Farmers yesterday staged protests outside retail outlets in Kerry, accusing supermarkets and processors of "profiteering" on the back of excessive beef and lamb price cuts to livestock farmers.

A second pit bull attack inside a week in Co Kerry has intensified calls for stricter enforcement of laws for the control of dangerous dogs.

St Kieran’s 0-20 Kilcummin 0-11

Limerick FC 1 Athlone Town 0

Limerick FC maintained their three-point lead at the top of the First Division following this stalemate with second-placed Longford Town at Jackman Park last night.

Limerick FC opened up a three point lead at the top of the First Division with a hard-earned win over bottom-of-the-table Salthill Devon Galway at Jackman Park last night.

Limerick FC capped a great day off the field with a super display on it with victory over Mervue United at Fahy’s Field last night.

Limerick FC maintained their First Division promotion drive with a four-goal rout of Wexford Youths at Jackman Park last night.

A Barry Molloy double eased holders Derry City into the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup as they beat Finn Harps 4-0 at the Brandywell.

MONAGHAN UNITED will meet Galway United in the promotion-relegation play-off this week after finishing third in the First Division.

Jean-Claude Van Damme has signed up for a leading role in a new sci-fi film to be shot in Derby, UK.

GOALS from Dean Bennett, Johnny Breen, Mark Quigley and Daniel Kearns saw Dundalk come from behind to record a comfortable 4-1 win over 10-man Galway United in the FAI Ford Cup third round.

DESPITE claims that it’s impossible to get planning permission to build in the countryside, the reality in Kerry and Cork is that between 80% and 90% of applications are approved.

Republic of Ireland 1-3 Poland

Indeed, should Cowen be worried? After all, Bertie anointed Albert Reynolds for the presidency in 1997.

ARTICLES 2 and 3 of the constitution used to declare that the whole island of Ireland formed a single ‘national territory’.

THERE are fears that An Daingean sewage treatment plant may not be able to cope with demands when the population grows hugely during the tourist season.

CONTROVERSIES over planning and housing look set to continue in An Daingean in 2007.

THE urban sprawl situation in Kenmare described by John Joe O’Brien (Irish Examiner letters, December 16) is being replicated throughout the country.

Pierce Brosnan will see more of his son Sean in the future when the latter leaves London for good to live in Los Angeles.

WHO are the real beneficiaries of the so-called housing boom? Banks with their 40-year mortgages, developers with their constant building and landowners with the inflated prices being paid for construction sites.

MEMBERS of Kerry County Council are continuing to ignore their county manager and senior planners by voting for the rezoning of land in An Daingean, Castlegregory and Killorglin.

THE decision of the British government to limit one-off housing in open countryside in Northern Ireland should be welcomed by everyone interested in sustainable development on the island.

FOLLOWERS of Munster Colleges games are spoiled for choice this afternoon with three Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-finals and a Harty Cup replay down for decision.

St. Brendan’s 3-7 Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-12

St Brendan’s 3-12 Colaiste Choilm 2-9

I WAS appalled at the answers that both Seamus Brennan and Enda Kenny gave to the question about the violence in Belfast on RTÉ’s Questions & Answers last Monday.

THE news that plans are being drawn up for a crematorium in Cork is very welcome.

THE recent attacks on An Taisce highlight a level of ignorance that is frightening coming from people in positions of leadership.

I WOULD like to put some ideas forward regarding the housing sprawl that some people call rural regeneration. We are creating a visual mess in the approach roads to our towns and villages. It is also creating social and cultural problems. There is little or no social cohesion or sense of community involved in building one house after another along the roadside.

THE Examiner Amm Amm inter club golf tournament, inaugurated by George Crosbie and his brother, the late Donal, proved a hit from the start and the competition quickly became a regular fixture in the golfing calendar.

A HIGHLY-SOPHISTICATED, fully-mechanised oil laundering plant raided by customs officers yesterday was a potential gold mine that could have netted its criminal operators 50,000 a day in profits.