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Kerry gardai claim € 1.4m in overtime
KERRY gardaí are benefiting from an average of two weeks paid sick leave a year and over €1.4m in overtime.
1,400-year-old brooch is found in Ballylongford ashes
OVER 1,400 years after Christians first began spreading the gospel in Kerry a Ballylongford family has made the startling find of a bronze brooch in the peat ashes of their range, bridging the time gap in an instant and stunning archaeologists.
Neighbours rally to help after man hurt in blaze
A LIXNAW man was lucky to escape with his life from a fire at a shed on his premises on Wednesday evening last. Laurence O'Connell (56), of Liskillane, Lixnaw, is recovering from his ordeal at Cork University Hospital where he is understood to have undergone extensive skin-graft surgery among other procedures.
Solution to toilet troubles
THERE may be some light at the end of the tunnel for Listowel's long-running public toilet woes following an offer of help from a private businessman in Market Street where the current facility is located.
Gooch lends a hand to Killarney man's Haitian charity work
KILLARNEY man Simon O'Shea is to travel to Haiti in April to take part in the Haven charity's Build it Week and he is urging Kerry schools to help support the worthwhile project.
Council continue to grant planning close to 'ghost estates'
PLANNERS at Kerry County Council are still granting permission for the development of large estates in areas of the county which are already home to deserted ghost estates.
Drugs cocktail to keep dogs happy and healthy
A CASTLEISLAND man who purchased illegal performance-enhancing drugs for his greyhounds over the internet claimed in court that he bought them to 'keep them healthy' and to 'make them feel good.'
Outlook is bleak for improving county roads
A SIGNIFICANT drop in funding for Kerry County Council under the government's National Roads Programme will mean that maintenance of the county's roads will have to be cut back in 2010.
Residents in despair over illegal dump
RESIDENTS living close to an illegal waste-transfer station near Listowel say they are exasperated that the facility is still operating despite a court order in 2007 directing that it should close down. Speaking on the steps of Killarney Courthouse after Kerry County Council failed in its bid to jail the owner of South West Bins Ltd, Eoghan McEnery, residents at Carhooeragh, Kilmorna, said they have had to put up with constant noise, foul smells, swarms of flies and trucks operating from as early as 5am.
Dubs date whets Declan's appetite for season ahead
YOU'VE just won another All Ireland, another All Star and yet now here you find yourself, just a couple of months later, back at the start of another campaign. If you think it might be difficult for a footballer such as Declan O'Sullivan to come back again focus renewed, hunger intact, then you'd be wrong.
LISTOWEL: Clounmacon gathers for annual celebration
CLOUNMACON Community Centre and GAA had even more to celebrate at their annual social on Saturday night — which took place only hours after the B-team won the Novice Championship against Asdee.
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