Do not drink, fish in or paddle in water in the biggest of the Killarney lakes, Lough Leane, the council has warned after the emergence of algal scum at a number of locations.

Yesterday the world celebrated Ireland's patron saint with parades across the county and around the globe.

The deadline for submissions to Kerry County council on a proposal by the National Parks and Wildlife Service for a roadway and car park to allow greater access into one of the most sensitive and highly protected areas of the Killarney National Park has been pushed out until Monday.

An application to remove the businesswoman Jackie Lavin from a luxury Italianate mansion, formerly owned by her partner Bill Cullen, in the heart of the Killarney National Park has been adjourned.

A number of objections have been lodged to a proposal by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to “allow full public access” to the ancient oak woods and rarely glimpsed cascade at the western edge of Killarney National Park.

Historic rowing rivals Oxford and Cambridge have taken part in the world’s oldest traditional regatta in Killarney.

WILDLIFE tourism is a term we will be hearing more often in the not too distant future, now that eagles have started to breed here again as part of what looks like being a successful reintroduction programme.

A patchwork of paths and ornamental features, created in the 18th century during the heyday of formal gardening, has been discovered under layers of soil at famed Killarney House.

Let’s face it ladies, growing a baby is hard work.

PEOPLE “are being drowned every day” in Killarney, a local councillor has claimed.

MANY people will remember the Malton as the Great Southern Hotel, a handsome Victorian building swathed in red and green ivy, just a stone’s throw from the railway station.

OVER 250 years after it started welcoming visitors to its famous shores, Killarney’s charms are still wowing visitors, with a whopping 97% extolling the friendliness of the local welcome.

IRELAND is neatly placed to become a research centre into the effects of climate change on the oceans and marine life and the knock-on consequences for the fishing industry.

WITH a fair north-westerly wind behind them, nine white-tailed eaglets flapped their wings and flew tentatively into skies over Killarney Lakes yesterday.

THE feats of Fiadhna, a white-tailed eagle which has circumnavigated Ireland twice since being released in Killarney last August, were yesterday being celebrated by nature lovers.

ANOTHER group of white-tailed sea eagles was released in Killarney National Park yesterday as part of an ongoing project to re-introduce eagles to the south-west.

A SPECIALLY designed weed-cutting machine, which has been introduced to Lough Corrib to tackle an invasive plant, may yet be seen in other parts of the country.

WHITE-TAILED sea eagles are winging it to all corners of the country.

THE skipper of a waterbus in which thousands of tourists take sightseeing trips on Killarney Lakes would not have been able to cope with an emergency on the day of an inspection, a court heard yesterday.

MY wife and I returned recently from Italy, where we stayed on the shores of Lake Orta. It is a small lake perhaps of a size similar to Lough Lein in Killarney.

IF present trends continue, there could be an extra million people living in Ireland by 2021.

A LONG-HELD belief that plants on a famous island in the Killarney Lakes may cure some ailments will be tested soon.

MEMBERS of Kerry County Council are expected to do a U-turn on a controversial rezoning decision in one of Killarney’s prime tourism areas.

MOVES have got under way to promote the monastic island of Innisfallen, in the Killarney Lakes, as a bigger tourist attraction.

THE Munster Juvenile Fly fishing championship was hosted by the Cahir & District Trout Anglers’ Club on the River Suir.

THE thrill of landing the first salmon on the opening day of the new season in Killarney, yesterday fell to seasoned angler Ken O’Neill, from Milltown, Co Kerry.

A TALE of two rivers — despite a poor run of grilse to the Irish coast, the River Moy enjoyed its best week of the season with 626 salmon reported for last week bringing the season total, to date, to 3008, which is down 33% on last year catch.