As its name suggests, ‘Aisling’ at Ardagh, Loreto Road, Killarney, is the stuff dreams are made of and so much more, writes Eve Kelliher

Faced with another summer of congestion in Killarney, local representatives as well as the town’s jarveys are coming up with solutions.

A public petition calling for action on a dangerous junction accessing Kerry’s county GAA grounds attracted over 1,500 signatures in just 24 hours.

Changes to residents’ permits, the relocation of town jarveys, and the creation of a bypass through a residential area in Killarney are among suggestions aimed at resolving chronic traffic delays in the Kerry tourist town.

LIKELY to be chased as a trophy Killarney purchase, as either a hotel with further potential, or as an extraordinary private residence once more, is the 38-bedroomed Victorian timepiece Cahernane House Hotel, on the Muckross Road in Killarney.

Consultants have been hired by Kerry County Council to examine what has gone wrong with the traffic system in Killarney.

The narrowing of arguably the busiest tourist road in the country, the N71 Muckross Road in Killarney, saw an impromptu meeting on the roadside amid growing frustration over traffic flow in the town.

Michael Coghlan of Sherry FitzGerald Coghlan is expecting a lot of interest in this four-bedroom detached house because there is such a shortage of available property at this level in the area. 

A top tourist town is facing another season of vehicle chaos due to uncoordinated traffic lights and problems at junctions.

Plans to carry out roadworks in Killarney at the height of the busy tourist season are leading to objections in the Co Kerry town.

It can be hard enough to get visitors to come to Ireland these days — so sending them astray on the streets of a leading tourist town cannot help things.

IRELAND may be excluded from playing in the next Cricket World Cup, but the ‘foreign’ game may yet vie with Gaelic football for the hearts of sports people in Kerry.

UPWARDS of €25,000 worth of life-saving equipment will be placed in public locations around Killarney in the coming weeks.

NOT every house will suit the very different sales brochure designed for the sale of 14, Birchfield, on Killarney’s Loreto Road – but it works in this case.

ALLIED Irish Banks is seeking €43 million judgment orders against a building company and three of its directors over unpaid loans issued for developments in Co Kerry, including a nursing home and 81 associated residential units.

KILLARNEY jarveys yesterday insisted they have always been available for talks with their local town council on the vexed horse dung issue.

A PLAN to close part of Killarney’s “golden mile” for eight weeks starting in mid-September is facing opposition from the tourism industry and local councillors.

TWO Garda cars were rammed during a high-speed chase with burglars along the Kerry-Cork border.

THERE’S rhyme and reason to a Killarney new homes scheme — it is called after one of Ireland’s early 20th century poets.

THE condition of some Kerry tourist routes is so poor that some local people are no longer changing their cars.

TENS of thousands of revellers made the most of the Bank Holiday weekend’s sizzling weather to enjoy festivals of music, entertainment and sport across the country.

Tommy Barker is impressed by a five-bedroomed bungalow in one of the country's most scenic areas.

Gardaí in Co Kerry have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with the death of another man during an assault in Killarney last night.

THE posher end of Killarney, the Muckross Road, is where Sherry FitzGerald Coghlan are currently selling a detached bungalow for offers in the region of €320,000.

THE flurry of planning applications for hotels continues, many of them linked to the looming expiry date for tax breaks for hotel developments.

BILLY COLEMAN, arguably Ireland’s greatest rally driver, will be honoured this evening at the Motorsport International Show at the Simmonscourt Pavilion where a video entitled Tarmac Titans will be launched.