Gardaí have confirmed that the body of the man found at the scene of a suspected gas explosion in Killarney has been identified as that of James Gleeson.

A cyclist was knocked down by a minibus and killed over the bank holiday weekend, bringing the death toll on Irish roads this year to 49 — 14 more than for the same period last year.

A man in his late 60s has been killed in a road crash in Co Kerry.

Two people have died in separate road accidents in counties Wicklow and Kerry last night.

A teenage motorist has died following a single-vehicle crash in Co Limerick this morning.

Two people have been seriously injured after a car crash in Co Kerry.

A cyclist in his 50s died when he was hit by a car last night.

FOUR people died in road accidents over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of traffic fatalities since Friday.

Gardaí have named a pedestrian who died after he was hit by a car in Co Kerry.

A 60-year-old man has been killed in a road accident in Co Kerry.

A woman has been seriously injured in a four-car road accident in Co Kerry.

A garda investigation is underway following the death of a 42-year-old Polish national who was arrested in Co Kerry early this morning.

A murder investigation was launched today after a man was stabbed to death in Co Kerry.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy died yesterday in a road accident in Co Kerry, bringing the number of people killed on the roads to 235 this year.

A four-year-old boy has been killed in a road crash in Co Kerry.

A young Lithuanian man has reportedly died after falling from a cliff at Loop Head in Co Clare yesterday evening.

AS THE nation celebrated the beginning of a new year, babies across Ireland were getting used to their new surroundings.

A man has been killed in a stabbing incident in Co Kerry.

Two men have been detained for questioning today over the death of a father-of-six last August during the Rose of Tralee festival.

A young woman, believed to be in her late teens, died when the car in which she was a passenger hit a tree in Killarney, Co Kerry.

Gardaí in Co Kerry have arrested two more men in their 20s in connection with a fatal stabbing in Tralee last night.

Gardaí in Co Kerry have arrested a man in his 20s in connection with a fatal stabbing in Tralee last night.

A man in his 40s has died after being stabbed in Tralee, Co Kerry, last night.

Three people have been killed in road accidents overnight.

TWO men have been arrested by gardaí following an attack on a teenager outside the gates of Tralee General Hospital.

Gardai at Tralee are investigating a serious assault in the town last night.

Three young men died and one was seriously injured when their car went out of control and hit a wall late last night, gardai said.

MANY parents whose children were given an ineffective vaccination against TB are seriously concerned their children may have been put at risk.

A man in his early forties has died while climbing near Ireland’s highest mountain.

Gardai in Co Kerry have arrested two men in connection with a stabbing in Tralee last night.

National hunt jockey Ruby Walsh is said to be in a "comfortable" condition by a spokeswoman at Tralee general hospital.

The two teenage girls who were killed in a road accident in Co Kerry this morning have still not been named.