KERRY County Council staff were yesterday continuing their efforts to restore access to a house still isolated in the wake of the weekend landslide at Kielduff, near Tralee.

Weather change from global warming is unleashing fresh threats to our environment and landscape, writes Donal Hickey.

EMERGENCY services were yesterday working on the restoration of water supplies to people in a large stretch of north-east Kerry, following a huge landslide at the weekend.

Tens of thousands of homes in north Kerry have been cut off from their water supply.

BELFAST’S Melanie Nocher yesterday smashed Michelle Smith’s 14-year-old Irish 200m backstroke record at the Speedo western Canadian swimming championships.

I WOULD like to express my heartfelt thanks to, and admiration for, the emergency ambulance team and staff at Cork University Hospital.

Down senior football manager Ross Carr has included a number of championship newcomers in his newly announced 34-man panel, following the county's disappointing NFL campaign.

Two of Down's best known hurlers, Brendan McGourty and Gareth 'Magic' Johnson, have made the cut for the Mourne County's Dr. McKenna Cup panel.

ONE might have thought that those who were responsible for the electronic voting debacle would have learnt some humility from the experience.

THOUGH stem cell research has been at the centre of international controversy ever since its therapeutic potential first came to light, its capacity for treating a wide range of disease and disability could ultimately prove enormous.

PEOPLE applying for planning permission in Kerry are to be asked about their arrangements for waste disposal, after it emerged 25% of households in the county have no visible means of getting rid of their waste.

PEOPLE applying for planning permission in Kerry are to be asked about their arrangements for waste disposal, after it emerged 25% of households in the county have no visible means of getting rid of their waste.

PATIENTS with potentially lethal brain disorders have to wait up to two years for specialist treatment because of a chronic shortage of neurologists in Ireland.

Irish swimmers made waves at the European Junior Longcourse Championships in Budapest today as two national records were smashed.

FOUR of the main private waste contractors in Kerry, who had been using a council landfill near Tralee, have transferred their business to Limerick and Clare landfills because they are cheaper.

Rescue workers said today they were “very, very close” to finding the last victim of the factory blast in Glasgow.

Rescuers confirmed today that they were looking for one remaining victim of the Glasgow factory blast which has claimed eight lives.

RESCUERS last night refused to give up hope that survivors may be pulled from the rubble of the Glasgow factory explosion which has so far claimed seven lives.

The operation to rescue people thought to be trapped in the rubble of a plastics factory destroyed by an explosion could last up to seven days, emergency services said today.

Seven people died in yesterday’s Glasgow factory blast, the emergency services said today.

Desperate rescue workers were continuing their efforts to find survivors trapped under layers of rubble after a huge explosion ripped through a plastics factory.

FOUR people were killed and at least 10 more were trapped in rubble after a massive blast at a plastics factory in Glasgow.

Four people were tonight confirmed dead following a blast at a plastics factory in Glasgow, Strathclyde fire brigade said.

IRELAND has 14 neurologists, compared to 123 in Albania, a consultant revealed yesterday.

WEXFORD linen rental firm Celtic Linen has seen its profits fall buy nearly third despite a rise in turnover, according to its latest annual accounts.

MANY of the September 11 victims made emotional telephone calls to loved ones in the final minutes before they died. Here are some of their last words: