A Fianna Fáil councillor who “lost out” on becoming a vice-chairman of a municipal district has complained to party headquarters.

A South Kerry coastal village without a full-time GP for more than a year is to have a permanent posting. Waterville has had a number of locums after husband and wife team Derry Gibson and Patricia Gibson retired in January 2017, after decades of service to the community.

A West Cork community has been urged to play a meaningful role in securing its village post office, following the death of a postmaster last month.

Fáilte Ireland says it cannot include an island ferry, felt to be crucial for tourism in the South-West, among major projects eligible for grant aid.

Kerry County Council has heard five separate motions calling for the Government not to “decongregate” 76 people, some of whom are profoundly disabled, from a much-loved community facility in Beaufort.

With minutes to spare before the 12pm deadline, the Independent councillor for the Killarney area, Danny Healy-Rae, surprised everyone and handed in his nomination papers to run in the 2016 general election.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin didn’t flip out when he found himself surrounded by women at the Soroptimist annual pancake fundraiser in Killarney yesterday.

Make no mistake — despite having 15 candidates to choose from due to the merger of two former Kerry constituencies into one, three of the five seats on offer in this sprawling area are already effectively decided.

Supertrawlers have the place cleaned out, says fisherman

Fine Gael has decided to hold a convention to select general election candidates in the Kerry constituency earlier than planned.

A greenway with the potential to be one of the world’s “most iconic” walking and cycling routes hangs in the balance, a county council meeting was told yesterday.

Uh-oh. This is bad…

Not even the rise of Sinn Féin, which took the last seat in South and West Kerry and out-polled Labour in the Killarney area, could dwarf the gigantic performance of the Healy-Rae organisation.

Most of the country's new Councillors are now elected, and a battle is underway between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to be the largest party on local authorities.

Final tallies from Killarney are in and the quota is likely to be 2,000.

Johnny Healy-Rae is tallying an impressive 3,141 votes in South and West Kerry on his first time before the electorate.

Fianna Fáil has nominated teacher Norma Moriarty, from Waterville, to replace Cllr Paul O’Donoghue on the party’s ticket in the South and West Kerry area for the May local elections.