CLEAR ISLAND WALK, WEST CORK

BROWN’S MILLS WALK, KINSALE, CO CORK

Success comes in many different forms and it’s not all about having your name up in lights — that was the advice from TV star Graham Norton to young people yesterday.

A toxic gas of the type that caused the death of Ulster Rugby star Nevin Spence poses a danger to Irish farmers who use gypsum for animal bedding, scientists have warned.

The number of unemployed people in Kerry jumped by a massive 160% in five years, mainly due to collapses in the construction and retail sectors.

ALMOST 300 jobs were announced yesterday as part of the first phase of a huge pharmaceutical enterprise planned for unemployment blackspot Tralee, Co Kerry.

New research being undertaken at the Institute of Technology, Carlow, could mean that plants will be used to detect and clean up PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) chemicals that have been causing wide spread pollution and that have been shown to cause cancer in animals.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday played down suggestions of any rift with the Progressive Democrats, insisting that Fianna Fáil’s relationship with its coalition partners was “excellent.”

COLLEGE building projects costing hundreds of millions of euro are being delayed because a review on the work ordered by Education Minister Noel Dempsey is incomplete.

AN advert that recommended plastic surgery as a cure for depression has been withdrawn after complaints from mental health groups.