There has been a sharp rise in incidents of stalking in Kerry.

Amid fears of an escalation of a Traveller feud in Kerry, the county’s most senior garda officer has warned that violent behaviour will not be tolerated.

Even the sky in Kerry was dressed in gold late yesterday as the victorious All-Ireland senior and minor footballers teams’ train pulled into Casement station in Tralee.

A senior Garda officer yesterday advised people renting warehouses to check out potential tenants who may be involved in the drugs business.

Stunned colleagues of the garda who took his life this week paid emotional tributes to a man they described as exceptional as his family prepare to bury him today.