Splits are emerging in Fianna Fáil in Kerry, with three former party councillors expected to contest the May local elections as independent candidates.

A site donated to Tralee Town Council by Kerry Group could be a catalyst for the regeneration of the centre of the town.

The finishing touches are being put to the €97m Tralee bypass due to open in mid-August.

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.

Community gardens have probably been around as long as humans have been growing food, but nonetheless they are a still a relatively recent development in Ireland.

A fistful of coins is OK to pay a local authority fine — but not 15kg of nickel-free 1c pieces.

A local controversy over a King James I charter has been resolved.

A two-year campaign to enforce the derelict sites act in Kerry’s county town is also targeting unfinished housing sites along with well-established eyesores.

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

Town councils are earning the bulk of their parking charges from summer visitors, it has emerged as Tralee Town Council ruled out calls for concessions.

The South-West is experiencing a huge spike in both the fly and the midge populations with warnings the current warm humid conditions are providing ideal breeding conditions for biting insects in the region.

Gardaí are continuing to investigate the deaths of Anthony O’Brien, 31, and his daughter Nadine, 5, in a house fire in the Oakpark area of Tralee in the early hours of Saturday.

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.

Guided safaris, pedal ride boats and bird hides will be unveiled this weekend as a new eco-park, Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre, opens.

Visitors to a new €4.5 million nature facility in Kerry will be able to enjoy safari-style boat rides through wetlands.

A SAFARI-STYLE boat ride through wetlands will be one of the features of a €4.2 million eco park due to open in Co Kerry early next year.

IT’S probably as well not to dwell too long on sideshows ahead of tomorrow’s All-Ireland football final, but one of the many ironies ahead of the game is that the distractions so often associated with Dublin appear to have transferred themselves neatly on to Kerry.

A WAR of words over the location of a museum charting the history and successes of the GAA in Kerry looks to have been settled.

THE campaign to establish a major pharmaceutical centre in Tralee is being intensified and potential investors are due to visit the town between now and Christmas.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey last night met nine of Kerry’s TDs and senators in Dublin in the wake of Ryanair’s decision to cut its Kerry/Dublin service.

UPWARDS of 50 jobs are to be created during the construction of €4.3 million eco-park in Tralee, due to start next month.

FOR Kerry GAA fans, despite the success of this year’s Rose of Tralee, the festival is still threatening to become a nightmare.

THE Department of Enterprise is awaiting “a more detailed submission” relating to a proposed “global pharmaceutical centre of excellence” which, it has been suggested, will create 4,800 jobs in Kerry.

CONTROVERSIAL anti-litter plans to name and shame fly tippers in one of the country’s most picturesque regions are due to be given the green light shortly.

BANK details relating to a “significant” number of companies who do business with Tralee Town Council have been sent to rival suppliers by email.

A NEW levy is to be imposed on developers in Tralee to help pay for link routes to a €137 million ring road planned for the town.

A FORTY-YEAR-OLD South African man who was yesterday given a seven-year jail sentence for having more than €134,000 worth of cannabis for sale or supply, still protested his innocence, the Circuit Criminal Court was told in Tralee, Co Kerry.

A STUDY has got under way with the aim of improving traffic flow in congested Tralee.

ANOTHER milestone has been reached in a €75 million programme that will change the face of one of Tralee’s most disadvantaged areas.

A KERRYMAN who brought joy and laughter to millions was honoured in his home town of Tralee on Saturday.

HEAVY penalties will be imposed in Kerry on dog owners who let their pets foul in public.

EDUCATION Minister Batt O’Keeffe admitted that the level of teaching delivered to students will be affected by class size increases forced by the budget — but insisted there is no going back on the decision.

KERRY Sinn Féin councillor Toireasa Ferris has played down suggestions that her co-option to Tralee Town Council earlier this week is another milestone on her road to Dáil Éireann.

A SUBMISSION to develop a wooded, scenic, amenity outside Tralee has been made to Environment Minister John Gormley.

TRALEE, famous for its roses, will be all in bloom next week, as a major drive gets under way to win a Tidy Towns award.

A CAMPAIGN to breathe new life into Tralee town centre has been boosted by a decision to grant planning permission for a 900-square metre extension to a shopping centre.

AN ambitious €100 million development that could transform the face of Killarney was unveiled yesterday.

UPWARDS of 60 people on the outskirts of Tralee, Co Kerry, are objecting to a proposed land rezoning that would allow the development of a waste plant.

RETAIL giant Marks and Spencer & has shelved plans for a Tralee store after An Bord Pleanála gave the thumbs-down at the weekend.

OBJECTIONS are already surfacing to yet another huge shopping development planned for Tralee.

REPUBLICANS have expressed disgust that a public hall, dedicated to a Kerry Fenian, is being used to celebrate the life and times of a MI5 founder.

A NUMBER of key traffic issues will have to be resolved in Tralee before a €30 million project goes to the planning stage, it emerged yesterday.

A PLAN by Marks and Spencer to move to Kerry has become an election issue in the county.