This 1950s-built cottage is set against a mountainous background, writes Trish Dromey. 

Despite appeals not to set illegal gorse fires, a spate of such fires blazed again on Kerry mountains during the weekend.

LEHID BRIDGE, KENMARE, CO KERRY

Tourism Ireland has described American Vogue’s decision to shoot part of its iconic September issue in Kerry as “invaluable publicity”.

Lives are being put at risk by deer poachers using high-powered rifles in rural areas at night, it was claimed yesterday.

YOU can see the weather coming, for better or worse, from this private waterside perch near Tuosist, in Kenmare Bay.

Three rural Kerry parishes where Garda stations have been closed were targeted by an opportunist gang of thieves in the past week during a crime spree which involved raids on five separate public houses.

Some parts of Kerry will now be more than an hour away from their nearest 24-hour Garda station, following the closure of nine stations in the county, some of which had been there since the days of the Royal Irish Constabulary in the 19th century.

Parents from rural schools around Cork and Kerry brandished placards at the hurling and football double-header in Cork, urging the Government not to shut down rural Ireland.

A CAMPAIGN to stop cuts to primary school buses in rural areas is “only just beginning” according to activists who have mobilised up to 600 parents from schools across Munster.

THE Catholic Church, in Kerry, is faced with a “great challenge”, as the number of priests continues to decline, according to Bishop Bill Murphy.

VIEWS, views and more views are the thing here — after all, in a county with more than enough renovated farmhouses, location becomes even more important.