St Senan’s retained their North Kerry SFC title, thanks to two final quarter goals. Brosna were attempting to win their first North Kerry senior title but the more experienced side won after a well contested final at a packed Ballylongford on Sunday.

Brosna manager Liam Brosnan throws out words such as “mythical” and “carnival” when attempting to capture the allure of the North Kerry football championship.

Former Garda stations have been converted into everything from a tourist centre, an ambulance base, and the offices of the State pathologist.

He was resigning in a west London nursing home when he passed away of kidney failure last month.

More than 130 fifth year Agricultural Science students attended a farm walk was held on the farm of Karol Kissane, Ballylongford, Co Kerry.

Gardaí in Listowel investigating the death of a male cyclist in his 60s are appealing for witnesses.

A windfarm proposed for north Kerry, near the Shannon estuary, has been refused planning permission, on grounds of its potential adverse impact on the environment.

Schools, colleges, civic sites, and Killarney National Park were all closed this morning in advance of Ophelia reaching Kerry ahead of the rest of the country.

The Kerry Group Rás Mumhan rolls out of Killorglin at 3pm today and another cracking race is expected with upwards of 190 riders set to do battle over the coming four days.

A stalled gas supply project proposed for the south-west is now back on track over energy concerns arising from Brexit.

Kerry County Council has honoured poet Brendan Kennelly, who has returned to live in his native ‘Bally’, or Ballylongford, a place “full of stories”, after an absence of more than half a century.

An Irish MEP is warning that Ireland could be "sleepwalking" its way into a major energy crisis.

If you can’t beat the pervasive Japanese knotweed, eat it. That was one of the solutions put forward at a meeting of Kerry County Council, which heard parts of the Kingdom are being overrun by the invasive species.

Last Monday, Adare, Co Limerick, remembered Jerry McCabe on the 20th anniversary of the IRA attack which claimed his life near the village post office. Yesterday, his own people and hundreds of others gathered in Ballylongford, Co Kerry, where he was brought up to pay their tribute.

It was 6.55am, June 7, 1996, when Detective Garda Jerry McCabe and Detective Garda Ben O’Sullivan were targeted by an IRA gang as both officers provided an armed escort for a mail delivery van.

A memorial plaque to mark the 20th anniversary of the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe is to be erected on a house in Co Kerry where he grew up.

Tougher sentences should be imposed on garda killers, the widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe has said.

The widow of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe claims former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern snubbed her a number of times as she sought help to keep her husband’s killers behind bars.

The naval ship LÉ Aisling is in the bay, the Irish army will be on manoeuvres, and the strains of ‘Lonely Banna Strand’ are ringing out across Tralee Bay in one of the biggest State commemorations outside of Dublin of events associated with 1916.

In an industry struggling to reinvent itself, the freelance photographer gets squeezed more than most. All the more so, when it’s a sports-specific effort, like Healy Racing in Listowel. As the local September festival kicks off this weekend, Pat Healy reflects on the trade, characters, and moments he’ll remember — and the ones he can’t forget.

When Brendan Kennelly and his daughter Doodle pulled into the car park of St Michael’s Church, Ballylongford, they thought a funeral must have been going on.

Cork junior football selector Danny Culloty believes Kerry have a distinct experience advantage over them in this evening’s Munster final.

Russia’s stranglehold on European countries will be dramatically reduced, according to a blueprint produced by the EU.

DCU 1-14 UCC 2-10 (AET): Not for one minute had Tadgh Lowe stood between the posts in either the Higher Education league or O’Byrne Cup.

Two of the largest towns in Kerry are among six across the country which still have no access to natural gas, the Government has confirmed.

People in the Shannon Estuary village of Ballylongford, Co Kerry, who were hit by severe flooding a year ago, are bracing themselves for high tides next month and in March.

Beale 0-11 Listowel Emmets 0-10: Beale ended a 25 year famine when they defeated champions Listowel Emmets in Saturday’s North Kerry SFC final at O’Rahilly Park, Ballylongford.

Listowel Emmets duo Jack McGuire and Conor Cox are set for a busy 48 hours this weekend.

Often, meetings in provincial junior and intermediate club championship clashes are trips into the unknown.

You have to reach back almost 40 years for Shannon Rangers football fairytales. The division — so far into north Kerry that Clare is closer than Tralee and Limerick is as close as Listowel — have more stories about carping than cups.

HE still spins around Killarney on his bike at 55, looking as fresh as paint, uncreased by the stresses of life and Kerry’s roller-coaster ride to Croke Park.

A disused food factory site is to become an attractive public market area in the centre of Tralee, Co Kerry.

The Government remained adamant last night a €1bn natural gas terminal had not been stalled by developers Shannon LNG.

Despite numerous obstacles which have stalled a €600m liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed for the Shannon Estuary, the Government is still in contact with the company about the project.

Homes and businesses without landline phones could be waiting for several weeks more for restoration of service, Eircom said yesterday.

More than 1,100 people have signed a petition opposing plans to erect wind turbines which would be taller than the Dublin Spire.

Growing numbers of college graduates may be going abroad to work but those intent on staying home to improve their qualifications are cautiously optimistic about the future.

BALLYLONGFORD

Waterford

Met Éireann is expected to issue a red alert as gale force winds of up to 130km/h, high tides, rain, sleet, hail, and thunder hit the country this weekend.