A number of speeding summonses issued on foot of unpaid fixed penalty notices were dismissed at Tralee District Court yesterday because common placenames in Co Kerry were misspelled or in some cases could not be aligned to any existing place.

A 24-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene when his car hit a wall on the main Tralee to Listowel road near the village of Kilflynn shortly before 10pm on Saturday night.

There are football followers, and then there are football fans: Tralee man Bernard Lynch is such a supporter of Kerry. He has decorated his house in the Green and Gold, got a banner specially made and staked €100 on a win.

Burglaries and thefts in Kerry have increased dramatically this summer and are at a historically high level, according to gardaí.

Limerick is expecting a Sam bonanza from Saturday’s All-Ireland senior football semi-final battle between Mayo and Kerry, which will reignite in the Treaty City.

More than 1,100 people have signed a petition opposing plans to erect wind turbines which would be taller than the Dublin Spire.

In early November 1915, on the weekend of the All-Ireland final, the Tralee Republican leader Austin Stack dispatched three men disguised as Kerry football supporters to Dublin.

After the Kerry footballer issued a strongly-worded statement in response to slagging of his facial hair (yes, really), we look back at the evolution of the Galvin goatee.

Kyle King collected back-to-back all age cups at Kilflynn yesterday.

Tomorrow evening, the opening ceremony for the 2012 Paralympics will serve as the world’s portal to over 4,000 athletes which Channel 4, the host country’s broadcaster, have been calling superhumans in their clever, pre-Games advertising campaign.

USE of the new Garda telecommunications system, Tetra, led to the fast apprehension of three men following an attempted raid on an ATM, in Castleisland, in Co Kerry, early on Saturday.

WIZARD weaved his magic to claim Corn Na Feile at Abbeyfeale yesterday.

SPRUCE HUNTER, owned by Master Darragh Bourke from Castleisland, Co Kerry — beaten in the semi-finals of All-Aged Stakes at Castleisland and Kilflynn — made it third time lucky yesterday when taking the Jades Dilemma and Big Fella Thank Stake at Clonakilty.

A woman is in a critical condition in hospital today after she was stabbed in Co Kerry last night.

The agent for the sale of Glebe St Giles is Trevor Giles, who says there is no connection with his family company, William H Giles of Tralee.