Swimming at Ballybunion in Co. Kerry, one of the south-west's foremost seaside resorts, has been placed off-limits after high levels of e.coli associated with animal and human faeces, or a combination, showed up on Monday.

The three-day fair presided over traditionally by a wild mountain male goat is older than the charter of King James which gave it legitimacy in 1603.

Here is a selection of people who have moved into interesting new roles.

Caherdaniel, the home of the 19th century Liberator Daniel O’Connell, is also one of a number of coastal villages and towns without any public sewerage and waste water treatment.

With the annual Puck Fair celebrations just around the corner, the festival’s Royal Highness, Queen Puck, has been crowned.

TV and radio presenter Muireann O’Connell joins a long line of women who’ve thrived in their 30s. However, as a younger woman, she wasn’t convinced by what the hype, writes Irene Feighan. 

Minister Brendan Griffin has suggested that multi-national companies in Ireland should be approached with a view to providing financial support for elite amateur athletes.

Tralee CBS 1-15 Coláiste Na Sceilge 0-11: Marc Ó Sé’s Tralee CBS carried too much firepower for a gutsy Coláiste Na Sceilge side, coached by Maurice Fitzgerald, in this Corn Ui Mhuiri opener at Cromane yesterday.

A new era for post-primary football in Skibbereen begins this afternoon in the opening round of games of the Corn Uí Mhuirí.

The home of tasty mussels also offers up, tasty views, and a tasty price, says Trish Dromey.

Drivers of heavy goods vehicles are “going astray” when maps and satellite navigational systems direct them through tunnels and bog roads in south Kerry.

The remaining six Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final spots will be decided this afternoon, with the final round of group games across the province.

Kerry County Council said it will provide assistance to the households cut off by a landslide overlooking Rossbeigh Strand in Kerry.

The cost of a long-awaited pier for an internationally known shell-fishing area is pushing towards €10m, it has emerged.

Reported inconsistencies over areas included in, or excluded from, the new Wild Atlantic Way tourist trail will be tackled in a 2016-17 review of the project, Fáilte Ireland has confirmed.

It’s a chilly St Patrick’s weekend in Kilkenny, and the medieval city is throbbing to the sound of uileann pipes, concertinas, tin whistles, bodhráns, and enough jigs’n’reels to whirl you to the end of time and back again.

A lack of funding for coastal protection works is threatening homes and leading to worsening erosion along a vulnerable section of Co Kerry. 

Today’s Corn Uí Mhuirí Group B clash between St Brendan’s College and Coláiste na Sceilge is the second meeting of the Kerry schools in eight days.

Growing up in Cromane, Donnchadh Walsh had no ambition to play for Mid Kerry.

The death has taken place of Paddy O’Callaghan, of Cromane, Co Kerry, who was well-known as a sportsman, republican, and community activist.

The Kingdom will formally celebrate St Patrick’s Day from dawn to dusk and then, informally, deep into the late hours with many towns and villages hosting parades and other events to make the occasion.

EVEN on a relatively windless day, the breakers that ceaselessly pound the fragile shoreline at Rossbeigh, on the Ring of Kerry, can look menacing.

Fears of further erosion damage to the storm-battered Kerry coast were voiced yesterday, including a warning that some houses in the severely-hit Rossbeigh area could be cut off if a road collapses.

It will be at least a week before Kerry County Council has carried out full assessment of the damage, as well as an estimate of the cost of repairs and long-term work required to protect the county’s vulnerable coastline.

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”.

Houses, streets, and some coastal areas of Kerry were flooded for the first time in almost a half century following a combination of high tides, heavy rain and 130kph gales on Thursday night and early yesterday.

Standing still is akin to going backwards in Donnchadh Walsh’s eyes.

An environmental lobby is to appeal the granting of 34 aquaculture licences in a Kerry harbour designated as a special area of conservation.

Worsening erosion at one of the country’s finest blue flag beaches has prompted calls for action at EU level to prevent more damage and flooding in communities now exposed to the vagaries of the sea.

This lovely little film picked up the Oscar for Best Animated Short last night.

The mother of Oscar nominee Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly has two things going for her: She keeps her daughter on the rails amidst the madness of Hollywood and — most importantly — she brought a packet of Barry’s Tea from her home in Cromane, South Kerry, all the way to LA.

As the big stars preen themselves before the cameras of the world, one of the proudest people at the glitzy Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday night will be a quiet Kerry woman.

Coming from Maynooth, the home of Ireland’s clerical elite, Laura Jayne Halton would have seen a fair few frocks in her youth — mostly worn by male clerics.

Head Over Heels is the name of the film that could bring her Oscar glory but it also describes how a young Co Kerry filmmaker feels about being nominated for the industry’s biggest awards.

A further 35m of sand dunes have disappeared at a popular south Kerry beach area in the past year.

Rows of Tralee: Sásta Sausages and Skellig Pantry both have successful stalls at the Tralee Farmers’ Market

One of the highest number of enforcement orders in 10 years was dished out to cafés and restaurants last month, figures show.

The Government has very little money to tackle coastal erosion in Kerry, despite admitting that a serious problem exists.

The body of a young father, missing for five days after he embarked on a kayaking adventure has been recovered from a lake near his home at Cromane, Co Kerry.

The body of Tralee man Neilus O'Connor has been found in Loch an Gaineamhain, near Cromane, Co. Kerry.

The family of a young father who went missing while kayaking near his home five days ago have said it is impossible to find words to describe the dreadful sense of loss they are experiencing.

An increasingly desperate search for a father-of-one who went missing while kayaking on a lake in Kerry on Friday morning continued over the weekend.

The search will resume later this morning for a 38 year old man who went out in a kayak on a lake near Cromane in Kerry in the early hours of yesterday morning.