Work has begun on the demolition and clearance of 2.3 acres of industrial ground in the heart of Tralee, Co Kerry, gifted to the town last year by the Kerry Group which is headquartered in the town.

Two men have been detained for questioning today over the death of a father-of-six last August during the Rose of Tralee festival.

GARDAÍ yesterday appealed for calm among hostile rival elements of the Travelling community, in Kerry, to allow the investigation into the murder of Michael Faulkner, aged 43, in Tralee to continue.