Planning for solar farms is being “kept under review”, the minister with responsibility for planning Simon Coveney has said, amid growing concerns about the lack of national guidelines.

No specific guidelines are available for solar energy farms in Irish planning but applications are being lodged in an abundance along Kerry, Cork and the west coast.

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has defended the decision of the board executive not to stage a homecoming for the county’s victorious minor footballers.

Kerry’s roads are “more potholes than road” in many places, Kerry County Council has heard.

A full transcript of the two-day petition to hold an election recount in the Listowel area has been ordered as the legal team for former Fianna Fáil senator Dan Kiely said they were "actively considering" an appeal to the Supreme Court.

A former Fianna Fáil politician who lost out on a seat by two votes in the recent local elections yesterday began his civil action to have the result in the Listowel area of Co Kerry declared invalid.

A local election candidate has gone to court to have the result of the Listowel Electoral area declared invalid and to have a full recount.

There is to be a full recount of votes in the Listowel Electoral Area, Co Kerry, after only five votes separated three candidates in the 11th and final count at the counting centre in Tralee late last night.

TADHG KENNELLY is set for a sensational Gaelic football comeback with his club Listowel Emmets on Sunday.