Fáilte Ireland says it cannot include an island ferry, felt to be crucial for tourism in the South-West, among major projects eligible for grant aid.

IT’S not nostalgia. The Yellow River, a collaborative project between poet Gerard Smyth and painter Seán McSweeney, delves deep into the pair’s memories of Co Meath, but Smyth, selecting words with the care to be expected of a poet, balks slightly at “nostalgic”.

If the rest of the summer on Valentia island is anything like June, the ice-creams in Tony Walsh’s shop will be selling like — well — hot cakes.

Details of a €10m investment package to develop greenways and cycling routes across the country has been announced.

School bus driver charged with driving drunk

Kerry County Council is to ban swimming near piers, introduce a fee for parking near beaches and charge for mooring small boats as part of controversial draft harbour bylaws.

FEARS are growing for a 120-year-old island community care hospital, with relatives saying their loved ones will not be willing to leave what has been a home to them, in some cases, for decades.

A FAILURE in the opening mechanism of a bridge is blocking access to a multi-million euro marina — backed by state funding.

Four men being held by gardaí in connection with the discovery of an oil laundering operation in Co Meath were last night released without charge.

Gardaí are today questioning four men after uncovering a massive oil laundering plant in Co Meath.

HAD it been a cold and miserable day when Vincent Kidd and his sister Fiona spotted their dream project on Valentia island five years ago, it might not have become such a nightmare.

RAMPANT erosion along several areas of Kerry’s coastline is set to continue unchecked in 2011 as the council has said it will spend no further money on such work until it receives €3 million it is owed by state agencies for work already carried out.

A 51-year-old cyclist has been killed after he was hit by a car in Co Laois.

A MOVE back to the UK, and the chance to take advantage of a favourable exchange rate back there brings the price of this big Kerry house tumbling.

A new postage stamp to be launched today marks the 150th anniversary of the first cable message from Europe to America.

HOPING to renew long-standing trans-Atlantic crossing links is Kerry’s Valentia Island.

A MAJOR search was called off last evening for a man who fell into sea while shore fishing at Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry.

THE showhouse for a range of holiday homes at Knightstown, on Valentia Island, will be open this weekend for those who fancy a holiday spot that’s within driving, rather than flying distance, of home.