The decision to merge the credit unions in Killarney and Cahersiveen has sparked fears among locals that the branch in the Iveragh town may be downgraded.

For next year’s 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Tralee, in Co Kerry, has erected a plaque to commemorate the visit to the town of the late US astronaut, Neil Armstrong. He was the first man to step on the moon in 1969.

The OPW is assessing the site of a former bacon factory in the centre of Tralee as the location for a new courthouse, the Courts Service has confirmed.