THEY celebrated their honeymoon by watching the crowning of the first Rose of Tralee, and now 50 years later the MacMahons are back for a joint golden anniversary.

MEMBERS of Republican Sinn Féin yesterday protested outside the Kerry County Museum in Tralee where an exhibition is being held on William Melville, founder of the British Secret Service.

REPUBLICANS have expressed disgust that a public hall, dedicated to a Kerry Fenian, is being used to celebrate the life and times of a MI5 founder.

KERRY County Council has been urged to publish a name and shame list of compensation claimants in an effort to reduce its spiralling insurance costs.

JUDGEMENT day is nigh for this summer’s roses, but they’re not wilting under the strain. The judges hover everywhere, even when the girls make their way up the aisle at St John’s church during Sunday mass.