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.

THE fragile relationship between Youghal Town Council and Cork/Kerry Tourism has resulted in the town not getting its fair share of business, according to elected representatives.

KERRY needs a renewed marketing effort to ensure it remains one of the country’s “greatest tourism products” - attracting two million people each year.

The Chairman of the Kerry Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) today described as "strategically important" the announcement by the Minister for Tourism John O'Donoghue that Kerry is to be unified for the purposes of tourism development.