There are 50,000 tourist beds in Co Kerry, more than anywhere outside Dublin and the bulk of them are in Killarney.

THE invasion of one of the Lakes of Killarney — Lough Lein — by a noxious algae is now as much a harbinger of summer as the far more welcome return of swallows to the Muckross shore. 

The first white-tailed sea eagles chicks in Co Kerry in more than a century have flown their nests.

Susan O’Shea sets up base camp at Muckross Park Hotel and comes away as liberated as a former guest, The Liberator.

A call has been made for consultation with landowners and other stakeholders impacted by a new 28km walking/cycling trail along one of the country’s top lakeland districts.

A proven Iron Man is training to become a Hard Man — all for a good cause.

Panorama Restaurant,

An inquest heard yesterday of how a swim in the lakes of Killarney for two friends on a warm afternoon last summer ended in tragedy.

Fears are again being voiced about pollutants entering Lough Lein, the biggest of the three, world-famous Lakes of Killarney.

She ought to have known better, but Queen Victoria was “alarmed’’ when, surprise, surprise, it rained during her visit to Killarney.

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

A 20-year-old student drowned in Killarney, Co Kerry, last evening, bringing to eight the number of people who have drowned during the current spell of warm weather.

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is seeking to have a sewage outfall point in Killarney, Co Kerry, relocated downriver of one of the town’s famous lakes.

The first chick hatched in a project to bring white-tailed sea eagles back to Ireland was tagged yesterday and its movements can now be tracked through a satellite transmitter.

White-tailed eagles have been born in the wild in Ireland for the first time in more than 100 years.

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.

The recent decision not to proceed with a badly needed and long-awaited extension of Killarney’s sewerage network seems at best shortsighted and at worst recklessly negligent.

Further delays in carrying out a long-awaited extension to Killarney’s sewerage network could exacerbate pollution problems in Kerry’s world-famous lakes.

Claire Droney gets a luxury tour of Killarney — the kind Queen Victoria received.

Despite the presence of algae in Killarney’s largest lakes last year pollution is not expected to worsen this year, scientists have said.

A WISE man of our acquaintance, who’s as healthy as a proverbial trout, made a sweeping statement the other day.

BABYMOONS, I once told myself, were so Celtic Tiger.

Progress has been welcomed in the planning of a long-awaited sewerage scheme, listed as a priority in the protection of one of the main picture-postcard Killarney lakes.

MINISTER for Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar announced a €7 million restoration for the beautiful but dilapidated Killarney House and its grounds on Saturday.

AS intermittent drizzle and low clouds enveloped Killarney yesterday, the television commentators at the 3 Irish Open Golf Championship eased off a little on the superlatives.

IT was, as they say, like a day you’d write away for.

NOW that Killarney has persuaded the town’s jarvies to control their horses’ waste, maybe they might turn their attention to Lough Lein.

THE heavy rainfall of recent years hasn’t been all bad news – it has helped flush out pollutants from one of the country’s most beautiful lakes.

NEW laws should help curb the rapid spread of non-native invasive plants and animals around Ireland – something that is causing growing anxiety among people responsible for protecting waterways, nature and the environment in general.

PLANS are to be drawn up to deal with future flooding in a low-lying part of Kerry.

A EUROPEAN Court of Justice ruling on water pollution in Ireland could make it even more difficult to get planning permission for one-off houses in the Killarney area, it has been claimed.

AN EAGLE restoration project in Kerry has received a further setback with the death of yet another bird, believed to be from poisoning.

A ROW has flared over plans by a top golf club to cut down old lime trees which date to the mid-1800s.

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.

EIGHT young white-tailed sea eagles tentatively flapped their wings and took to the air over Killarney National Park as part of a project to reintroduce them to the south-west.

THE people of Killarney pushed out the boat last night to give a royal send-off to three local oarsmen heading to Beijing for the Olympic Games.

MORE than 700,000 people visited Muckross House and Gardens in Killarney during 2007, ensuring its position among the top five tourist attractions nationally.

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.

TWO of the 15 white-tailed eagles recently released in Killarney National Park have made their way to the Atlantic coastline.

AN urgent call to speed up the long-awaited extension of the public sewer in tourist haven Killarney was made at the weekend.

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