The future of a tourist attraction in Killarney is uncertain after its owners failed to secure planning permission for the venue.

The Kingdom will formally celebrate St Patrick’s Day from dawn to dusk and then, informally, deep into the late hours with many towns and villages hosting parades and other events to make the occasion.

A grandfather who had completed a jail sentence for raping his wife’s 15-year-old niece must go back to prison in September to serve another two years, the Court of Criminal Appeal has ruled.

The father of a 17-year-old student, stabbed to death in Killarney, Co Kerry, three years ago, yesterday told an inquest how he was informed of the tragedy as he approached the road in which his dead son lay.

A three-year-old boy has died following a fire in Dublin city centre this morning.