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Kenmare Park faces €90k dismissal bill
The luxury Kenmare Park Hotel is facing a potential bill of €90,000 after the Labour Court recommended it should pay a former manager to settle an unfair dismissals claim.
'Little Menace' Christopher set for very own Beano appearance
Fergus Dennehy Eight-year-old Christopher Lynch will be the envy of all his classmates in the near future after it was confirmed that he will feature in his very own one-off comic strip in 'The Beano'.
Man charged with murder of gentle giant
Simon Brouder A Lithuanian man has been charged with the murder of 'gentle giant' Dmitry Hrynkevich in a Tralee estate three years ago.
'Meeting Tyson was best experience of my life'
Fergus Dennehy A Tralee man has described the moment that he met former world heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson as the best experience of his life.
Judge: No doubt she intended to drive
Sinead Kelleher A Bonane woman, who claimed she was just waiting for a taxi in her car in Kenmare, when she was breathalysed and charged with being in charge of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, was disqualified from driving for three years at Kenmare District Court this week.
Kenmare Park faces €90k dismissal bill
Simon Brouder The luxury Kenmare Park Hotel is facing a potential bill of €90,000 after the Labour Court recommended it should pay a former manager to settle an unfair dismissals claim.
Drink-driving dismissed over date technicality
Sinead Kelleher A man had a case of drink-driving dismissed in Kenmare District Court after gardaí failed to show evidence that he was driving on August 23, the date of the summonses.
KCC to seek IDA answers on €5m site
Simon Brouder Kerry County Council is to ask the head of the IDA to appear before the council to explain why a multi million Euro turnkey premises the agency built at Kerry Technology Park remains vacant more than a year and half after it was completed.
Chairman resigns at Killarney golf club
Sinead Kelleher The chairman of the management council of Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, Mike Daly has stepped down.
Fear as top Arthritis doc quits UHK
Tadhg Evans and Simon Brouder Arthritis sufferers in Kerry are deeply concerned after UHK Consultant Rheumatologist Dr Muhammad Haroon told Arthritis Ireland Kerry Branch that he had resigned.
O'Flaherty award for rescue services
Kathleen O'Sullivan One would not be straying too far from the truth by presuming the future of literary excellence is amongst the youth of Killarney after Tuesday, when pupils scooped top prizes in the 2018 Hugh O'Flaherty Schools Literary Competition.
KCC 'broke its pledge to Ardfert'
Simon Brouder Sinn Féin Councillor Toireasa Ferris has castigated Kerry County Council over the local authority's failure to make good on a decade-old pledge to install pedestrian crossings in Ardfert village.
Tripping the light show fantastic in Listowel
Think Ireland's Tidiest Town simply couldn't look any better? Think again.
Tributes for Kilgarvan kayaking accident victim Brita
Sinead Kelleher Tributes have been pouring in for the Dublin kayaker who lost her life in a tragic accident just outside Kilgarvan on Sunday afternoon.
Fireworks launched at children
Sinead Kelleher and Simon Brouder Gardaí are investigating after men in disguised cars raced through Ballylongford village on Halloween night throwing fireworks from the cars straight at terrified children and teenagers who were forced to seek shelter in the local chipper and under the bridge.
Convention bureau team up with KPFA
Simon Brouder The Kerry Convention Bureau is putting a spotlight on corporate social responsibility for event planners.
Two drivers reeled in under new drink driving legislation
Sinead Kelleher Five drivers face possible driving bans following the Bank Holiday weekend during which Kerry Gardaí were out in force in a bid to clamp down on spiralling drink driving incidents in the county.
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