KERRY Airport managed to increase pre-tax profits by 17% despite the withdrawal of a €400,000 government marketing grant.

By Ryle Dwyer IN June the Earl of Desmond Hotel on the outskirts of Tralee had a problem. At 3 o'clock one morning some Travellers pulled into private parking lot in front of the hotel with their caravans. They indicated that they planned to stay there, unless the hotel gave them 2,000.