Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is seeking to have a sewage outfall point in Killarney, Co Kerry, relocated downriver of one of the town’s famous lakes.

Two women are conducting a sit-in at a town council offices over claims that the local authority has not done enough to get them and their children proper housing, even though it has a number of vacant properties on its books.

Tralee Town Council will have to pay out more than €40,000 in compensation in two separate claims involving children falling, the Circuit Court ruled in Kerry yesterday.

The councillor who tabled a motion in the chamber of Athlone Town Council requesting the removal of a piece of artwork from a gallery in the town has said that the piece is "offensive to those who served in the Defence Forces".

Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald has described the horrific crash which claimed the lives of two young sisters on Sunday afternoon as the “worst nightmare” of every parent.

Health Minister James Reilly “needs to deliver” on reforms of the health service, according to his Fine Gael colleague Richard Bruton.

Fans of the first man on the moon will be able to walk The Neil Armstrong Way — in Kerry.

There has been a call for specialised Garda dog units to be sanctioned for Kerry to counter the threat of drug dealers using the sprawling coastline and local airport to import illegal substances.

Mullingar's Columb Barracks has closed it's doors for the last time.

A British Council has been asked to explain its plan if Santa's sleigh crash lands in the town.

Siobhan Cronin discovers some historic gems on the town’s back streets

THE Office of Public Works will be asked to compensate businesses in a Co Cork town which will suffer further disruption because defective concrete used in flood prevention works will have to be replaced.

ONE of Ireland’s best hopes for a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London is likely to be mobbed by autograph-hunters when she opens a boxing club in north Cork tonight.

Politicians in Ballinasloe plan to honour Oscar-nominated film director Danny Boyle, whose mother hailed from the town.

RTÉ presenters Michael Ryan and Mary Kennedy were among four people recognised in Killarney for their contribution to tourism locally.

MONTAUBAN, who came so close to upsetting Munster in last Friday’s Heineken Cup opener, face investigation by French rugby authorities, as they are €1.3 million short of balancing their books after last season, despite declaring otherwise to the French rugby authorities.

A VIEWING tower proposed for tourist haven Killarney could detract from some protected buildings in the town, which date to the 19th century, it is feared.

Local authorities across the country must file reports to government on their emergency response to the recent flash floods, it emerged today.

A multi-million euro retail development featuring a five-screen cinema is planned for Fermoy, Co Cork.

KERRY County Council has confirmed it is now complying with a key recommendation by the Standards in Public Office Commission, following a recent investigation by the Commission into two Killarney councillors.

KILLARNEY Town Council seems determined to continue with a public bus service scarcely anybody wants.

A Donegal politician hopes to continue a 36-year unbroken family tradition of serving local constituents in the Dáil.

YOUGHAL Town Council says it will not be changing its policy on the protected status of a privately-owned pond in Youghal where Cork infant Glen McNamara-Twomey drowned on Saturday.

A FURIOUS pub owner led calls last night for urgent action after new pipes failed to cope with a thunderstorm which flooded a popular tourist town.

The plight of a traveller and her baby son evicted from an illegal camp in north Cork was highlighted today by more than 50 protestors outside the Dáil.

JUST seven months into his job as Waterford County Enterprise Board development executive, Brian Rafferty has shocked the board by tendering his resignation.

WHILE accepting that ongoing and even increasing levels of vandalism are not unique to Youghal, members of the Town Council are deeply concerned about what they believe to be a rapidly worsening situation.

PROPOSALS for a €3 million revamp of Dungarvan’s historic central landmark, Grattan Square, have encountered an unexpectedly hostile reaction from business interests and may well force the Town Council’s architects to rethink their overall plans for the area.

THE ORGANISERS of a protest over service charges have denied they acted like a “mob” on Tuesday night.

DUNGARVAN Town Council has prepared a draft anti-social behaviour policy document that will go on display for submissions from members of the public.

RESIDENTS in a seaside town are still boycotting their local cemetery, saying they could never rest in peace there.

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VINTNERS and gardaí are to join councillors in Clonakilty on a special committee to help combat public order offences in the West Cork town.

ATHLONE Town Council will decide today if it is to give the green light to a major €150 million development that has met with strong local objection.

GARDAÍ yesterday appealed for calm among hostile rival elements of the Travelling community, in Kerry, to allow the investigation into the murder of Michael Faulkner, aged 43, in Tralee to continue.

PRESSURE on the Green Party to deliver and take seats in Wicklow has never been more intense.

DAIRYGOLD is considering plans for retail, hotel, office and amenity developments at its 17-acre town centre site at Park Road in Mallow.

GREEN-FINGERED folk have gone blooming mad in a West Cork town in an attempt to win a prestigious international title.