A 50m stretch of a town park, dedicated to the astronaut Neil Armstrong, will be “an essential part” of a €5.6m traffic plan in Tralee, Co Kerry.

HEAVY traffic generated by the building of a power station and an accompanying LNG (liquefied natural gas) importing terminal in Tarbert, Co Kerry, could cause serious congestion in the village, an oral planning hearing was told in Listowel yesterday.

A video broadcast today shows a US sheriff’s deputy shooting an unarmed air force policeman as he apparently heeds an order to get up off the ground after a car chase.