A large section of the Killarney National Park, as well as an area of the Killarney Golf Course, was closed to the public early today while a cull of some unique red deer was taking place.

Tests are being carried out on the carcasses of native red deer in Killarney to determine the root cause of a distressing condition that has come to light during the current rutting season.

Last Monday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), representing nearly 200 governments, warned of the dire consequences of our refusal to do more to limit climate change, a man-made catastrophe.

It’s the time of year when the old, romantic image of the stag in the glen, standing on a rocky outcrop and commanding all he surveys, becomes real.

Up to a dozen State-owned residential properties in and around Killarney National Park, Co Kerry, will not be available for social housing purposes, the Department of Arts, Heritage, and the Gaeltacht has confirmed.

Isn’t it amazing how the Government, which keeps telling us it is short of money, can produce cash at the drop of a proverbial royal hat! For certain things.

Schools, colleges, civic sites, and Killarney National Park were all closed this morning in advance of Ophelia reaching Kerry ahead of the rest of the country.

A call has been made to give Killarney’s famed jarveys improved access to the town’s national park in a move to help ease traffic congestion.

Restored in part to its magnificent splendour, a number of public rooms in Killarney House, Co Kerry, were officially opened yesterday after a €10m makeover to the property and grounds.

THE ongoing confusion around the status of Killarney National Park as a Unesco world biosphere reserve and efforts to extend that status to an area five times the size of the current park epitomise our less than admirable and too often dishonest attitude towards the environment.

Killarney National Park has maintained its status as a Unesco world biosphere reserve. However, plans to extend the area of reserve five-fold have been delayed.

A Kerry TD has warned that the army may need to be called into a National Park to deal with an overgrowth of flowers.

Cyclists are colliding with pedestrians, prams, and potholes in Killarney National Park, injuring themselves and others, and there has been a call for them to slow down.

Conflicting estimates of damage caused by a spate of gorse fires in Killarney National Park have been given by statutory bodies.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and landowners around Killarney National Park are to be asked by Kerry County Council to create firebreaks around their properties in the wake of recent, highly destructive wild fires.

Despite appeals not to set illegal gorse fires, a spate of such fires blazed again on Kerry mountains during the weekend.

Gardai in County Kerry are looking for the public's assistance in identifying who was responsible for gorse fires last week that caused significant damage to Killarney National Park.

The fire service in Co Kerry is urging land owners to co-operate after a wildfire at Killarney National Park was finally extinguished last night.

An Air Corps helicopter last night assisted firemen in extinguishing a major fire in Killarney National Park, Co Kerry.

Kerry County Council says homes in parts of the county are at risk today because of wild fires.

An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission to Vodafone to retain two masts at Moll’s Gap, a well-known viewing area and stop-off point between Killarney and Kenmare.