A woman “tricked” the Department of Social Protection into paying money into an account which she opened in the name of her dead son.

A 38-year-old Kerry farmer has pleaded guilty to almost a dozen charges of animal cruelty and neglect involving a wide range of species including a black pig, a yellow canary, a beige goat and a white rat.

There were scenes of chaos and horrific injury and shock after five hotel guests were in a lift when it suffered “a catastrophic failure” crashing down four floors.

A Galway man who conned an unsuspecting shop assistant in Killarney into buying “out-of-date contraceptive devices” has been given the Probation Act.

Nama has been accused by US investment firm Pimco of “repeatedly mischaracterising” its role in the controversial sale of its Northern Ireland loan book.

A now 22-year-old man was yesterday jailed for 16 months for having sex with a girl under the age of 15, with whom he had a relationship when both were teenagers.

Man, now 21, had sex with then 14-year-old girl at a sports field between January-March 2014, court told

An apprentice jockey has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for “a nightmare scenario” endured by a student whom he sexually assaulted and falsely imprisoned after meeting her outside a nightclub in Tralee, Co Kerry.

A taxi driver who admitted perverting the course of justice in a road traffic accident in which a young cyclist lost his life near Killarney, has been given a three-year suspended sentence.

A 47-year-old isolated sheep farmer “in the throes of a mental breakdown” who pursued two Kenmare gardaí with a loaded rifle has been given a five-year suspended sentence.

A girl who broke her two upper front teeth during a ride on the bumpers has been awarded more than €36,000.

A Killarney boat owner and his skipper, summonsed for passenger overloading at the peak of the season in 2014, said there was a climate of “intimidation” on the lakes between rival operators.

Kerry farmer shot at his daughter’s partner after drinking

An apprentice jockey who followed a student, bringing with him duct tape and scissors, told gardaí he was angry after she rejected his sexual advances, that he was into bondage, and that he could not control his urges.

Members of a Polish family in Tralee suffered terrible consequences when they intercepted a burglar of Russian origin, a sentencing hearing was told.

Two brothers have each been sentenced to nine-and-a-half years imprisonment, with four years suspended, for “a brutal, vicious, and degrading” attack on their uncle which left him “at death’s door” but which had no apparent motive.

A number of passengers became violently ill on a small passenger boat which “rolled heavily” on a rough voyage to Skellig Michael, the Unesco World Heritage site, so much so that a complaint was lodged with the Department of Transport, a court in Kerry was told yesterday.

Three elderly people in Kerry are still living in fear after a scam artist, claiming to work for Irish Water, made cash demands on behalf of the utility.

A "chaotic scene" greeted gardaí who were called to a Killarney hotel in which guests "ostensibly celebrating" a Confirmation, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee heard yesterday.

A 19-year-old Killarney man with a history of breaking into houses and taking keys to go joyriding in cars for days on end has been jailed for two years at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee.

A man whose son had just been given a jail sentence was approached by a 68-year-old man who pretended that the sentenced man had actually been granted bail by the High Court and told them they should hand over €4,000 cash recognizance to him.

Legal costs, paid for by the State, associated with the 14-day trial of a 23-year-old man who denied killing a father of four who had been training for the annual Ring of Kerry charity cycle in July 2012 have amounted to just under €70,000.

Three members of a family who sued another member arising out of a collision “in a minor manner with a wall, “ succeeded in their claims at the Circuit Civil Court in Tralee yesterday and were awarded general damages decrees totalling €9,500 for minor injuries

The absence of “really important” evidence from a witness was a massive piece of the jigsaw that was missing in an assault case, a court heard yesterday.

A 49-year-old man who received “devastating” injuries in a fight at his home yesterday told a jury that he had no memory of the incident almost four years ago.

One of two brothers charged with assaulting an uncle phoned another uncle on the night of the alleged incident to say he was “after having it” with the injured party, a court heard yesterday.

Two brothers have gone on trial at the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee accused of recklessly or intentionally causing serious harm to their uncle at his home in Kerry almost four years ago.

Judge’s charges

Friends of a 23-year-old man suspected of being involved in a fatal hit and run told yesterday of drinking with him into the early hours, on the day of the incident.

A man suspected of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Co Kerry almost three years ago later told Australian police he had not been in a crash before going there.

A friend of a man charged in connection with a fatal hit and run told a court yesterday he had phoned the accused and spoken to him on the morning of the crash.

A Toyota Land Cruiser suspected of being involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash almost three years ago, was registered in the name of a 22-year-old accused and he also had an insurance policy on the vehicle, a court heard yesterday.

Debris found at the scene of a hit and run in which a cyclist died, came from a vehicle driven by a 22-year-old man on trial in connection with the incident.

Junior Rugby Focus

The trial of a Lithuanian man accused of murdering a mother and daughter, also from Lithuania, at the Central Criminal Court in Tralee has been shown CCTV footage of his movements on Saturday, June 15, 2013.