An apprentice jockey who followed a student, bringing with him duct tape and scissors, told gardaí he was angry after she rejected his sexual advances, that he was into bondage, and that he could not control his urges.

Eight people have died in traffic accidents over a 10-year period on a busy tourist route earmarked for a major upgrade.

The signs summed up the story: “Our Road Is A Mess — We Want Progress.’.

A warning has been given that somebody will be killed at a dangerous bridge on one of the country’s busiest tourist routes unless safety measures are upgraded there.

A sum of €4.35m, set aside this year by the National Roads Authority (NRA) for upgrading the N86 Tralee to Dingle road, will now be spent in another part of the country.

A strong plea was yesterday made to An Taisce not to proceed with a judicial review in the High Court of a project to upgrade a major tourist route.

An Taisce is to challenge a decision by An Bord Pleanála to give the green light to major works, including cycle lanes, on one of the country’s busiest tourist roads.

A man has been given a two-and-half-year suspended sentence for kicking his opponent in the face and breaking his jaw after a hurling match.

A Polish mechanic has lost his claim to a 4 x 4 vehicle he bought “in good faith” on the Done Deal website — but which turned out to be stolen.

A mechanic claims he owns a Land Rover Discovery jeep he bought in Limerick on Christmas Eve from an ad on the Done Deal website but which turned out to be stolen.

Plans to include cycle-ways in upgrades to tourist routes along the west and south coasts could be in jeopardy following An Bord Pleanála’s rejection of a €65m development on the Dingle Peninsula.

As shortlived as a smile, Irish snow rarely lasts beyond lunchtime, and so, while yesterday began as the best Monday ever for many children, come home time, the whiteness was gone.

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

A fully finished holiday home in a world-famous retirement town was yesterday sold for a knockdown €50,000.

Signs of a feud between Traveller families gearing up in Tralee again this summer led yesterday to a public appeal from Pavee Point for families involved to “take a step back”.

The need for urgent action to tackle a worsening coastal erosion problem at one of Kerry’s most popular beaches was highlighted yesterday.

RAMPANT erosion along several areas of Kerry’s coastline is set to continue unchecked in 2011 as the council has said it will spend no further money on such work until it receives €3 million it is owed by state agencies for work already carried out.

LARGE blocks of land doesn’t come up too often in Co Kerry, and this block close to Killarney is sure to whet the appetite of buyers.

PARTS of a fragile dunes area at a Kerry Blue Flag beach may soon be off-limits to the public for conservation reasons.

A HOTEL redevelopment and extension has been given the go-ahead at one of the country’s top blue flag beaches on the Dingle peninsula – made famous also by the film Ryan’s Daughter.

A NEW levy is to be imposed on developers in Tralee to help pay for link routes to a €137 million ring road planned for the town.

WITH more than 20 years experience of campaigning on rural issues, noted community activist Brigid O’Connor is determined to break the FF-FG stranglehold on council seats in the Dingle area.

Two Cabra cousins who launched an attack on gardai arresting a youth in their neighbourhood leaving a female garda suffering chronic back pain have had sentencing adjourned at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

A FEAR that damage might be caused to an important spawning river in Kerry was one of the reasons given by An Bord Pleanála for turning down a planning application for a multi-million euro development, it emerged at the weekend.

A cyclist in his 20s has died after being struck by a car near Tralee in Co Kerry yesterday evening.

DESPITE appalling weather conditions, a massive search was mounted yesterday for a 38-year-old man who has been reported missing in Castlemaine, Co Kerry.

A man who was forced into acting as a drug courier by his former "best friend" has been jailed for six years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for possession of heroin valued at €120,000.

THE deaths of two people in a two-vehicle crash near Tralee early yesterday, brings to 10 the number of fatalities on Kerry roads already this year.

MYSTERY still surrounds the cause of a fire which claimed the lives of three members of a family in Castlemaine, Co Kerry, early on Sunday.

A FORENSIC team will travel to Kerry today to examine the scene of a house fire which claimed the lives of three members of the one family.