EMBARRASSMENT comes in many guises. For broadcaster and commentator, Marty Morrissey, it was the day he ran after supermodel Cindy Crawford, in Beijing, to secure an interview. He shouted “Marty Morrissey, RTÉ Sport, Ireland.

Tipperary history-makers Loughmore-Castleiney will be honoured with the Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Club of the Year award on Saturday, December 7, at Killarney’s Malton Hotel.

Former Cork hurler Conor Cusack, who recently went public concerning his personal battle with depression, and actor Mary McEvoy will be among the speakers at a mental wellness exhibition in Killarney, on Sunday.

Almost three-quarters of the country’s hoteliers are concerned about the future of their business, but more than half are reporting a pick-up in trade for this year, according to a survey by the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF).

Munster chairman Seán Walsh has welcomed the Hurling Development Committee’s (HDC) proposals to retain the province’s senior championship in its current guise.

Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor have been named the Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Managers of the Year for 2012.

Two leading inter-county performers yesterday scooped the top accolades when the Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Awards for 2012 were announced.

Posters displaying more than a dozen suicide prevention helpline numbers have been launched by South Kerry coroner Terence Casey.

On hearing of a spud-related attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records, The Menu immediately hitched up the wagon and pointed it westwards once more for The Menu truly venerates this most tremendous of all tubers.

Indulge us here for a moment and picture the image — Jack O’Connor sitting at his desk in St Finan’s Bay feverishly plotting his match-ups for Sunday.

A planning application for a €15m green energy system for Killarney is due to be lodged with the town council within six weeks.

IF YOU’RE heading down to the Lakes of Killarney in the next week or so you may encounter a large group of walkers out around the shores.

PATRICK O’SULLIVAN was last night ratified as the new chairman of the Kerry county board after he defeated Johnny Mulvihill by 183 votes to 59 votes in the election at the annual convention in the Malton Hotel in Killarney.

TIPPERARY star Lar Corbett has been named Munster Hurler of the Year with Kerry’s Declan O’Sullivan picking up the football award.

THREE young friends who cycled 80 kilometres before climbing Ireland’s highest mountain for charity were left devastated after a hostel in a leading tourist town turned them away for being “late”.

MUNSTER Council chairman Sean Walsh says council chiefs are working on plans to entice families to attend their games next year.

CORK football hero Declan Barron and Tipperary hurling star Mick Roche are thelatest Munster legends set to be inducted into the provinces Hall of Fame at the upcoming Bord Gáis Energy Munster GAA Awards on November 27 in the Malton Hotel in Killarney.

KERRY natives successful in businesses overseas are to be invited to a Farmleigh-type meeting in the county next May with a view to creating jobs at home.

UP and coming business visionaries, whose projects may create jobs for themselves and for others, were honoured in Killarney last night.

Thousands of Fine Gael delegates from around the country are gathering in Killarney in Co Kerry for the start of the party's national conference.

LOCAL people and tourists will enjoy a feast of traditional Irish music at the annual Co Kerry Fleadh Cheoil, which gets underway in Killarney today.

TONY MARTIN, out of luck with Leg Spinner in the Swinton Hurdle at Haydock on Saturday, was back on the big-race trail at Killarney yesterday when Northern Alliance landed the valuable Murphys’ Irish Stout Handicap Hurdle.

Class size, student discipline and pay will be put under the spotlight by hundreds of secondary school teachers later today.

WOMEN can be paedophiles just as easily as men and society must accept this, according to research being presented in Killarney today.