to Killarney road.

They were singing in the rain last night as revellers brought the curtain down on one of the country’s oldest festivals.

The rare sight nowadays of an old-style cattle fair on the street distracted attention from the goat at Puck Fair yesterday.

As revellers act the goat in Killorglin for the next few days, Kerry folk in the north of the county are today beginning to prepare for a huge barbecue feast — of rump steak, pig on a spit along with lamb, chicken, goat, pheasant and fresh fish.

One of Ireland’s oldest festivals is on this weekend and it’s also one of our more unusual ones - famously involving a goat.

The 401st King of Killorglin was presented to the press yesterday at a ceremonial unveiling on Rossbeigh Strand.

Cork Pride takes to the streets, and honours its heroes, in what should be among one of the great bank holiday spectacles of the weekend.

Ireland is set to enjoy some mixed but generally pleasant weather over the coming weeks, according to many forecasts.

A photo of an Irish dancer who stepped off a tour bus at Ladies View, Killarney, and broke into a spontaneous slip-jig has attracted over 22,000 hits on Facebook.

The Gathering, which was designed to attract people from abroad to this country this year, has been a phenomenal success.

We view a selection of trading up homes from around the country.

Róisín Burke has many happy memories of of her childhood trips to Kerry’s unique Puck Fair, which is at least 400 years old

A straight-horned, long-necked, goat of the ancient kind has been “coaxed” to be this year’s King Puck.

Gardaí believe the public hold vital information on last week’s double murder in Kerry, writes Donal Hickey

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Kerry could earn an additional €150m from The Gathering next year, according to the tourism industry.

Residents in a wide area of mid-Kerry are experiencing an “absolute nightmare” due to constant breakdowns in public water supplies, it has been claimed.