Place: Kerry county

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Canada seeks Unesco World Heritage status for Valentia Island

Canada is taking a lead role in seeking Unesco World Heritage status for a residential Irish island.

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Lack of motorhome facilitiesis taking from Wild Atlantic Way tourism

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Letter fills in another piece of The Aud puzzle

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Storm Frank: Rescuers urge everyone to stay off the mountains

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Planning decision on Kerry mosque stalls over ‘call to prayer’ query

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€130k for boy whose mum died in car crash

Healy-Rae grandson disagrees with road naming

A Kerry town’s new bypass road has been named in honour of a political rival of the late Jackie Healy-Rae.

Tue, 23 Dec, 2014

Failed Hanafin heave has Martin red-faced

"I missed you all," Mary Hanafin gushed to reporters in the manner of a faded film star who had just glimpsed the limelight once more thanks to a cameo role in a B movie.

Mon, 26 May, 2014

Councillor calls for disused phone boxes to store defibrillators

They are ending up in pubs and gardens and are being adapted for many other purposes.

Tue, 05 Nov, 2013

Cycleway refusal needs a rethink

Plans to develop a nationwide network of rural cycling lanes on secondary roads have been put in jeopardy by An Bord Pleanála.

Sat, 14 Sep, 2013

Satellites pinpoint rushes to ensure land is farmed

The Department of Agriculture is taking up to 6,000 satellite images per year of farmers’ land to see if fields are being properly farmed.

Thu, 15 Nov, 2012

Population changes could see 20% of constituencies altered

More than 20% of constituency boundaries will have to be changed based on latest population figures, it was claimed last night.

Fri, 30 Mar, 2012

Deer slayings spark safety fears

GROWING concerns are being voiced about threats to public safety from the shooting and poaching of wild deer.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2011

Healy-Rae 'to pay phone calls money'

Kerry South TD Michael Healy-Rae has indicated that he intends to pay back some €2,600 in costs incurred by the taxpayer as a result of calls to premium rate phone lines from Leinster House.

Wed, 29 Jun, 2011

FF councillor ‘upset’ over selection of Martin’s brother

A ROW has broken out between a Fianna Fáil councillor and the Foreign Affairs Minister after she claimed that Micheál Martin was trying to unseat her in favour of one of his brothers.

Thu, 08 Jan, 2009

More than 5,200 council properties lie empty across country

MORE than 5,200 council houses and flats are lying empty as Ireland’s homeless population continues to spiral, it emerged last night.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2008

Irish female politician who fought all her life to break the mould

Kit Ahern felt it would have been hypocritical of her to decline the invitation to enter politics given that she had spent so much of her time cajoling women into getting involved in politics.

Thu, 10 Jan, 2008

Austin Stack Park re-location plan gets go-ahead in Kingdom vote

THE SPECIAL convention in the Brandon Hotel in Tralee last night gave the green light for the re-location of the Austin Stack Park to a new site within the confines of the old racecourse at Ballybeggan Park, Tralee.

Fri, 19 Oct, 2007

Ferris’s daughter elected Kerry mayor

UP to 100 Sinn Féin supporters, including MEP Mary Lou McDonald, crowded into the Kerry County Council chamber in Tralee yesterday for the election of a daughter of Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris as Kerry mayor.

Thu, 30 Jun, 2005

Guidelines ‘biggest PR stunt since Houdini escape’

A KERRY councillor claimed, yesterday, people were learning that the planning guidelines announced by Environment Minister Dick Roche amounted to the “greatest PR stunt since Houdini’s escape.”

Thu, 09 Jun, 2005

Keen competition from private bin firms could force council to wall

KEEN competition from private bin collectors could force Tralee Town Council out of business.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2004