The son of an advisor to the Kennedy family is reported to be the next American ambassador to Ireland.

A project to honour a man whose family presented Muckross House and 11,000 acres, which are now make up a large part of Killarney National Park, to the nation has been launched in Killarney.

It was apt that Killarney National Park should look its most blooming yesterday for an occasion to celebrate the life of someone whose family’s generosity led to its creation.

Ireland needs 250,000 Irish speakers by 2028 to save the future of the language, Gaeltacht Minister Eamon O Cuiv said today.