The barrels are being rolled in and beds are being snapped up as Killarney prepares for an influx of more than 50,000 people at the weekend.

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern joined in a host of tributes to the former Independent TD, Jackie Healy-Rae, who died yesterday aged 83 following a protracted illness.

A politician whose friends got text messages on foot of false reports posted about him on an internet swinger site has vowed to track down the perpetrators.

Tourist haven Killarney is set for a bonanza weekend as it gears up for an eagerly-awaited football clash between Kerry and Tyrone.

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry hotelier and politician Dermot O’Callaghan, who was a member of Killarney Town Council for many years.