A van was stolen from outside a commercial premises in Cork and driven dangerously at various points along an 85km journey to Killarney, it was alleged yesterday.

A 20-year-old man was caught "hot as hell" when changing his bald tyres after performing doughnuts with his Lexus car near Killarney, Co Kerry. He "volunteered" €2,500 to the court poor box to avoid a conviction for dangerous driving and the possibility of being put off the road or jailed.

A life will be lost if a second ambulance is not restored to a top tourist area, it has been claimed.

The design of traffic islands on roads in Co Kerry may be changed to become more user-friendly, following the deaths of a motorist and a motorcyclist in separate accidents at such islands.

The finishing touches are being put to the €97m Tralee bypass due to open in mid-August.

The road system in Kerry is unlikely to be maintained to an acceptable level this year, due to council funds being slashed by €22m.

The National Roads Authority has been asked to come clean on a proposed roads project that may be at a dead-end.

THE National Roads Authority (NRA) and Kerry County Council have confirmed construction work will start on the €137 million Tralee bypass in the new year.

FLOODING at Glenflesk, near Killarney, resulted in the closure of the N22 national primary road between Cork and Tralee, last evening.

THE Department of the Environment has, for almost three years, failed to respond to a proposal to extend the public sewer in Killarney to the heavily populated environs of the town.

A WARNING of worsening traffic congestion on the fast-growing eastern side of Killarney was sounded yesterday.

MAJOR road projects in Kerry could be delayed indefinitely because of the emphasis on providing new routes in the east coast and the western corridor linking Donegal, Galway and Limerick.

AMID claims that people are living in fear of their houses being burgled, garda patrols in Killarney have been increased in the wake of up to 40 break-ins.

THERE must be no going back to the past on capital taxes. The truth is that the halving of the capital gains tax rate has brought about an extraordinary eightfold increase in receipts.

IT was first time lucky for glamorous secondary school teacher Emily O’Keeffe, winner of the Queen of Fashion competition at Killarney Races, yesterday.