There’s been interest and a few site visits in advance of the sale by tender of the former Presentation Convent, in Listowel, Co Kerry.

The eight-bedroomed Georgian residence boasts well-proportioned, elegant reception rooms and was bought by the Byrne family 25 years ago and completely renovated.

The finishing touches are being put to the €97m Tralee bypass due to open in mid-August.

The chief executive of Irish Water Safety (IWS), John Leech, says drowning tragedies are avoidable.

A 21-year-old woman has drowned in a river in Co Limerick.

Cork County Council urgently requires almost €10m from Government departments to carry out repairs after last month’s floods.

A Kerry soccer club has to switch off floodlights at its grounds at 10pm each night, An Bord Pleanála has ruled.

MANY visitors to Listowel seek out John B Keane’s bar, or the street where another famous writer, Bryan MacMahon, lived.

THEY have lived in the shadows for long enough, being sandwiched between bustling towns with rich football traditions in Listowel and Abbeyfeale.

CLOSE to Abbeyfeale in Co Limerick, but with enough garden and privacy for a country feel and with rural and river views, is this Killarney Road quality four-bed home.

EMERGENCY services were yesterday working on the restoration of water supplies to people in a large stretch of north-east Kerry, following a huge landslide at the weekend.

State fisheries experts launched an investigation today after thousands of fish were killed in a mudslide which also cut off roads and threatened water supplies.

Up to 25,000 people in North Kerry are without water after a landslide polluted the River Feale.

AS we enter the post drift-net era we must not rush to alter the point of slaughter, but rather exercise the precautionary approach.

A tiny Kerry club with huge ambition lines out on the GAA’s biggest stage tonight in Croke Park.

WITH the option of buying the furniture as well, this ranch-style bungalow in Mountcollins, Co Limerick offers a home/business opportunity for buyers.