The talent coming through from Cork and Kerry’s underage teams rolls on.

Kerry South delivered a top drawer performance to stave off a late rally from Kerry North in the Plate final.

With two Kerry constituencies merging and the loss of one seat, all eyes will be on the fallen Fianna Fáil, writes Donal Hickey

A KERRY TD has said the county should retain its two constituencies.

REPRESENTATIVES of more than 100 workers whose jobs are on the line in Castleisland, Co Kerry, have sought the intervention of the Labour Relations Commission (LRC).

A FATHER and son yesterday sat side-by-side in a council chamber, ensuring the continuation of the Healy-Rae political dynasty into a third generation.

ALMOST 300 jobs were announced yesterday as part of the first phase of a huge pharmaceutical enterprise planned for unemployment blackspot Tralee, Co Kerry.

THERE is considerable interest around the personalities in Kerry in the forthcoming election. Will John O’Donoghue get re-elected, will Michael Healy-Rae succeed his father, and will another Spring swap places with a McEllistrim?

THERE is considerable interest around the personalities in Kerry in the forthcoming election. Will John O’Donoghue get re-elected, will Michael Healy-Rae succeed his father, and will another Spring swap places with a McEllistrim?

KERRY Airport, supported by political, business and tourism interests in the county, is to step up its campaign to have the subsidised service on the Kerry to Dublin route restored in July.

AS a symbol of the effort required by the nation to get us through dire economic times, the Dublin City Marathon is a fitting metaphor.

RYANAIR boss Michael O’Leary yesterday called on Transport Minister Noel Dempsey to explain his decision to reject the airline’s offer of binding arbitration to resolve the row concerning the Kerry-Dublin route.

TRANSPORT Minister Noel Dempsey was yesterday called on to enter into immediate talks with Aer Arann and Aer Lingus to replace services controversially withdrawn by Ryanair from the Kerry/Dublin route.

UNIONIST representatives will join other guest speakers, including hurling legend Donal Óg Cusack and musician Peadar O Riada, at a special forum to discuss building a better Ireland.

FIANNA FÁIL’S Frank Fahey has strenuously denied opposition claims his Lost at Sea scheme to help fishermen buy new trawlers was “tailor-made” to suit a handful of constituents in Galway West.

A COMPLETE reform of the Common Fisheries Policy and the reversal of Government budget cutbacks in the agricultural sector are among proposals in a report on the future of farming and fishing in the west of Ireland.

The Asgard II will not be raised from the seabed off France because the operation will not be cost-effective, the Defence Minister confirmed today.

POLITICIANS representing the area gave a cautious welcome to the main findings of the Haulbowline report but said serious questions still remained.

THE IDA, which has been strongly criticised in Kerry for not securing enough jobs for the county, yesterday came up with some good news.

A CLAIM that “every obstacle” is being put in the way of people wishing to build houses in rural Kerry has been rejected by senior county council officials.

A ROW has broken out in the Labour party over the organisation of a convention next weekend to select a candidate to contest a seat in the South in next year’s European elections.

POLITICIANS have lobbied for prisoners convicted of a range of serious crimes, including murder, drug-dealing and assault, documentation has shown.

A 24-BED surgical ward at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee, closed since mid-January due to a nurse shortage, will partially reopen later this month, it was confirmed yesterday.

THE decision by Brussels to place 106 Brazilian farms on a list for beef exports to the EU will have no impact on cattle prices here, as the volume will be no more than 2,000 tonnes, the Irish Farmers Association predicted yesterday.

THE death occurred yesterday of former Fianna Fáil TD for Kerry North, Kit Ahern (née Liston).

LIMERICK’S three electoral constituencies have been radically revised with 13,146 voters being transferred to the constituency of Kerry North under controversial recommendations made to the Government yesterday.

MORE than 1,000 people attended a special prayer service in Listowel, Co Kerry, for a missing local businessman, John Kennelly, 47, who has not been seen for more than three weeks.

AN election poll in Kerry North has suggested Sinn Féin’s Martin Ferris could lose a sizeable amount of his 2002 vote.

Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has been cleared of drink driving after being arrested last month on suspicion of being over the legal alcohol limit.

AS A man who likes a bet, even Arts, Sport and Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue would hardly be tempted to take the odds being placed on himself in the election.

Sinn Féin’s TD for Kerry North, Martin Ferris, has said that he is embarrassed and disappointed with his actions which led to his arrest, on suspicion of drink-driving, yesterday morning.

Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has picked up two awards in the Magill Politician of the Year awards.

FIANNA FÁIL members should not ignore the houses of “blueshirts” or “provos” when canvassing for votes, Junior Minister Brendan Smith told delegates.

A BAN on the continued use of electro-immobilisation to control aggressive farm animals for veterinary treatment is due to come into effect as planned on June 1.

FEARS are being expressed in Kerry that the county will not get its fair share of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2007-2013.

The head of Ireland's Anglican Church, Archbishop Robin Eames, will hold a ground-breaking meeting with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at Stormont today.

Sinn Féin natural resources spokesperson Martin Ferris TD has called on people to support protests against Shell facilities across Ireland in the wake of further clashes between gardaí and protestors at the Bellanaboy site.

THE need to reopen a sexual assault treatment unit in Tralee has been highlighted by recent alleged sex attacks in Kerry.

The Sinn Féin spokesperson on natural resources, Martin Ferris TD, has today called on Shell to clarify whether or not it intends to proceed with its legal action against the Rossport Five.

THERE will be no forced redundancies at the ESB generating station in Tarbert, Co Kerry, which is to close in 2010 with the loss of 129 jobs, the ESB pledged yesterday.

THERE will be no forced redundancies at the ESB generating station in Tarbert, Co Kerry, which is to close in 2010 with the loss of up to 129 jobs, the ESB pledged yesterday.

Campaigners opposing the Corrib gas field project failed to dampen the spirits of more than 100 Norwegians celebrating Independence Day in Dublin today.

FINE GAEL is to push for the establishment of an independent control body for Bord na gCon in order to remove any suspicion of interference in doping cases.