A WARNING was yesterday sounded that too much land is being rezoned for housing in some of Kerry’s picture postcard tourist areas, which do not have adequate services to support additional development.

LANDOWNERS on the northern and western outskirts of Killarney are set for a huge financial windfall, with large amounts of property due to be zoned for housing.

ONE man’s campaign to save a 200-year-old oak tree in Killarney has failed.

POLITICIANS canvassing for votes in the general election are getting plenty of ‘stick’ on the doorsteps from people experiencing difficulties in obtaining planning permission in rural areas, a planning conference heard.

THE way was opened yesterday for the building of a major gas terminal in the Tarbert/Ballylongford area, after a rezoning decision by Kerry County Council.

THE multi-million euro Gleneagle Hotel complex, in Killarney, is to be rezoned in a compromise agreed by Killarney Town Council.

THE Kerry branch of An Taisce and residents have voiced concerns about the traffic implications of a major shopping project earmarked for Killarney.

KERRY County Council yesterday gave the all-clear for the biggest-ever wind farm in the county, to be developed at a cost of €70m.

AN elderly Killarney woman has forced the local council to remove her picture-postcard shop from its list of protected structures.