A Galway Councillor has described the move by the owner of Michelin-starred restaurant Aniar to close its doors during race week as a "rattle in a pram effort".

DESPITE concerns that the commercial lifeblood is being sucked out of the centre of Killarney, a developing shopping complex on the outskirts of the town is to hold onto its retail zoning.

A CALL for action to curb late-night drinking parties and vandalism on children’s playgrounds in Kerry was made yesterday.

NO sooner have the residents of the Clashmore and Piltown areas of county Waterford emerged victorious from one battle with the National Roads Authority (NRA) when they find themselves angrily embroiled in another.