The annual Ring of Kerry charity cycle is gearing up for a phenomenal 35th year.

Gangs of repeat burglars who target the vulnerable in rural areas could face up to 14 years in prison, the Court of Appeal has indicated.

A statement issued to the Irish Stock Exchange by Anglo Irish Bank, and signed by David Drumm, said customer funding had increased by €1.9bn, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

The declaration of the Director for Public Prosecutions, at the Court of Appeal, that longer sentences should be imposed for burglaries, because people in rural areas “live in permanent fear or dread”, will win popular support.

This is a family, not a cartel.

The HSE has paid over €540m to GP practices and out of hour services in fees and allowances last year, for treating medical card patients and providing services for other State health schemes.

A Limerick man involved in running a children's charity in Africa has been jailed for six years for the sexual defilement of a 13-year old girl.

A Limerick man has been found guilty of indecently assaulting a boy at a Kerry holiday home 36 years ago.

The sentences handed down at Limerick Circuit Court on December 15 to two cousins, who were involved in a burglary in which the bachelor homeowner died of a heart attack when he went to challenge the intruders, is to be appealed by the DPP as unduly lenient.

Two criminals, both with long lists of previous convictions, ignored pleas for help from a dying man’s sister as they fled from his home which they had just burgled. They have now been jailed, but could be due for release within 16 months.

The niece of the Limerick bachelor who collapsed and died after he went to confront two burglars in his quiet rural home described how a few dark minutes on a beautiful day changed the lives of her family forever.

Kiskeam 2-12 Fermoy 0-14: Founded in November 1945, Kiskeam are a relatively young club, but that didn’t mean that the joy of reaching senior football for the first time was any less sweet.

Kiskeam’s county finalists is a team that runs itself. Not because anything comes easy to them, mind you, but because the players make up the club’s committee.

Brian Olden and Jackie Cohalan of Cohalan Downing Auctioneers (CDA) say “it’s a high-quality property, with a wonderful flow to it, ideal for family living or entertaining.”

St Brendan’s, Killarney 2-13 St Patrick’s College, Maghera 2-6

St Brendan’s Killarney (Kerry) 4-15 St Benildus College (Dublin) 0-9

Corn Uí Mhuirí - St Brendan’s, Killarney 5-21 High School Clonmel 0-7: In many ways this meeting of Kerry and Tipperary teenagers felt like a rerun of last September’s All- Ireland Minor football final.

St Brendan’s, Killarney 5-21 High School Clonmel 0-7

St Michael’s 1-13 Kiskeam 1-8: St Michael’s made no mistake at the second time of asking at Donoughmore on Saturday night to advance to a Cork Premier IFC semi-final against Castletownbere.

Hopes that some good might come out of the tragic death of a beloved man were expressed at his funeral yesterday.

A man told gardaí “I really am sorry for the death of that man” after he was charged with a burglary at a house in Co Limerick where a 62-year-old man died after discovering intruders at his home.

Traditional Irish music and Gaelic football, the foundation stones of life out Miltown Malbay direction.

Roscommon 6-18 Sligo 0-12: Reigning Connacht U21 champions Roscommon enjoyed a goal feast as they accounted for Sligo by a whopping 24 points at Kiltoom.

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A six-year-old girl was referred to hospital a number of times over a five-year period with vomiting and dehydration but no underlying cause had been established when she died, an inquest heard.

The Everyman Sunday Songbook marks its 10th anniversary. Colette Sheridan reports.

Na Piarsaigh (Limerick) 4-14 Sixmilebridge (Clare) 0-8

Piarsaigh 0-14 Adare 0-12

Limerick manager John Allen has named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final against Clare at Croke Park.

Na Piarsaigh 2-17 Kiskeam 2-10 (AET)

Duhallow 1-11 Avondhú 1-7

ALL the drama at Ballea Cotage takes place quietly, off-stage, in the gardens — the spot loved by its late owners, Harold Johnson, a former chairman of Cork Opera House, and his wife Chloe.

THERE was a larger than usual attendance for the early morning start of the AVIVA Irish Schools Track and Field Championships at Tullamore on Saturday when star racewalker, Kate Veale (St. Augustine’s, Dungarvan), made her first appearance on home soil since winning the bronze medal in the junior walk at the European Cup in the Algarve.

WHAT the IMF does when it comes in to assist a country is the “economic equivalent of tough love”, a former member of the fund’s board has said.

MALLOW GPs have demanded to know the nature of the complaint which has initiated an investigation into Mallow General Hospital (MGH).

TWO Limerick cousins were yesterday remanded to today’s sitting of Listowel District Court arising from alleged incidents in Rathkeale, Co Limerick.

FOR all that Jason Ryan has done to assist Wexford in making the grade in the Leinster SFC in his first year in charge, team captain Colm Morris agrees that the credit for qualifying for a final after a wait of 52 years deserves to be shared among a lot of people.

FOR all that Jason Ryan has done to assist Wexford in making the grade in the Leinster SFC in his first year in charge, team captain Colm Morris agrees that the credit for qualifying for a final after a wait of 52 years deserves to be shared among a lot of people.

DOUBT is creeping in about the future direction of the economy.

The Scorecard, July 12