The 16-day excavation for the remains Charles Brooke Pickard in south Kerry ended on Friday without result — but the investigation is continuing.

The search for the remains of 43-year-old Charles Brooke Pickard, missing since his abduction by a number of masked, armed men in South Kerry a quarter of a century ago, is part of an investigation that was “very much live”, a press conference was told yesterday.

Gardaí and Crimestoppers have renewed their appeal for information on the abduction and disappearance of an Englishman 25 years ago.

Houses at Kinsale’s Ardbrack may go for ‘Scilly -money’, but buyers take their own view, says Tommy Barker.

Nothing’s overlooked at Gorse Lodge, bar a picturesque creek by the sublime Kinsale area’s Sandycove Island, finds Tommy Barker.    

Fairy Field near Castlecove on the ring of Kerry is an old world cottage with quite a captivating name.

Kerry County Council is to seek emergency funding from the Government to deal with a worsening coastal erosion problem, with some seaside areas being described as “war zones”.

The son of a man abducted by masked men 22 years ago has made a fresh television appeal for any information which would help find his father’s body.

Highlights include Challenging God With Vincent Browne

You know when Irishmen start talking about organic pomegranate juice with the same fervour that once applied to pints that things are getting serious.

Whole swathes of the southwest were left without mobile phone coverage over Christmas, it has emerged.

Population fall-offs in rural areas of South Kerry has led to drifts towards the towns of Cahersiveen, Killorglin, Killarney, and Kenmare, a local authority’s draft plan reveals.

Trish Dromey finds a house on the Ring of Kerry within minutes of the beach and Caherdaniel

Some felt it in their hearts, some read it on their heart rate monitors.

Simple three-bed home should draw buyers from everywhere, Tommy Barker reports

LONG-AWAITED work on one of the country’s busiest scenic routes looks certain to be put on an even longer finger.

A QUICK flick through newspapers or websites will show any number of receivership sales in progress and now the trend has reached the residential sector.

Rose Martin finds a bungalow with lots of cachet near an Iron Age site.

TRUE Georgian era houses of stature on the Ring of Kerry are a bit of a rarity, and so Scart House near Castlecove is in rather an exclusive league in one of the country’s most scenic areas.

WHAT land, what a setting. Normal price per acre valuations for land go out the house windows in the case of this property with 33 acres, and mixed appeal.

THE Irish have taken over as the strongest buyers of quality Irish seaside home. No longer do they go almost automatically to overseas buyers.

SPOILT for choice is how Mari Wilson of Key Properties describes the array of amenities on offer in the Castlecove/Caherdaniel axis in southwest Kerry.

I was encouraged and privileged to be present when the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Eamon Ó Cuiv, addressed Kerry County Council in Tralee recently.

The elderly woman who died after she was hit by a car in Co Kerry yesterday evening has been named.

An elderly woman has died following a road accident in Co Kerry.