A head of steam has built up against the country’s first large “type-three” single carriageway between Dingle and Tralee in Co Kerry.

Dozens of road crashes could be avoided by upgrading a substandard road in Co Kerry, an oral hearing was told yesterday.

More than three-quarters of land designated for housing in Dingle town and surrounding areas during the economic boom is to be dezoned.

A landmark building in Dingle is to be taken off a list of protected structures, despite a warning from a senior planning official that many old buildings in the West Kerry town have already been knocked down.

SEPTIC tanks are the latest repository for the foul political culture in which we live. The whole palaver around the issue would be funny if it didn’t give off such as smell.

THE Irish Rural Dwellers Association (IRDA) has hit back at claims by a Kerry County Council engineer that one-off houses are destroying parts of the scenic landscape and causing water pollution.

ONE of Kerry’s most popular seaside resorts will see no development in the next five years, it was claimed yesterday.

MANY people wishing to build one-off houses in Kerry are being refused planning permission on grounds of poor percolation for septic tanks on their sites, it was claimed at the weekend.

PEOPLE in Kerry are “beggared and broke” by engineers and other professionals who submit incomplete planning applications on their behalf, it was claimed yesterday.

VISITORS to the picture postcard Gap of Dunloe, who are allegedly intimidated by some people in the pony business there, were yesterday urged to complain to the gardaí.

A LONG-AWAITED pier for a mid-Kerry fishing village has still not been built three elections after it was first promised.

HOPES of easing traffic congestion in Kerry, especially during the tourist season, have been dealt a blow, as the county will have even less money to spend on roads this year.

HOPES of easing traffic congestion in Kerry, especially during the tourist season, have been dealt a blow, as the county will have even less money to spend on roads this year.

UP to 80 primary schools in Kerry are outside the protection of the county’s 50 to 60 km/h speed limit zones, it was disclosed yesterday.

LANDOWNERS in Kerry who fail to maintain roadside trees and hedges have been warned they are leaving themselves open to major compensation claims in the event of accidents.

AMID claims heavy loads from quarries are damaging roads in Kerry, quarry owners will have to pay increased levies to Kerry County Council.