White House planners did not include Cork in the first draft itinerary they prepared for President Kennedy’s visit to Ireland.

KENMARE, CO KERRY €475,000

I recently had the privilege of visiting Kenmare, Co Kerry one midweek morning.

TWO inspectors from the Air Accident Investigation Unit are investigating an incident where passengers were evacuated via chutes from a Ryanair plane following landing at Kerry Airport yesterday.

SKILLED veterinary surgeons have helped a lame circus camel overcome a major hump.

The Government has this afternoon comfortably won the first Dáil vote to implement the social welfare cuts proposed in the Budget.

VIDEOS detailing the last days of murdered Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan show her being forced into claiming that she passed information to American soldiers in Iraq.

AGRICULTURAL roots are being recalled as passers-by on the N7 stop to admire Birdhill, Co Tipperary, Ireland’s Tidiest Village in the Bord Failte-SuperValu National Tidy Town Contest 2006.

BRIDES and grooms are being offered the chance to get their hands on €250,000 of cut-price wedding dresses and suits next week following the collapse of a plush Cork bridal shop.

THE owners of a bridal shop, shut down because of money troubles leaving scores of brides-to-be without their wedding gowns, yesterday confirmed a second store has closed.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man was last night charged with the manslaughter of his 31-year-old sister, a married mother of three, last week.

MORE than 1,200 small businesses are operating without public liability insurance because they cannot afford premium increases of up to 250%.

A TOP hotelier yesterday revealed how his “crippling” insurance bill had rocketed by 274% in two years.

A SNUBBED American committee is withdrawing its long-term support for the Jeanie Johnson famine ship project.

THEY’RE champion snorers, firm friends and joint favourites to win cult TV series Treasure Island.