THE statistics are stark: ten people die by suicide every week — eight of whom are men — and 70,000 people attempt suicide every year.

"The Kerrymen are down from the mountains" was the greeting from a smiling Taoiseach Enda Kenny for some life-long Fine Gael supporters who turned out yesterday to welcome him to Killarney.

JAMES McDonnell always knew he would volunteer with the Irish Red Cross in Tralee. There was no decision to be made.

PATRICK CARMODY could not walk his daughter up the aisle on her wedding day last year.

Intending participants in one of the country’s top charity fundraisers have been urged to sign up swiftly as the numbers are limited to 9,000, for safety reasons.

One of the country’s biggest charity fundraisers has passed the €1m mark for the first time.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will lead several politicians who will be getting on their bikes for the annual Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, on Jul 6.

Four Kerry children are spending their first Christmas without their father, who was killed in a hit and run accident close to his home on July 1.

Tourist haven Killarney is set for a bonanza weekend as it gears up for an eagerly-awaited football clash between Kerry and Tyrone.

The wife of a cyclist killed in a hit and run has made an emotional appeal to the driver to come forward.

The family of a hit-and-run victim yesterday renewed an emotional plea to the driver of the vehicle involved to come forward.