A farmer found wavering across white lines on a 1974 tractor so poorly equipped it was barely recognised as a vehicle was again before Kenmare District Court yesterday. This time the vehicle involved was a car.

A Kerry farmer found wavering across white lines near Sneem on his poorly- equipped 1974 tractor — described in court as "a machine" — has had a charge of intoxication while driving dismissed.

Walkers, hikers and ramblers are being urged to put on their walking boots this month in aid of cancer research.

FLOODING at Glenflesk, near Killarney, resulted in the closure of the N22 national primary road between Cork and Tralee, last evening.

LOCATION is always important when it comes to property, but sometimes it matters even more than usual. That is certainly true of this two-bedroom bungalow in Tahilla, Co Kerry, four miles from Sneem.

THE body of an elderly Kerry farmer, who lived alone, was badly mutilated by dogs in his home an inquest conducted by Coroner Terence Casey was told in Killarney yesterday.

Tommy Barker is entranced by this most verdant estate on the Kerry coast.

TAHILLA near Sneem in Kerry is on part of the country’s most beautiful coastline stretches — the sort of spot that gives the Ring of Kerry a good name.