It was apt that Killarney National Park should look its most blooming yesterday for an occasion to celebrate the life of someone whose family’s generosity led to its creation.

Kerry could earn an additional €150m from The Gathering next year, according to the tourism industry.

ONE of the country’s foremost authorities on the circus, Patrick (Pa) Houlihan, was laid to rest in his native Killorglin, Co Kerry, on Saturday.

FORTY students will take to the wilds all over the south-west of Ireland as part of two new courses launched yesterday in Muckross House, Killarney by the Institute of Technology, Tralee.