Beach lovers and commercial fish farmers are gearing up for a further battle over a planned shoreline industry in Co Kerry.

All took place in Killarney, amid sharp increase in Kerry break-ins

Three popular beaches have been forced to lower their coveted Blue Flag.

Public anger is intensifying after unspoilt tourist beaches on the Ring of Kerry were earmarked for oyster farming.

The home of tasty mussels also offers up, tasty views, and a tasty price, says Trish Dromey.

A substantial piece of farmland in Kerry is due to fall under the auctioneer’s hammer next month.

Inchydoney beach in West Cork has been named Ireland’s favourite beach by international tourists for the third year in a row.

Kerry County Council is seeking a reassessment of key sections of the national road network in the county after some of its main roads were closed due to flooding in December, a meeting in Tralee has heard.

A cul de sac road at Rossbeigh which was seriously undermined during a cliff fall remains closed and is a matter of serious concern, a Kerry County Council meeting was told yesterday.

Kerry County Council said it will provide assistance to the households cut off by a landslide overlooking Rossbeigh Strand in Kerry.

A call for on-the-spot fines for people who illegally camp overnight in beach car parks in tourist areas of the South-West was made yesterday.

Beaches and marinas across the country are bathing in the warm waters of European approval — 86 of them have been awarded the prestigious Blue Flag status.

Students have given nature a hand in helping to restore a top beach damaged by winter storms early last year.

A lack of funding for coastal protection works is threatening homes and leading to worsening erosion along a vulnerable section of Co Kerry. 

No decision has been made on what to do with a landmark shipwreck which had lay embedded on a Co Kerry beach for more than a century until it was dislodged by storms early last year.

Public transport minister Alan Kelly has officially turned the first sod on a new, near €4 million ‘greenway’ in Kerry.

Storms that ravaged Ireland’s coast at the start of the year have cost several beaches their coveted Blue Flag award.

Eighty blue flag awards have been given to beaches right around the country.

A 111-year-old shipwreck, displaced on the Kerry coast during winter storms, is to be reburied on a beach.

Fears are continuing that some storm-damaged top beaches in Kerry will not be open to the public at Easter time.

The cost of repairs for storm damage and long-term coast protection work in Kerry could be up to €30m, a county council meeting heard yesterday.

EVEN on a relatively windless day, the breakers that ceaselessly pound the fragile shoreline at Rossbeigh, on the Ring of Kerry, can look menacing.

The repair bill for storm damage in Kerry will be considerably more than the €21m already applied for in a Kerry County Council submission to the OPW.

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Fears of further erosion damage to the storm-battered Kerry coast were voiced yesterday, including a warning that some houses in the severely-hit Rossbeigh area could be cut off if a road collapses.

The site of an old shipwreck, displaced in recent storms, is dangerous because of unstable sand dunes, it has been warned.

The Government is facing bills of over €46m from Clare and Kerry councils for the damage caused by the storms that ravaged the counties.

The National Monuments Service is moving to protect a shipwreck which had been buried for a century from bounty hunters.

An EU fund created as a reaction to the severe floods in Central Europe in the summer of 2002 has since supported 23 European countries to the tune of more than €3.5bn.

Kerry County Council is to seek emergency funding from the Government to deal with a worsening coastal erosion problem, with some seaside areas being described as “war zones”.

Houses, streets, and some coastal areas of Kerry were flooded for the first time in almost a half century following a combination of high tides, heavy rain and 130kph gales on Thursday night and early yesterday.

Large-scale erosion at a popular, blue-flag beach has been worsened by storms and high tides over the festive period.

MANY people have been to their favourite beach at least once this summer. And, no matter how old they might be, they probably saw little or no change from the time they first went there as children.

As weather forecasts continue to suggest that 2013 will be the best summer the country has seen for years, four Irish Examiner writers profile their favourite beaches and hidden gems around the southern coastline.

Beautiful site makes this bungalow well worth buying, Tommy Barker reports

Worsening erosion at one of the country’s finest blue flag beaches has prompted calls for action at EU level to prevent more damage and flooding in communities now exposed to the vagaries of the sea.

Permits costing €300 will be required for people promoting water sports activities on Kerry’s beaches.

A further 35m of sand dunes have disappeared at a popular south Kerry beach area in the past year.

The Government has very little money to tackle coastal erosion in Kerry, despite admitting that a serious problem exists.

A large section of Mt Brandon in Co Kerry has slipped into the sea.