IT’S that time of year again as artists, canvases in tow, start to crisscross county borders across Munster and beyond.

A pioneering Cork-based initiative to cater for autistic and disabled shoppers has gone national after similar schemes were adopted by major retailers across the country — and even by a supermarket in the UK.

A RECORD number of needy Kerry children who could have been without toys this Christmas can look forward to a visit from Santa after all.

UPWARDS of €25,000 worth of life-saving equipment will be placed in public locations around Killarney in the coming weeks.