The Irish Farmers’ Association has ruffled An Taisce’s feathers by seeking a reduction in the hedge-cutting season.

ANYBODY trying to keep hens, or ducks, will know how difficult it is to protect them from predators. Foxes have always been a threat to poultry but, in some areas, mink are now regarded with equal dread in the coop.

The death of yet another white-tailed sea eagle by illegal poisoning was yesterday described as a “major blow” to the project to reintroduce the protected species to Ireland.

A political row has flared over a long-running programme to stop the spread of the invasive rhododendron plant in one of the country’s prime tourist attractions.

A €7m tourist attraction in Killarney, Co Kerry, will be opened next year, Arts and Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys has confirmed.

Dignitaries - including the Arts and Heritage Minister, Dublin's Lord Mayor and the British and American Ambassadors - are attending a Remembrance Day service in the capital this morning.

Work on a €7m project to make an old mansion in Killarney, Co Kerry, a centre of visitor activity is due to be completed prior to the 2015 tourist season.

THE unresolved issue of protecting a bird prey will land on the desk of the new Arts and Heritage Minister, Heather Humphreys.

SCARCELY a week passes without news of yet another invasive species, plant or animal, reaching our shores.

Potholes could soon be things of the past in one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions.

It may have happened over 90 years ago, but the bitter legacy of the Civil War lives on in Kerry.

The three board members who resigned from Limerick’s troubled City of Culture team are amongst the many people warmly welcoming the appointment of an acclaimed figure in arts education to salvage the troubled programme.

She ought to have known better, but Queen Victoria was “alarmed’’ when, surprise, surprise, it rained during her visit to Killarney.

Arts and Heritage Minister Jimmy Deenihan last night said progress was being made in resolving the vexed, illegal turf-cutting row.

THE fascination of American visitors with Irish castles is well known, and the fact that they don’t have attractions stateside which are as old might be part of the reason for this.

Two more golden eagle chicks have fledged in Donegal, but the poisoning of birds of prey continues to be a serious problem and undermines reintroduction projects in Ireland.

Fáilte Ireland representatives and tourism groups on the Ring of Kerry are to pressure the Office of Public Works to postpone the closure of Derrynane House, the museum home of Daniel O’Connell, in the year of The Gathering.

Tributes have been paid to filmmaker and conservationist Éamon de Buitléar, who has died aged 83.

Time is running out for efforts to acquire land for a burial ground in Killarney.

Well-known traditional accordionist Dan Herlihy will be honoured at the Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival in Castleisland, Co Kerry, this weekend.

OCTOBER can be among the best periods in which to experience the woodlands when they are changing their colours from largely green to russet, brown and golden autumn hues.

OCTOBER can be among the best periods in which to experience the woodlands when they are changing their colours from largely green to russet, brown and golden autumn hues.

Cross-border locations are among scores of centres taking part in next month’s Culture Night.

MANY visitors to Listowel seek out John B Keane’s bar, or the street where another famous writer, Bryan MacMahon, lived.

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.

A top-level Kerry delegation has been heartened by Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s support for a €500m gas terminal proposed for the Shannon Estuary, amid serious concerns it would not proceed.

TO mark Heritage Week, a local community in Co Limerick will from now on take responsibility for managing one of the country’s most important archaeological locations.

TRALEE came to a standstill yesterday for the funeral of photographer, television cameraman, photo-journalist and founder of Kerry’s Eye newspaper, Padraig Kennelly.