A €7m tourist attraction in Killarney, Co Kerry, will be opened next year, Arts and Heritage Minister Heather Humphreys has confirmed.

Work on a €7m project to make an old mansion in Killarney, Co Kerry, a centre of visitor activity is due to be completed prior to the 2015 tourist season.

A TOWN council has been urged to acquire a listed Victorian building, once a picture postcard cottage, at the gateway to Killarney National Park.

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THE restoration of an 18th century house, donated to the state in the 1980s, will be the largest single investment in any tourism project this year.

The €7m restoration of Killarney House will go ahead, Ministers have said today.

OWNERS of derelict sites in Killarney could be faced with a levy from January next, unless they co-operate with the local town council and bring their properties up to standard.

A NUN whose multi-millionaire parents donated historic Killarney House to the nation, has vowed not to return to Kerry until the house is restored.

PRELIMINARY work has started on long-awaited renovations to historic Killarney House which is intended, long-term, to become a visitor centre for the National Park.

DISAPPOINTMENT has been voiced in Killarney following the exclusion, yet again, of an historic, old house from Fáilte Ireland funding.

ENVIRONMENTAL groups will oppose any plans to build on a piece of prime land in Killarney which came on the market yesterday.

KILLARNEY Town Council has decided to rezone a controversial five-acre site, owned by the multi-millionaire McShain family, to allow for a luxury housing development.