The Munster senior championship will dominate bowling for the next few weeks, starting with both semi-finals at the weekend.

The Kerry branch of the Irish Hotels’ Federation (IHF) has asked all its members to make full refunds to people who made weekend accommodation reservations for the cancelled Killarney Festival of Music and Food.

More than 5,000 young dancers will be in Killarney, Co Kerry, for the 2015 An Comhdháil World Irish Dance Championships which starts on Saturday.

Gifts presented at the altar for the Requiem Mass of Valerie Greaney signified the great loves of her life.

The families of Michael and Valerie Greaney, who died as a result of a murder-suicide, have asked for donations to be made to a group which works with people who are considering suicide.

Singing legend Daniel O’Donnell is to be honoured for his contribution to the multi-million-euro tourism industry in Killarney, Co Kerry.

A photo of an Irish dancer who stepped off a tour bus at Ladies View, Killarney, and broke into a spontaneous slip-jig has attracted over 22,000 hits on Facebook.

A Trinity graduate has turned his back on a career in pharmacy to serve God.

ONE of the country’s premier golf clubs, which has been through several difficult years and has suffered a marked decline in business, expects to be operating profitably again from 2014.

The impact of the fodder crisis has been cited as one of the main factors behind the suspected deaths by suicide of seven West Clare farmers.

Martin Coppinger retained his Munster senior title when he beat Brian Wilmot by almost a bowl at Bauravilla on Sunday.

BRENDAN Howlin, the public expenditure minister, has said that long-awaited legislation needed to reform the ethics laws for people in public life will be brought to the Government early next year.

Sha-Roe Bistro, Clonegal, Co Carlow; Tel: 053-9375636; sharoebistro@hotmail.com The dining room’s glowing stove, twinkling glassware and sash windows amount to a deliciously-appointed balance of cosiness and class

Thomas Mackle beat Christy Mullins by a bowl in the feature score of the Clonakilty Flood Relief benefit weekend at Shannonvale on Sunday.

Munster bowlers will be hoping to show a better return of titles in next weekend’s second All-Ireland series over the Markethill road in Tassagh than they did last month in Derrinasafa.

Trevor O’Meara led from line to line in his bowl-of-odds win over Raymond Ryan in the Munster Intermediate final at Donoughmore on Sunday.

Liam O’Sullivan is Munster Junior A champion following a comprehensive win over Patrick O’Donoghue at Templemartin on Sunday.

Liam O’Sullivan was an impressive winner over John O’Rourke in the Munster junior A semi-final on the Bantry road at Togher Cross.

Derrinasafa’s two-year stint as an All-Ireland final venue ended on a high note on Sunday with an enthralling All-Ireland senior final in which Martin Coppinger regained the title he won in 2010.

Terry Sexton completed an amazing three-in-a-row for East Cork when he beat Jerry Murphy in the Munster Junior B final at Waterfall on Sunday.

Tony Carey beat Tony Dunlea by two bowls in the Munster veteran final at Kilcorney on Monday to set up an All-Ireland final meeting with Oliver Gribben, who retained his Ulster title on the same evening.

Martin Coppinger produced a massive last shot at Ballygurteen on Sunday to beat Aidan Murphy in the last shot of a closely contested Munster senior semi-final.

Christy Mullins reached his second successive Munster senior final when he dethroned Munster and European champion David Murphy in the last shot at Shannonvale on Sunday.

The Munster senior championship quarter-final draws and next Sunday’s Pool A play-off at Skibbereen between Aidan Murphy, Martin Coppinger and James O’Donovan are dominating bowling discourse this week.

Brian Wilmot made a successful start to his senior championship career when he beat Patrick O’Donoghue in their Pool C tie at Gortroe.

Aidan Murphy had the first win of the 2012 Munster senior championship when he beat Martin Coppinger in the last shot at Baile Mhuirne in Pool A on Saturday.

HAVING spent 30 years entertaining many thousands of visitors to Killarney as well as numerous official and cultural functions, the Gleneagle Concert Band will this weekend celebrate its three-decade milestone with an anniversary concert at St Mary’s Church of Ireland in the town centre.

WILLIAM O’Donnell leads the Munster contingent in next month’s All-Ireland final series at Westport following a comprehensive win over Tony O’Sullivan in the Junior C final at Jagoes Mills.

DAVID HUBBARD secured a place in the Cork semi-final of the Jim O’Driscoll Cup when he beat Wayne Callanan in the last shot at Ballincurrig.

DAVID MURPHY will be hot favourite when he faces Ulster champion Conor McGuigan in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior bowling final on the Markethill Road in Tassagh, Co Armagh.

THE Murphy tide is on the rise again as brothers David and Aidan Murphy gave five-star displays in the Munster Senior Championship at the weekend.

PAT BUTLER finished with three sensational bowls at Bauravilla on Sunday to win the Mick Crowley Cup final from Eamon Bowen Jnr and Gary Daly.

AIDAN MURPHY won a place in the Munster senior quarter-final when he beat Edmund Sexton by almost a bowl at Baile Bhuirne on Monday evening.

ALL-Ireland champion Martin Coppinger is on track to retain his title after a solid win over Eamon Bowen Jnr at Enniskeane on Saturday.

THE Ballyvolane Road on the north side of Cork city was re-launched on Saturday with the first score in the 2011 Munster senior championship between Patrick O’Donoghue and Willie O’Donovan.

SEÁN MURPHY won the Ballinacurra Christmas Tournament by two bowls of odds after a powerful second half display saw him burn off the challenges of Wayne Calnan and Raymond Ryan respectively.

World Champion Aidan Murphy hit pay dirt at Drimoleague on Saturday when he won the resumed Con Kelleher-Dan Hurley Cup final from what looked certain defeat and followed up with a convincing win over Martin Coppinger.

All the major fixtures in last weekend’s bowling programme were abandoned because of the continuing severe weather. The massive calendar of events planned for the Christmas period could also fall by the way unless a quick and sustained thaw sets in.

WORLD champion Aidan Murphy had a clear win over Eamon Bowen at Enniskeane on Sunday.

GARDAÍ were called to a disturbance outside a pub where a young man threatened to return and “put a bullet in everyone’s head”.

An ailing 79-year-old Irish missionary dragged away at gunpoint from his southern Philippine residence is probably in the hands of Muslim militants seeking a ransom, officials said today.

A LEADING hotelier and Fianna Fáil town councillor has pleaded guilty to trying to influence a zoning decision relating to his family-owned property.

A KILLARNEY councillor whose sons are in the jarvey business, was forced to leave a local town council meeting, under the ethics in public office regulations.

RTÉ presenters Michael Ryan and Mary Kennedy were among four people recognised in Killarney for their contribution to tourism locally.