The well-loved song How Can You Buy Killarney suggests the only way to put up sticks in the beautiful tourist hub is by snapping up all the stars in the sky, blue Irish eyes, and a fine mother’s heart.

Local authorities in Cork, Kerry and Clare have been ordered to quickly replace almost 5,000 metres of lead piping after high levels of lead were found in their water.

KERRY County Council is facing a “massive challenge” in relation to its funding for the year, head of finance, John O’Connor, warned yesterday.

A €10 MILLION programme to improve drinking water quality in Kerry should be completed by the end of next year, Kerry County Council’s director of water services, Oliver Ring, has announced.

SENIOR management at Kerry County Council has moved to ease fears of large-scale water contamination in the county.

AN improvement in the quality of drinking water from Lough Guitane — one of the main sources in Kerry — was a major priority this year, Kerry County Council pledged yesterday.

FARMERS living close to the lake which provides most of Kerry’s drinking water are to be urged to join a scheme to protect it from contamination.

FARMERS whose slurry-spreading activities will be affected by the extension of a buffer zone around the largest source of drinking water in Kerry should be compensated, it was urged yesterday.

Tommy Barker is impressed by a five-bedroomed bungalow in one of the country's most scenic areas.

CHILDREN got physically sick from the horrible smell from sewage sludge that had been spread on farmland, it was claimed yesterday.

THE lengthy dry spell could cause serious water shortages in Kerry, with levels at the lowest in memory, according to County Council engineers.