Famed for its lakes and high peaks, scenic Kerry county has an unwanted mountain — of litter. Over 220 tonnes of general litter and household waste was fly-tipped on roadsides, and at bottle banks, in the country’s top tourist county last year.

Tracey Kennedy was confirmed last night as the first female chair in Cork GAA history as nominations closed for annual convention without a challenge to her nomination.

More than €32,000 has been raised online for the family of a self-employed golf pro who passed away suddenly at the age of 37, leaving behind his wife and their two young children.

The widow of a man who had been a healthy, active 37-year-old golf professional said she is still trying to understand how her husband died.

New Zealander Hori Morse served as an Auxiliary in Tralee, Co Kerry, during the War of Independence, when the town was international news. In 1921, he began an affair with a married woman and would himself become a front-page story, says Ryle Dwyer

A single punch after a day spent celebrating the drawn Cork-Kerry Munster final in pubs left a man with permanent physical injuries — but the emotional trauma on the wider family was just as bad, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee was told.

A pact between Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour yesterday ensured the election of FG Cllr Pat McCarthy as chairman of Kerry County Council.

An investigation has been launched into a crash at a car rally in Kerry which has left two youngsters in hospital yesterday.

Gardaí are investigating a car rally accident in which a young brother and sister were injured yesterday.

Following the release of a book on Kerry’s Republican dead last week, Ryle Dwyer relates how events on Dublin’s Vico Road in 1920 distorted The Kingdom’s history

It’s a weekend for the great outdoors with fingers crossed for fine weather and lots of events in the south-west for locals and tourists.

All-Ireland winning captain Kieran McGeeney has seen his share of big day dramas, but few could trump his wedding this week, when his groomsman’s wife went into labour during the reception.

Ballymacelligott, Tralee €129,950

The theft of €7,000 from an 84-year-old woman in a rural part of north Kerry on the same day as the closure of the local Garda station has left a community in fear.

A former Fianna Fáil TD has denied any wrongdoing by using prepaid Oireachtas envelopes to send out notices of local party meetings.

St Kieran’s 2-11 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-14

INNISCARRA, CORK €250,000

Kerry County Council has said a fly infestation problem in north Kerry in recent days was most likely caused by work being carried out at its landfill site at Muingnaminnane.

A worthwhile exercise for both Kieran McGeeney and Jack O’Connor as the Lilywhites edged to victory at the official reopening of the Ballymacelligott GAA pitch on Saturday.

Drivers, especially ‘boy racers’, who modify their cars, should notify their insurance companies.

NUMBED young people mourning a victim of the horror road accident in Co Kerry were yesterday told by a priest to talk to each other and share their sorrow.

Following the dramatic happenings in the Dail on Tuesday evening and the subsequent fall-out, the Government will hardly be looking forward to the vote on the Dog Breeding Establishment Bill next week.

ABBIE isn’t just a dog to 11-year-old Clodagh Mangan; she’s like the sister she doesn’t have.

AUCTIONEER Brendan Mannix’s gavel-wielding debut bore fruit for the executors of land at Knockavinnane, Ballymacelligott, Tralee.

A HANDY farm with buildings in place, could suit Tralee buyers looking for a rural idyll, but without too much land.

ABOUT 60 people yesterday mounted a protest outside a Kerry County Council meeting in Tralee, against what they claimed were over-restrictive planning policies in rural areas.

THREE intrepid Kerry women have climbed the four highest peaks in Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales, all for a good cause.

A KERRY priest was yesterday said to be recovering slowly, following a brutal assault outside his rural presbytery on Sunday night.

A Co Kerry priest is being treated in hospital after he was attacked at his home outside Tralee last night.

AN exuberant Kerry woman who appeared at the summit of freezing Ben Nevis, last week, in a figure-hugging sequin dress and stilettos, plans to repeat the performance on three other mountains.