A huge increase in tourist and leisure traffic in a remote valley in Kerry is putting lives at risk, a meeting has heard.

Kerry County Council voted by majority to bring in a dress code for local politicians — and to push for this to be extended to the Dáil.

Legal advice has been sought over a controversial proposal for a graveyard in Co Kerry which may not be “consecrated ground”.

The shortage of chefs in Kerry is so severe that the county council yesterday discussed calling on the the Department of Tourism to intervene.

Uncut roadside hedges are causing traffic hazards and isolating some elderly people in rural areas, it has been claimed.

A public park and a national roadway in Kerry are to be named after the paramilitary organisation Cumann na mBan in the county’s first major recognition of the role of women in the fight for independence.

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.

Kerry is celebrating a unique double after Killarney and Kenmare cleaned up in this year’s Tidy Towns awards.

A political row has flared among local politicians claiming kudos for a new €8m community hospital in Kenmare, Co Kerry.

A local authority conceded it was “fortunate” to have already received the bulk of funding for a county town’s bypass road, in advance of continuing government cutbacks on road maintenance.

BOTH residents and businesses reacted with dismay yesterday to an announcement that there was no money available for flood relief in a popular tourist and heritage town in Co Kerry.

THE Kerry county registrar has strongly defended voting procedures in the county at the last general election, insisting “checks and balances” were in place.

SHY and pretty to look at, deer seem to have a magnetic appeal for people.

WILD deer roaming around Co Kerry are endangering people’s lives and damaging property, it was claimed yesterday.

WHEN a Fianna Fáil councillor of almost 20 years’ experience admits that the campaign is the “most difficult ever” for the party, the pressure is clearly on FF to remain the controlling party on Kerry County Council.