EARLIER closing of pubs and nightclubs in Tralee has led to a 10% reduction in trouble and violence on the streets of the town, senior gardaí claimed at the weekend.

PROPER ring roads to ease congestion in Tralee is a priority of the town’s new mayor, Miriam McGillycuddy.

Town councillors in Tralee are due to debate proposals this evening that could see pubs and nightclubs in the town having their opening hours reduced.

BRIAN CURTIN had his first brush with public controversy when in 2002 he judged the case of a West Cork farmer who sexually abused three young girls.