Gardaí are to check the permits of all street collectors for charities in a major tourist town which is claimed to be having problems with large numbers of collectors.

A growth surge in vegetation along roadways is creating extra traffic hazards for local people and the large numbers of tourists currently visiting Kerry, it has been claimed.

A former mayor from a soon-to-be-abolished local authority has described, as “ridiculous”, a government direction to formulate a six-year development plan.

A petrol price battle is looming between Kerry’s two main towns.

Time is running out for efforts to acquire land for a burial ground in Killarney.

Killarney will face “dire consequences” because of the forthcoming abolition of its town council, it has been claimed.

Plans to carry out roadworks in Killarney at the height of the busy tourist season are leading to objections in the Co Kerry town.

A Kerry factory, which has become a global leader in container crane production, is beating the recession and intense competition on the world market to reach the highest employment level in its 54-year history.

One of Ireland’s oldest manufacturing companies has given a long-term commitment to Kerry where it employs more than 800 people.

The key problem with people such as Jim from Sligo (Letters, April 21) calling for a return to the core values of the Labour Party is that these values have been diluted and fragmented to such a degree over the past century as to become almost meaningless.

It hardly came as a surprise that senior Labour party member, Cllr. Seán Counihan, (Irish Examiner, Apr 17) is calling for a merger with Fianna Fáil.

The Mayor of Killarney believes the Labour and Fianna Fáil parties should merge.

A planning application for a €15m green energy system for Killarney is due to be lodged with the town council within six weeks.

A plan is to be drawn up for a large, disused industrial site with the aim of creating jobs in Co Kerry at a time when unemployment in the area is rising.

A top tourist town may pedestrianise some of its main streets in a bid to attract visitors and create a lively atmosphere on summer nights.

Ireland’s tidiest town is to get tough with dog owners who do not clean up after their pets foul footpaths and walkways.

A local authority has bowed to pressure from residents opposed to a new roadway aimed at relieving traffic congestion in Killarney.

A COMMON perception that Killarney is “fine” when it comes to jobs because of its thriving tourism industry needs to be debunked, says the town’s mayor.

THE venue for next year’s Irish Open could be revealed as soon as Tuesday next, with Killarney definitely ruled out.

POPULAR tourist havenKillarney could become the first town in Ireland to have a green-inspired district heating system for businesses and thousands of householders.

TOP tourist town Killarney is at risk of losing visitors and “being dropped as a twin” as its town councillors are not going abroad often enough.

THE pensioner priest with the Midas touch has done it yet again.

LOCAL authorities in Kerry are taking the lead nationally in an attempt to safeguard the future of town councils.

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry hotelier and politician Dermot O’Callaghan, who was a member of Killarney Town Council for many years.

THE Labour Party’s first mayor of Killarney has expressed doubts over membership of the party after a row over ex-TD Breeda Moynihan-Cronin decision to re-enter politics.

KILLARNEY’S iconic logo — red deer leaping over three diamond-shaped lakes embraced by the writing quill of its medieval university of Inisfallen — is being hijacked by private interests, according to the town’s incoming mayor.

CELEBRATED sports commentator Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh got a rousing welcome in sunny Killarney where he was parade Grand Marshal.

MORE than 50 business people in Killarney have signed a petition strongly opposing a suggested pedestrianisation of the Kerry town’s Main Street.

THEY had been warned that public swimming pools are nearly always loss-makers, but that did not stop Killarney town councillors from proceeding with a €16 million sports complex, including a 25-metre pool, in 2005.

A CALL was made yesterday for more progress in the use of two key buildings in Killarney by the local town council.

PLANS are to be drawn up to deal with future flooding in a low-lying part of Kerry.

TOWN councillors in Killarney are to have their income and expenses published “to take the mystery” out of what elected representatives get for their services.

WELCOME to the Kerry football team quiz, sponsored by Kerry Group. And here’s your first round of five questions.

KILLARNEY Town Council has set up a sub-committee to devise a system to honour locally-born people who have made special achievements.

THERE are fears that election postering could cost leading tourist town Killarney valuable marks in the Tidy Town’s competition.

New Kerry football boss Jack O'Connor has moved quickly to distance himself from outspoken comments made by former Kingdom selector Sean Counihan.

KILLARNEY Town Council has decided to rezone a controversial five-acre site, owned by the multi-millionaire McShain family, to allow for a luxury housing development.

THANK God for Sean Counihan, and a small bit of sanity.

KERRY GAA chiefs will demand an immediate explanation from Páidí Ó Sé upon his return from a South African holiday after inflammatory remarks from the multiple All-Ireland winner about Kerry people sparked a storm yesterday in his native county.

THE Taoiseach believes the joint Irish-Scottish bid to host the 2008 European soccer championships is on track despite the fact the GAA still has not agreed to make Croke Park available for the competition.

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