A windfarm proposed for north Kerry, near the Shannon estuary, has been refused planning permission, on grounds of its potential adverse impact on the environment.

Latest: Businessman and Presidential hopeful Gavin Duffy has expressed his delight at securing the nomination of Meath Co Council to contest this year's Presidential election.

A new western park in Kerry’s county town will be “a quality site” and will not be rushed.

The “strong odours” allegedly associated with a jarvey business in tourism haven Killarney are making life uncomfortable for neighbouring families.

Burger King has successfully appealed a decision of Kerry Co Council to refuse it permission to extend the opening hours of its restaurant in Killarney on special weekends.

A smart revamp of Tralee town centre, nearing completion, has left the town’s taxi operators feeling pushed aside by a pedestrian-focused project.

A significant number of council housing applicants, in remote areas such as the Gaeltacht in west Kerry, have been on a waiting list for nine years or more.

A decision to grant planning permission for a bookmaker’s pemises in a former retail shop in Tralee town centre has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

A local authority has expressed a “strategic interest” in acquiring a vacant HSE-owned hospital.

A county council is planning to slap a development charge on the construction of farmers’ sheds, for the first time ever.

A county which tops the Blue Flag list is making access to some of its beaches easier, this summer, for people with mobility issues.

Transport and Tourism Minister Shane Ross conceded he will return to Dublin with a better understanding of rural Ireland after a whirlwind “two-day” tour of Kerry — with Michael Healy-Rae escorting him.

A Kerry soccer club is facing the loss of its playing ground after building a pitch on a sand dune without planning permission.

A planned 32km greenway along a busy tourist route in south Kerry should be studied to ascertain its impact on the environment, due to the sensitive nature of the landscape and the scale of the project.

Legal advice has been sought over a controversial proposal for a graveyard in Co Kerry which may not be “consecrated ground”.

A major upgrade of the Kenmare Water Treatment plant will ensure safer water for the south Kerry town — but it will not solve a long-term problem of a new water source.

Twenty years after a lobby group protested in Brussels over the poor state of a Co Kerry peninsula road, serious discussions have finally commenced on finalising land acquisition for the national secondary route.

Supertrawlers have the place cleaned out, says fisherman

The need for further studies to pinpoint key environmental areas in Kerry is highlighted in a new survey.

Concern has been voiced by the public spending watchdog about more than €300,000 spent by the Institute of Technology, Tralee, on consultant fees for the design of the Kerry Sports Academy without capital funding for the project being in place.

The Government had not even begun negotiations with up to 120 landowners before its pre-local and European elections’ announcements earlier this year, for a €4m greenway-cycleway on the Ring of Kerry.

The Government has been urged to show greater commitment in bringing forward legislation to protect on-duty fire brigade and ambulance personnel from assaults.

A perceived risk to the recently introduced white-tailed sea eagle is one of the main reasons by An Board Pleanála for turning down a proposed nine-turbine windfarm in theKerry-Cork border area near Kilgarvan.

The final cost of a new bypass road in Kerry will be more than double its original contract price.

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are on the verge of signing a co-operation pact to give the parties joint control of three major local authorities — Cork Co Council, Kerry Co Council and the new Limerick City and County Council.

Increasing hopes of sunshine enhance a hectic June bank holiday weekend in the south-west. Forecasters are pointing to ‘reasonably fine weather’ which should attract large crowds to a plethora of festivals, exhibitions and other exciting events through Cork and Kerry as well as the Mid-West.

By Anne Lucey

Sinn Féin could double its representation on Kerry Co Council from two seats to four, party strategists are predicting.

A 40-bed nursing home could close unless the Government intervenes with financial support, it was claimed yesterday.

Long-awaited improvements to the N86 main road, through the Dingle Peninsula, could be delayed for up to 20 years if An Bord Pleanála does not give the all-clear for the work to proceed.

Kerry Co Council has brought a High Court challenge aimed at stopping the Health and Safety Authority from investigating a road traffic accident that claimed the life of a young man late last month.

Bord Pleanála has given the Diocese of Kerry permission to carry out some, but not all, of the extensive renovations and reordering, it considers necessary to the parish church of St John in Ballybunion.

Fears for the future of a €5m swimming pool complex in Ballybunion could lead to Kerry Co Council being forced to pay almost €4m to the Government.

More than three-quarters of land designated for housing in Dingle town and surrounding areas during the economic boom is to be dezoned.

THOUSANDS of people are waiting for social housing in Kerry in what has been described as “a housing crisis” in the county.

CONCERN over the state of the water and banks in parts of the south-west is being passed from one statutory body to another.

MAGNIFICENT road sculptures are among dozens of public artworks that remain uninsured in Co Kerry.

LIFE has returned to normal for communities on both sides of the River Brick in north Kerry with the opening of a new €1.25 million bridge over the river.

THE founder of a co-operative which reinstated the Cork-Swansea ferry link has resigned from the group, due to pressure of work.

SOME people in Kerry have suddenly become camera-shy as it has emerged that CCTV monitoring of selected areas in Kerry is proving to be a deterrent to illegal dumpers.

PEOPLE in a popular north Kerry seaside resort are on the warpath against illegal dumpers and litter louts.

THE heavy rainfall of recent years hasn’t been all bad news – it has helped flush out pollutants from one of the country’s most beautiful lakes.

NATIONAL Park authorities in Killarney have been given the all-clear to allow treated effluent from an old world café flow into a lakeland area.