IT’S good to know our national broadcaster takes nothing at face value. They don’t just swallow the testimony of the thousands of leading scientists who have contributed to the work of the International Panel on Climate Change.

A safety inspection is being carried out on Kerry’s ghost estates.

PLANS by Met Éireann to relocate the air monitoring part of its operations in south Kerry onto Valentia Island to avail of a cleaner environment have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

RTE’s environment correspondent announced on Monday that the natterjack toad is “unique to Castlemaine” and more than 40 farmers have signed up to save the toad.

A WARNING was yesterday sounded that too much land is being rezoned for housing in some of Kerry’s picture postcard tourist areas, which do not have adequate services to support additional development.

THE Kerry branch of An Taisce and residents have voiced concerns about the traffic implications of a major shopping project earmarked for Killarney.

AN elderly Killarney woman has forced the local council to remove her picture-postcard shop from its list of protected structures.