A Kerry animal rescue charity rescued a stranded donkey from floodwaters yesterday - and ended up with a lovely story and a brilliant photo to boot.

It ended as it began — with a goat, a crown, and a legendary fanfare.

Tall tales abound about Puck Fair, many of which have been enhanced and enlivened in the telling down the decades.

A bypass is the only real solution to traffic problems in a congested town on one of the country’s busiest tourist routes, according to road engineers.

The 401st King of Killorglin was presented to the press yesterday at a ceremonial unveiling on Rossbeigh Strand.

THE fact that our lakes and rivers still contain many biological surprises was emphasised recently when it was announced that freshwater jellyfish had been discovered in Lough Derg and Lough Erne.

TOMIES WOOD WALK, KILLARNEY

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is seeking to have a sewage outfall point in Killarney, Co Kerry, relocated downriver of one of the town’s famous lakes.

Courtmacsherry in West Cork has seen plenty of blue shark about this month.

A FIVE-STAR hotel break and a young family don’t normally go hand in hand, however, Hotel Dunloe Castle manages to deliver the luxurious stay and family fun in abundance.

THE Irish Federation of Sea Anglers 2011 Juniors/Youths Interprovincial Shore Championships were held this year in Ulster with headquarters at Coleraine.

NATURAL Resources Minister Conor Lenihan has made the right decision to enable a pilot fishery that will determine how a commercial fishery could be operated on salmon stocks in Castlemaine Harbour in Co Kerry.

ANOTHER white-tailed sea eagle, introduced to Killarney National Park as part of a nature restoration project, has been found dead, believed poisoned.

LIFE returned to normal in a scenic, rural area of Kerry yesterday with the official opening of a new €1.35 million bridge by Ceann Comhairle John O’Donoghue.

A KERRY rowing club was given a €300,000 grant in breach of department guidelines after a request by John O'Donoghue.