"I love my mummy very much. She was the best. She was funny. She always made me laugh. She was so special to me."

A 37-year-old mother who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which meant her tongue had to be removed has made an urgent appeal for funds to enable her to travel abroad to get medical treatment in a bid to prolong her life.

A 37-year-old mother who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which meant her tongue had to be removed has made an urgent appeal for funds to enable her to travel abroad to get medical treatment in a bid to prolong her life.

ABOUT 60 people yesterday mounted a protest outside a Kerry County Council meeting in Tralee, against what they claimed were over-restrictive planning policies in rural areas.