A 36-year-old Cork man who stole a €1,500 power-washer in Fermoy was freed from a jail sentence yesterday on his commitment to clean up his long-time alcohol problem.

Locals in Carlow town are being warned to stay indoors as emergency services battle a fire at a disused factory due to the toxic materials burning and rising into the air.

Austin Stacks need to capitalise on, as much as celebrate, their first Kerry football title in 20 years, believes former Rock Street great Ger O’Keeffe

A coroner has called for warning signs to be erected at a notorious bend on the main road between Killarney and Tralee where three people died in two separate accidents in “exactly the same place.”

Success comes in many different forms and it’s not all about having your name up in lights — that was the advice from TV star Graham Norton to young people yesterday.

They’ve said goodbye to the Roses, but yesterday Tralee said hello to water meters.

A second pit bull attack inside a week in Co Kerry has intensified calls for stricter enforcement of laws for the control of dangerous dogs.

More heavy rain and local flooding is on the way, although we will still have had the driest July in years.

Despite its fatal role in the Famine, our love for the ‘humble spud’ continues, says Louise Roseingrave

National agri research and training body Teagasc has begun its outdoor trials to grow genetically modified, blight-resistant potatoes at its facility in Oakpark, Co Carlow.

Gardaí are continuing to investigate the deaths of Anthony O’Brien, 31, and his daughter Nadine, 5, in a house fire in the Oakpark area of Tralee in the early hours of Saturday.

SCHOOL friends of a 19-year-old Japanese boy who grew up in Killarney but who now lives in one of the worst-affected areas of Japan have expressed their concern and are desperately trying to contact him.

THERE is talk of burning the bond holders while the bonus boys escape any pain.

A quantity of unstable chemicals has been made safe in Co Carlow.

An army bomb disposal team has made safe a quantity of unstable chemicals in Carlow this morning.

HERE are nine questions for our leaders which have not been answered with any degree of credibility.

A NEW strain of potato blight has been detected in Ireland, the Teagasc-IFA national potato conference was told yesterday.

I WISH to express my utter disgust at the way the most vulnerable in our society, particularly the elderly, are being treated by the Government. The proposed introduction of prescription charges for medical card-holders is yet another example of robbing the poor to cover for the mistakes of the rich.

HAVING read Michael Job’s sensible letter (September 9) regarding young drivers becoming prisoners in their homes if legislation proposed by the RSA is introduced, I want to highlight the plight of another group who are already prisoners in their homes as a result of crazy legislation.

THE concept of ‘one for everyone in the audience’ regarding the number of EU commissioners should be abandoned.

A 39-YEAR-OLD woman charged with dangerous driving causing the death of another woman, arising out of a three-car accident on the main Killarney-Tralee road on September 2006, later told gardaí she did not know why the accident occurred, a court heard yesterday.

A WRETCHED Monday night in November and oddly Tralee is a hive of sporting activity.

THE GAA’s proposed disposal of Austin Stack Park in Tralee is set to trigger a multi-million-euro development that will change the face of sport in the Kerry capital.

A woman in her 30s is due to appear in court in Tralee later today in connection with the death of a three-year-old girl in the Co Kerry town last week.

GARDAÍ are awaiting the results of a post mortem after a three-year-old Polish girl died yesterday from injuries received in an incident at her Tralee home early on Wednesday.

A three-year-old girl is fighting for her life in hospital today after suffering serious head injuries early yesterday morning.

TEAGASC has warned dairy and suckler farmers that one stock bull in every 20 is completely infertile, and one in three has below average fertility.

CIRCUIT COURT judge Brian Curtin, the man at the centre of the collapsed child pornography case, has been seen in pubs in his hometown and in Dublin.

IRISH troops or other personnel must not be deployed in Iraq unless there is a clear distinction between any UN-mandated presence and the current US/UK occupation.

CONSIDERING that the Government has 90 deputies at its disposal, why were only 11 available last Friday?

I READ with interest Ryle Dwyer’s article on his interpretation of democracy (Irish Examiner, May 3).