Trish Dromey reports on how the efforts by a Dublin woman, on a Kerry sabbatical, transformed an old cottage into a spectacular dwelling.

Kya deLongchamps says with minor updating, Lakefield would be a handsome home to love and to live in.

This dormer Kerry home at Ardmoniel, on 1.25 acres at Killorglin’s Annadale Road, is a bit two-faced.

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with stabbing a motorist who remonstrated over a bottle thrown at his car. The motorist was stabbed just below his ribcage.

Caragh Lake, Kerry €1.25 million

SOMETHING special is auctioneer Catherine O’Donoghue’s succinct summation of this house at Dooks, Glenbeigh, but it hardly conveys the sheer majesty of its situation.