A unit of the fire service on its way from attending a road traffic accident spotted the blaze from the main Killorglin to Glencar road at around 4.30am on Friday morning.

A number of other letters and files were also found in separate incidents over a number of weeks.

The Irish Wildlife Trust called this week for radical transformation of uplands management, after a week of wildfires which devastated habitats across Ireland.

Glenbeg Lake in Co Cork’s Beara peninsula, has one of the country’s largest identified remaining Pearl Mussel populations.

The Courts Service has announced the retirement of Judge James O’Connor, the district court judge in Kerry who was noted for his judicial leniency through the use of the court poor box.

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.

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

Landslides, flooded roads, and major bridges which were impassable for the first time in recent memory were recorded in Kerry after torrential rainfall in coastal and mountainous areas overnight on Monday and for most of yesterday.

Upcoming agri events.

Kerry farmer shot at his daughter’s partner after drinking

Kerins O’Rahillys 2-15 East Kerry 2-9: Underdogs Kerins O’Rahillys caused a major upset capturing their first Kerry County U21 Football Championship title in a high-octane final at Castleisland last night.

Kya deLongchamps says with minor updating, Lakefield would be a handsome home to love and to live in.

Conflicting estimates of damage caused by a spate of gorse fires in Killarney National Park have been given by statutory bodies.

Mid Kerry 1-12 Shannon Rangers 0-7

Captivating views of the magnificent hills and mountains of the Bridia Valley in Co Kerry come gratis with this seven-year old dormer home.

The man who died while hill walking in the MacGillicuddy’s Reeks, on Wednesday evening, has been named as Timothy (Teddy) Clifford, a veterinary surgeon of Annadale Rd, Killorglin, Co Kerry.

A US tourist has been convicted of careless driving after his car struck two motorcycle gardaí who were on their way to deal with another accident.

The 401st King of Killorglin was presented to the press yesterday at a ceremonial unveiling on Rossbeigh Strand.

Potholes could soon be things of the past in one of the country’s most popular tourist attractions.

EVERY now and then, a car surpasses expectations. Regular readers will know of my fondness for all things Audi; that’s why I’ve owned several of their cars.

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.

Homes and businesses without landline phones could be waiting for several weeks more for restoration of service, Eircom said yesterday.

Gardaí in Co. Donegal are hunting for a man who beat and robbed a pensioner in her home.

As a clean-up continued yesterday following a landslide on a major tourist route on Sunday evening, there were complaints about a lack of signage on minor roads to which people were diverted.

Those who knew him well saw globe-trotting millionaire John O’Connor as a dynamic, complex, mercurial, and generous man and paid their due tributes yesterday.

John O’Connor’s vision of a premier golf course paid off, says Dan Buckley

A suspected burglar has been hospitalised after he was struck by a golf club during an attempted break-in at a house in Co Donegal.

Helena Healy and her son, Alan, were said to be recovering well in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, last night after a rare son-to-mother kidney transplant.

Alan Healy is giving up his weekend soccer game so he can give his mother Helena a second chance of life.

It might not be the weather for stripping off, but hundreds splashed about in the sea yesterday to raise funds to fight cancer and remember loved ones.

If the phonetics are similarily explosive, and the brief word begins with that sibilant sixth letter of the alphabet, then it is easy enough to understand how an innocent five-letter word can stray into the low caste pen occupied by its shunned four letter fellows.

In the second of a two-day series on rural Ireland, Michael Clifford reports on how community programmes are helping local people to cope with loneliness and isolation

A MAN has appeared before a district court in Killarney on a charge of dangerous driving causing the death of a woman.

A GANG went on the rampage in Co Donegal and tried to carry out four ram-raids in less than an hour.

DESPITE the recent death of another white-tailed sea eagle after consuming a banned poison, the project to reintroduce the spectacular birds of prey to the south-west is to continue.

ANOTHER white-tailed sea eagle has been found dead from poisoning, in Co Kerry, the first death of an eagle since legislation banning the use of poisons was introduced in October.

IT’S a story that’s rooted in remote places, almost lost in the heather-clad hillsides of the south-west.

THE new Planning and Development (amendment) Act 2010 will “spell the death knell” of the rural dweller and the one-off house, because it will take into account the energy expended in commutes between work and home, a council meeting has heard.

THE thought of holding age-old Puck Fair without the regal presence of a wild goat is unimaginable, but it could yet happen.