For the first time in history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. Ironically, this has threatened the survival of some rural habitats, especially those frequently visited for recreational activities. 

A new plan has been drawn up to manage public access to one of the country’s most popular mountain ranges.

Dogs have been banned from Ireland’s highest mountain because pets unleashed by their owners have been attacking sheep.

Some parts of Kerry will now be more than an hour away from their nearest 24-hour Garda station, following the closure of nine stations in the county, some of which had been there since the days of the Royal Irish Constabulary in the 19th century.

Kerry Mountain Rescue team are enroute to a woman who fell this afternoon on the Macgillycuddy Reeks.

This Kerry property mixes local materials and tasteful imports to create an impressive home in a lovely location, writes Tommy Barker

A FURTHER 20 white-tailed sea eagles have arrived in Killarney National Park.

A PLEA was issued yesterday to farmers not to use poison in meat bait after it was confirmed two white-tailed sea eagles found dead in Co Kerry, two weeks ago, had been poisoned.

TWO white-tailed sea eagles released in Killarney National Park as part of a nature conservation project last year are believed to have been poisoned.

ONE of Killarney’s best-known tourist attractions, the Gap of Dunloe, was the scene of a spectacular gorse fire last night.

AN 82-year-old German woman was at the centre of a rescue operation on Ireland’s highest mountain early yesterday.

THE earliest human settlement in the south-west of Ireland has been discovered in a huge archaeological find on the Lakes of Killarney.

DESPITE strong warnings from county manager Martin Riordan and senior planning officials, councillors in Kerry are continuing to rezone an excess amount of land for housing, planners have claimed.

HUNDREDS of tourists pass through Kerry’s Black Valley each day, but emergency services can’t be contacted by phone in the event of an accident, or someone becoming seriously ill.

A couple were rescued on the Macgillycuddy Reeks mountain range in Co Kerry last night.

HILL walkers and climbers were warned yesterday not to climb alone this festive season after a series of tragic mountaineering accidents.

RESIDENTS of a remote valley are relying on a fragile radio link to speak to the outside world after Eircom refused to install a landline service, claiming the cost was too high.

WATER shortages are creating major obstacles to the development of industry and tourism and the building of houses in large parts of Kerry, it was claimed yesterday.

A MAN in his 40s fell several hundred feet to his death on the MacGillycuddy Reeks, Co Kerry, yesterday.

A 21-YEAR-OLD man who died in a climbing accident on Saturday is believed to have been blown off a ridge by gale force winds.

AGE-OLD Puck Fair has been described as an event where everyone acts the goat except the goat himself.

The mother of hill walker Joan O’Leary, who died after a fall while hill-walking in Kerry, revealed today how horrific accidents have robbed her of two children.

The Kerry Mountain Rescue Unit is this morning attempting to recover the bodies of two hill climbers, including that of the General Secretary of the Soldiers Union, John Lucey.

Two rock climbers have been killed in a mountaineering accident in the MacGillycuddy Reeks, Co Kerry.