AN independent Killarney town councillor is the subject of an ethics investigation, following the funding of improvements by a developer in a local estate.

A TEENAGER who had earlier breached his bail conditions and fled to London was yesterday charged in connection with the death of a man in Killarney almost a year ago.

GARDAÍ were last night trying to make contact with the family of an East European man who was murdered in Thurles at the weekend and whose naked body was found in a field on Sunday evening.

GARDAÍ investigating the murder of a 30-year-old man in Killarney, Co Kerry, at the weekend, yesterday appealed to people who saw him in a number of pubs in the town prior to his death to come forward.

A murder investigation was launched today after a man was stabbed to death in Co Kerry.

A FIRE which resulted in the death of a 61-year-old man at his home in Killarney is believed to have begun with an electrical appliance.

A man in his 60s has died in a fire at his home in Killarney, Co Kerry.