A video has emerged this afternoon that appears to show the Carrantoohill cross being cut down with an angle grinder.

Offers of help to re-erect a vandalised steel cross on the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain continue to flood in from all over the country.

Church authorities, gardaí, and locals remain mystified about the motive for cutting down a landmark Christian cross at the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain.

Lough Fada and Hag of Beara

LEHID BRIDGE, KENMARE, CO KERRY

A new plan has been drawn up to manage public access to one of the country’s most popular mountain ranges.

Operation Transformation asked applicants why they wanted to be on the show. Some of the answers were very revealing:

More than 500 people unhappy with their weight applied to become an Operation Transformation leader.

Áilín Quinlan talks to Peter Kelly and others about wrapping up and heading to the woods for seasonal fun.

The mother of identical twin girls who each weighed just over 1lb when they were born has told of her joy at seeing her baby daughters tip the scales at a stone.

A second pit bull attack inside a week in Co Kerry has intensified calls for stricter enforcement of laws for the control of dangerous dogs.

MANY people will be taking to the outdoors over the next seven days during National Heritage Week for which no less than 1,700 events have been organised.

The many hundreds who turn up to support Waterford Castle, Limerick, Tralee, Cork, Adare Manor, Tramore, Muskerry, Ballybunion, Doneraile and Nenagh in next weekend’s Munster finals of the Irish Senior and Junior Cups and Barton Shield have a treat in store.

Dogs have been banned from Ireland’s highest mountain because pets unleashed by their owners have been attacking sheep.

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Two men were stranded on the country’s highest mountain as a rescue unit in Kerry responded to a 12th emergency so far this year.

Hillwalkers ignoring a sign warning them to stay away from potentially dangerous paths near the summit of Ireland’s highest mountain are putting themselves in serious danger.

A community is rallying around the family of a little Kerry girl due for a life-saving organ transplant next month.

When it comes to the final whistle of championship games, John Mullane and Eoin Kelly are a photographer’s dream.

This Kerry property mixes local materials and tasteful imports to create an impressive home in a lovely location, writes Tommy Barker

Mary Cody was stranded on the Reeks without essential supplies. She survived thanks to the local mountain rescue team.

A man in his 60s has been airlifted to hospital after being rescued from near to Carrantuohill in Co Kerry this evening.

I WILL miss life at the feeder when I travel abroad to hide away and finish a book about west Cork.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kerry girl, who is battling the usually fatal Battens Disease, is being treated in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee after a number of difficult weeks in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin.

A FUND-RAISING campaign for children affected by the extremely rare Battens Disease reached new heights over the weekend.

A PHOTOGRAPH sent from a mobile phone guided rescuers to mountain climbers in difficulty over the August bank holiday, it was confirmed yesterday.

AS intermittent drizzle and low clouds enveloped Killarney yesterday, the television commentators at the 3 Irish Open Golf Championship eased off a little on the superlatives.

HIKING and walking are now the most popular activity pursuits by tourists in Ireland, with upwards of two million people, including home and overseas visitors, taking part each year.

A WARNING sign that could save lives has mysteriously disappeared from a mountain in Co Kerry, popular with hill walkers and climbers.

DESPITE warnings not to go onto snow-covered mountains without proper equipment, four people had to be brought to safety from Carrantuohill by the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT), late on Saturday night.

Four walkers who got into difficulty on Carrantuohill in Co Kerry have been rescued.

CLIMBERS and hill walkers throughout the country are being warned that an ascent of any Irish mountain was now tantamount to “alpine winter mountaineering”.

A rescue operation is underway on Carrantuohill in Co Kerry.

Five people have been rescued from Carrantuohill in Co Kerry.

Kerry Mountain Rescue has reached a group of three climbers stranded on Carrantuohill.

A search operation has been launched in Co Kerrytoday for three climbers missing on Carrantuohill.

TWO white-tailed sea eagles released in Killarney National Park as part of a nature conservation project last year are believed to have been poisoned.

HILL walkers and others planning to head for the mountains during Christmas and the new year period were yesterday urged to take extreme care.

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

A BUSY season, so far, for the rescue services in Kerry continued on Wednesday night when a 19-year-old German was brought to safety from a dangerous ledge on Dingle Peninsula.

AN 82-year-old German woman was at the centre of a rescue operation on Ireland’s highest mountain early yesterday.

An 82-year-old woman who wanted to climb Ireland’s highest mountain one last time had to be rescued from the peak after midnight.

An elderly woman and teenager have been rescued from Carrantuohill in Co Kerry overnight.