An increasing preference for cremation is easing the problem of a shortage of public burial space in Killarney.

A burglar who broke into the home of a Kerry man in his 70s, causing minor criminal damage, has been told to provide €5,000 compensation “to make amends”.

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.

Trish Dromey reports on how the efforts by a Dublin woman, on a Kerry sabbatical, transformed an old cottage into a spectacular dwelling.

Dublin aside, there are more hotel and B&B beds in Killarney than in any other Irish town. It more than deserves its tourism status, says Tony Clayton-Lea.

The dead are being laid to rest under footpaths in a Kerry cemetery.

A warning has been given of the risk of further deaths and serious crashes at a dangerous junction, on the main N22 Cork to Tralee road, unless safety is improved.

Stunning views over the lakes of Killarney are one of the stand out features of this award-winning hotel and spa, Mark Twomey makes the most of a break in Aghadoe.

A bench warrant was issued for the arrest of a young Kerry man who was granted bail to attend his mother’s funeral but failed to turn up in court yesterday.

A young Kerry man accused of drunken driving in the early hours of yesterday pleaded with a judge at Cork District Court to let him out of custody to attend his mother’s funeral.

A HSE report questioned if children’s death certs were falsified at Bessborough to enable ‘brokering’ of adoptions, Gardaí in Kerry are investigating criminal damage worth thousands of euro to a luxury holiday home in Aghadoe, the pressure on Sepp Blatter has intensified. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Gardaí in Kerry are investigating criminal damage worth thousands of euro to a luxury holiday home in Aghadoe following a Leaving Certificate graduation ceremony at a Killarney secondary school.

Kerry County Council is in “active discussions” to acquire land which has the potential to provide 3,000 burial spaces in Killarney.

An expected land purchase to resolve a grave crisis in Killarney, Co Kerry, has fallen through.

Long-running efforts to resolve a graves crisis in Killarney, Co Kerry, are expected to bear fruit early in 2015.

A short-term solution to resolving problems arising from a shortage of burial plots in Killarney, Co Kerry, has been announced by Kerry County Council.

A crisis has arisen in Killarney due to ongoing delays in acquiring land for a public burial ground in the Co Kerry tourist town, it was claimed yesterday. An emergency meeting of Killarney Municipal Authority is to be held next week because of slow progress on the purchase of the private cemetery by the council.

Bereaved families are faced with “intolerable” situations over a continuing delay by Kerry County Council to secure land for a public burial site in Killarney.

A copyright case involving Fine Gael MEP and former GAA president Seán Kelly and a photographer will involve copyright issues with "potential, serious ramifications for the media", solicitor for the press photographer Michelle-Cooper Galvin said.

The Irish crew of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle guided their Citroen DS3 to a magnificent third place finish on Rally Finland, round eight of the World Rally Championship.

Funding is unlikely to be provided for roundabouts at three dangerous junctions, where numerous accidents have occurred, on the N22 road between Cork and Tralee, it emerged yesterday.

A horse-drawn tradition will survive in one of the country’s premier tourist destinations, despite fierce competition from other transport providers.

One of the last acts of Killarney Town Council has been to clinch a deal for the purchase of a cemetery in the area.

A planning application has been submitted for a new privately-developed graveyard in a top tourist area where spaces in existing public cemeteries are fast running out.

The end is in sight in a 20-year search for land suitable for a public graveyard in Killarney, Co Kerry.

Rural people were being “intimidated” by townspeople moving into the countryside, a woman claimed at the Circuit Civil Court in Tralee yesterday during a dispute over a right of way and the opening and closing of gates at the edge of the Killarney National Park.

The Department of Transport, Tourism, and Sport has denied making promises of financial support to a rugby club.

CAMEL through the eye of a needle is about the level of difficulty that non-locals encounter when trying a self-build anywhere near the Lakes of Killarney.

Workers at Killarney Golf Club are to go on strike from May 7 over company plans to make 21 of the 41 staff redundant. The employees overwhelming voted in favour of the action.

Further delays in carrying out a long-awaited extension to Killarney’s sewerage network could exacerbate pollution problems in Kerry’s world-famous lakes.

“D’you see that fine mare over there. Wouldn’t you know she was special from the way she stands out,” nudged the man with a funny hat, pointing his stick in the direction of a grand grey in the middle of the field.

As Dan MacCarthy dips into a new series of guides on the country’s best walking spots, he discovers that size really doesn’t matter when it comes to the breathtaking beauty on offer

IN THE PAST few years, the Irish have taken to camping like never before.

A town council has narrowly voted to press ahead with plans for a graveyard overlooking the lakes of Killarney — amid resistance from a major tour operator, a five-star hotel and a number of local residents.

This stylish home in Aghadoe, outside Killarney, is finished to a five-star standard with space aplenty, sympathetic landscaping — and a National Park on the doorstep, writes Tommy Barker.

Progress has been welcomed in the planning of a long-awaited sewerage scheme, listed as a priority in the protection of one of the main picture-postcard Killarney lakes.

WET, wet, wet — with more to come.

PROGRESS has been made in acquiring badly-needed land for a burial ground in a tourist town.

THERE’S a glimmer of hope that land for a public burial ground may, at last, be available in Killarney.

Tommy Barker and Rose Martin scan a selection of trading up homes around the country.

The HSE has sincerely apologised for its various failings in its treatment of a 44-year-old father of three who died after severe brain injuries he sustained following surgery he underwent at a Co Kerry hospital on a broken wrist.

All four of the teenagers killed in Wednesday's horrific road crash in Kerry have now been laid to rest.

THE first of the victims of Wednesday’s devastating car crash in Co Kerry will be laid to rest today.