The plant-hire company owned by independent Kerry TD, Danny Healy Rae last year recorded an 85% increase in post tax profits to €444,227.

A DISPUTE over a right-of-way between Kerry county councillor Danny Healy-Rae and a neighbouring farmer has been settled at the Circuit Court in Killarney.

KERRY county councillor Danny Healy-Rae, who arrived in a neck brace at Tralee Circuit Court yesterday, was disputing a neighbour’s claim to a right of way through his property at Fussa, Kilgarvan, the court was told yesterday.

A VOLCANO near Tokyo erupted yesterday, shooting up billowing smoke and showering parts of the capital with a fine ash that some residents mistook for snow.