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After a five-year hiatus, Milltown/Castlemaine lifted the Michael O’Connor Cup as they defeated Laune Rangers by a single point in this Mid Kerry SFC final in Glenbeigh.

Funding of €6.5 million for the cycleways is being supplemented by an increase in the local property tax.

A further two weeks are being set aside for the planning hearings into the controversial South Kerry Greenway - mainly to allow the process to hear from farmers objecting to the route selection and to the Compulsory Purchase mechanism.

There has been no record of increase in criminal activity or anti-social behaviour as a result of greenways, an oral hearing into the proposed South Kerry Greenway has heard.

Meanwhile the Healy-Raes now see a gap and may well go for the chance of a third seat, it is strongly rumoured.

An oral hearing into the controversial South Kerry Greenway is expected to take almost two weeks.

There are 32 locations in Kerry without sewerage treatment plants, writes Anne Lucey.

Tim had popped the question during a weekend trip to Paris as they strolled along the Champs-Élysées.

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.

A State fisheries body has succeeded in stopping the development of holiday homes on the Ring of Kerry over fears it could cause pollution to a local river.

Former Government minister John O’Donoghue has withdrawn his attempt to seek a nomination to contest the next local elections for Fianna Fáil in Kerry.

Even the presence of an upgraded marina has not stopped “the continuous decline of Caherciveen” and now the town’s Main Street is full of derelict buildings, its pavements broken and footpaths cracked, a delegation of business leaders 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.

Fáilte Ireland is examining the possibility of developing a full-scale walking trail along the entire Wild Atlantic Way route. The ambitious plan is a key objective of the tourism body’s 10-Year Vision for Tourism.

A West Cork community has been urged to play a meaningful role in securing its village post office, following the death of a postmaster last month.

John Fintan Daly played a straight bat ahead of Knocknagree’s Munster junior football final, if you remember. He pointed out that Cork clubs had a dismal record in the competition against Kerry opposition but he believed in his own side and said as much.

A court sitting in Kerry took place in the private residence of the district court judge yesterday, where several cases involving special sittings have been heard over the Christmas period.

More than 20,000 homes and businesses were left without power across Kerry yesterday as Storm Ophelia wreaked havoc from the early hours.

Efforts are being made by Kerry County Council to persuade a District Court Judge to allocate more money to local communities and charities from the court poor box.

DON’T use the weather as an excuse. Get out there, says Donal Hickey. 

Public anger is intensifying after unspoilt tourist beaches on the Ring of Kerry were earmarked for oyster farming.

A large quantity of beef was contaminated with faeces and other dirt in a Kerry abattoir before it was shipped out to a customer, a judge ruled yesterday.

A Kerry abattoir owner claimed at Limerick Circuit Civil Court yesterday that 50 carcasses of beef were contaminated while being taken in a refrigerated trailer to a processor in Dublin.

A planned 32km greenway along a busy tourist route in south Kerry should be studied to ascertain its impact on the environment, due to the sensitive nature of the landscape and the scale of the project.

After years of torture and torment, the Mid Kerry club finally struggles over a major psychological hurdle to claim its first Kerry Junior football title, writes Tony Leen

Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Cahill, who re-joined the party in July, has declared his intention to seek a nomination to contest the next general election.

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The Kerry independent councillor, Michael Cahill, who represents South and West Kerry, and who had left Fianna Fáil in 2011, is to formally rejoin the party on Monday, it is understood.

Eighty years of racing in one of the most scenic courses in Europe saw attendances up on recent years and for the most part, the sun shone over the four-day festival that is the July meeting of Killarney Races.

More than 170 landowners are in line to earn about €600 a year in a maintenance scheme announced by Kerry County Council for the proposed South Kerry Greenway.

A substantial piece of farmland in Kerry is due to fall under the auctioneer’s hammer next month.

A girl who broke her two upper front teeth during a ride on the bumpers has been awarded more than €36,000.

EX-CAPTAIN Kieran O’Leary and defenders Jack Sherwood and Pa Kilkenny are among six Kerry footballers that have been released or have left the Kingdom’s Championship squad this week.