For the second time this summer, a major water pipe has burst at Farranfore, the village serving the N22 main Tralee to Killarney Road, as well as Kerry Airport.

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One of the busiest tourist routes in Co Kerry is down to one lane due to a burst water pipe.

Kerry Agribusiness, a division of Kerry Group plc, has joined the Allied Merchants Buying Association, whose 20 members have a collective buying power of €400m.

It will come as no surprise I’m sure, when I announce here today that I have the definitive itinerary regarding the trip of Donald Trump to Ireland.

The industry group for offshore drilling firms is warning against moves to ban oil and gas exploration, as an exploratory drilling rig prepares to move into position in the Porcupine Basin off Kerry within days.

Traffic infrastructure in Killarney has fallen far behind the “industry-led” tourism business and chronic congestion is now threatening the tourism potential of the entire south-west region, a delegation from the town’s business and hotel organisations has told a council meeting.

Kerry County Council has taken another step towards the development of a cycling greenway on the Ring of Kerry that it hopes will become a major tourist attraction.

Cork GAA chairman Ger Lane has given tacit approval to an independent company, featuring current and former inter-county players, which is set to begin a round of US fund-raising initiatives aimed at better resourcing the Cork senior footballers and hurlers.

A public petition calling for action on a dangerous junction accessing Kerry’s county GAA grounds attracted over 1,500 signatures in just 24 hours.

A sporting autobiography confirms some street truths and puts others to bed as nonsense. Tony Leen analyses the nuggets, the insights, and the revelations in Colm Cooper’s book — which is published today.

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The number of passengers using Kerry Airport, the privately owned regional airport in Farranfore, between Killarney and Tralee, continues to rise, as the airport starts talks on its subsidised routes.

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 Listowel man claimed over €35,000 in benefits while employed as “a steel fixer” working six days a week in the construction industry in the UK, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee was told.

It has taken many years longer than it should to build a permanent home for Kerry GAA, so getting full value for their €8m Centre of Excellence is less a target than an imperative, writes Tony Leen.

There are 50,000 tourist beds in Co Kerry, more than anywhere outside Dublin and the bulk of them are in Killarney.

A 32-year-old man has appeared in court charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a cyclist on the N22 main Killarney to Tralee road on a Sunday morning last November.

It may have been raining cats and dogs yesterday in Killarney amid howling winds — but it was shelter from the summer sun that worried a meeting of the local council.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a male cyclist in his 30s was killed in a collision in Co. Kerry yesterday.

A leading greenway promoter has called for more joined-up thinking as plans progress for several such walking and cycling trails around the country.

A lavish fund-raising effort from Kerry GAA chiefs in New York, Chicago and Boston has helped put a €1 million dent in the cost of the Kingdom’s proposed Centre of Excellence at Currans, near Farranfore.

WITH the daffodils just popping up now among the anemones and snowdrops in its front drive, and under old chestnut trees, Woodville House is a River Blackwater treasure, and an early-season Munster market arrival.

Officers from the National Transport Authority carried out an alleged sting operation on a 71-year-old man in Co Kerry who was operating taxis without a licence.

In recent weeks, the GAA’s leadership have returned fire at Joe Brolly for his "over-the-top" comments about player welfare, writes John Fogarty.

Kerry is unlikely to benefit from an upsurge in the tourism industry until major road schemes have been undertaken.

A home owner close to the scene of a head-on collision on Monday in Kerry said it was a miracle escape for 11 injured children.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a crash in Co Kerry yesterday, in which 11 children and four adults were injured.

Two people remain in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Co Kerry yesterday.

Fifteen people, including 11 children, were injured yesterday evening following a head-on crash between a minibus and a car near Farranfore in Co Kerry.

15 people have been injured following a crash in Co Kerry.

At least 14 people are being treated for injuries following a road traffic collision near Kerry Airport.

Expected to sell in two lots is a Killarney golf course with a 20-year pedigree, overlooking 200 year old trees, a 15th century castle - and the four-story shell of an uncompleted 120-bed hotel and lodges project.

It’s set to be one of the closest fought All Ireland football clashes in recent years — but Donegal’s die-hard fans may have already shaded it in the battle of the flags.

Funding is unlikely to be provided for roundabouts at three dangerous junctions, where numerous accidents have occurred, on the N22 road between Cork and Tralee, it emerged yesterday.

Erasing graffiti from a prominent landmark on the busy Ring of Kerry tourist route could be a “high risk” operation, according to Kerry County Council.

A heart destined for transplant was flown from Kerry to Dublin on a commercial flight yesterday, after bad weather grounded the Air Corps flight.

A heart was flown from Kerry to Dublin yesterday on board a scheduled Aer Arann flight as bad weather scuppered plans by the air corps to transport the organ for a lifesaving operation.

Kerry Group are to provide €1million in funding for Kerry GAA’s new €5.8million centre of excellence.

The finishing touches are being put to the €97m Tralee bypass due to open in mid-August.