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First time John ‘Tweek’ Griffin travelled to hurl for Kerry, he couldn’t believe it when players headed for the pub the night before. But over a fiercely committed 15-year career, he saw improvements, a new ambition, the melting away of some old divisions, and even a little glory. He drove much of that progress himself, making a few enemies along the way. But when he retired last year, to modest fanfare, he knew he had given the jersey all he could.

A father-of-one charged over a botched raid at a pub in Dublin on New Year’s Day needed 30 stitches to his head and suffered two fractured ribs, a court has heard.

Youghal RNLI has rescued a man who was found clinging to his kayak this afternoon after he was in the sea off Redbarn beach for up to 45 minutes.

A father threatened to break his wife's teeth with knuckle-dusters when he held her at gunpoint during a siege at her south Dublin home, a court has heard.

There are 50,000 tourist beds in Co Kerry, more than anywhere outside Dublin and the bulk of them are in Killarney.

Youghal RNLI volunteer lifeboat braved choppy waters this morning after an angler taken ill on board a chartered fishing vessel.

One in five people in Kerry are economically dependent on tourism, according to the most in-depth examination of the €420m-a-year industry in the county, carried out on behalf of the umbrella body, Destination Kerry Tourism Forum. The research also found that the number of overseas visitors to the county exceeded one million for the first time in 2015,

A woman with 234 convictions who stole a handbag from an elderly woman using a walking frame has been jailed for three years.

A weekend of jousting, banqueting and story- telling is marking the medieval roots of Tralee, Co Kerry, this weekend.

A former clinical nurse manager at a Dublin nursing home has been sent forward for trial accused of stealing €50,000 from an elderly patient over a two-year period.

Bruff (Limerick) 2-13 Lixnaw (Kerry) 2-10

Lixnaw (Kerry) 3-11 Ballyhea (Cork) 1-14

Lixnaw 0-14 St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-13

With the number of mobile games and players increasing exponentially, a young Irish company with a creative spark is preparing to up its game to cater for an expected 100m players, writes Trish Dromey.

Kildare 4-18 Kerry 2-22

In the course of compiling her book, ‘Stolen Lives’, Bette Brown has come to believe that the abuse of children in industrial schools was one of the darkest chapters in Ireland’s history.

Up to 150 jobs are to be created as Ireland’s first ever international satellite television channel, IrishTV, is launched.

Next month will see the launch of Ireland's first ever international television channel.

Lixnaw 1-10 St Brendan’s Ardfert 0-13

The brother of a student found murdered in a burnt-out mobile home has made a fresh TV appeal for help to find her killer before he strikes again.

Lixnaw 3-10 Ballyduff 0-07

Finuge 0-10 Rathmore 0-17

A man who made his escape from gardaí in a horse and carriage after slashing his victim’s cheek with a blade has been sentenced to three and half years with the final two years suspended.

St Michael’s/Foilmore 1-11 Finuge 1-05

Kerry, Wicklow, Down and Meath progressed to the next round of the Christy Ring Cup following Round 2 action this afternoon.

CHRISTY RING

There was a trio of away wins in Division 2A of the Allianz Hurling League as Laois, Westmeath and Kerry all claimed victories this weekend.

Kerry’s young guns held on to record their second league win, 1-12 to 3-5, in a nail-biting Allianz HL Division 2A clash with Wicklow at Austin Stack Park on Saturday.

Kerry 2-10 Westmeath 0-13

Gabriel Byrne and Michael O’Leary may not be fans, but the number of projects signing up for a major tourism initiative next year is gathering speed.

Finuge 1-05 St Vincent’s 0-05

Finuge (Kerry) 2-9 Pallasgreen (Limerick) 1-9

Finuge 1-12 Spa 0-12

A growing number of men are being sent on anger management classes. John Hearne looks at what they are and what they aim to do

Dingle 2-12 Feale Rangers 1-13

Fans of the first man on the moon will be able to walk The Neil Armstrong Way — in Kerry.

Lixnaw 0-14 Kilmoyley 0-12

People around the world with well-known Kerry names are being targeted by tourism interests to visit the county during next year’s Gathering event.