Hundreds of boy racers attracted to Killarney, Co Kerry, for the annual Rally of the Lakes over the public holiday weekend will come in for close Garda attention.

A 48-year-old woman has been convicted of careless driving causing the death of a woman cyclist on the outskirts of Tralee in what the judge described as “a tragic accident” last January.

A 21-year-old Dublin man with a large number of convictions has been told he is not to come to Kerry for two years after he admitted stealing an Apple iPhone from a woman’s purse during last year’s Rose of Tralee festival.

Two men have appeared before a special sitting of the District Court in Tralee, charged with thefts of tourist property at viewing spots, breaking into cars, and possession of house-breaking implements in the Killarney area.

Two brothers from Rathkeale, Co Limerick, who gardaí claim “target the elderly” in Kerry, appeared before a sitting of Tralee District Court yesterday.

A 21-year-old north Cork man charged with an alleged fatal hit and run on a cyclist 18 months ago has been refused bail after gardaí objected to an application by his solicitor.

A 20-year-old man with special needs, who has been charged with the murder of his mother, did not attend a scheduled court sitting yesterday because of illness.

Gardaí investigating the execution-style shooting of a man in Co Cork almost six years ago are following new lines of enquiry after identifying the murder weapon.

It was a done deal as far as gardaí were concerned when they collared a young man who was trying to sell equipment he’d stolen on the internet.

Gardaí have thanked the neighbours of a 91-year-old man for their help after the pensioner was forcibly restrained and robbed in his home near a village in Cork.

Four Kerry children are spending their first Christmas without their father, who was killed in a hit and run accident close to his home on July 1.

Thieves targeted the home of a pensioner just hours after gardaí recovered more than €100,000 of his life savings which had been stolen the day before.

The widow of a man who was killed in a hit-and-run incident almost four months ago has issued an emotional appeal for the driver to come forward.

Crimestoppers is prepared to offer a substantial reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person who killed a cyclist in a hit-and-run on the Cork-Kerry border.

A priest yesterday appealed to smash-and-grab thieves to return altar vessels and vestments stolen from his car while he said Mass.

Gardaí investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident are focussing their search for a vehicle in the Duhallow area of north-west Cork.

A gang has been using a simple but effective method of “fishing out” money from donation boxes embedded in church walls.

FARMERS in West Cork who deliberately start scrub fires during the closed season could face far stiffer penalties, including that of reckless endangerment which carries a jail sentence of up to 10 years.

GARDAÍ believe vandals were behind the destruction of six valuable sculling boats at the National Rowing Centre in Cork.

PRELIMINARY results from a postmortem examination on the 65-year-old Co Cork farmer, who died after an alleged violent fracas, indicate that he suffered a heart attack.

GARDAÍ are searching for a gang who carried out a ram-raid on a toy factory and robbed a construction firm, hardware shop, tool hire business and carpet store.