Kerry flood victims can apply for emergency financial support
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Rock on: Kevin O’Sullivan gets a much sought-after tour of Kerry’s Skellig Michael
Coming down was a problem, with the dreaded possibility that my fear of heights resulting from my aunt dangling me by the legs over the Cliffs of Moher as a boy would return
Does Dublin need another museum? A proposed new one would contain Napoleon’s toothbrush
Strong ‘sleep score’ can’t help McIlroy; Irish ram subs in to support Belichick in College Football Classic; Dolly Parton’s Ventry visit goes viral
‘The skies opened’: Killarney clean-up continues after ‘unprecedented’ flash flooding
Heavy downpours closed all main roads into Kerry town while Dublin city recorded up to 28mm of rain in one hour
Killarney experiences ‘worst flooding in a lifetime’ as ‘significant’ water levels seen in Cabra
Co Kerry town saw its main tourist route close last night as 57ml of rain fell in four hours
Air ambulance landing sites should be agreed before rallies, coroner recommends
Cork driver Eoin McCarthy (22) died when his car flipped over into flooded stream
US college football game expected to pull 14,000 US visitors to Dublin this week
Visitor numbers down on previous years but the now annual event is still seen as important for tourism and transatlantic business ties
The tropical storm that hit Ireland 40 years ago killing five people
The remains of Hurricane Charley in 1986 brought exceptional levels of rainfall to Ireland
June O’Connell obituary: Inspirational lawyer and businesswoman who set up Kerry distillery
Cahersiveen native with ‘magnetic personality’ worked for legal firms in Dublin and South Africa before founding business in her hometown
The Healy-Raes review: Riveting portrait feels like a soap opera moulded out of muck and cunning
Michael’s falling out with brother Danny adds familial tension, while the lasting impression is of politicians who are perfectly aware of the divisive figures they cut
Fungie the Dolphin a product of an unusual maritime mixed marriage, DNA study finds
Bottlenose dolphin was a popular tourist attraction in Dingle, Co Kerry for decades before disappearing in 2020
Rose of Tralee winner Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh hopes to go without wig more often
The Westmeath Rose lost her hair to alopecia at 15 and described taking off her wig on national TV as ‘exposure therapy’
Rose of Tralee review: Westmeath winner is a good-news story from a creaky event
Television: This creaky light entertainment institution is at its most compelling when it plays it straight
‘I’m actually speechless’: Westmeath woman who shared alopecia journey crowned Rose of Tralee 2026
Caoilfhinn Ní Choiligh: ‘I’m actually speechless ... I honestly would not have been able to do this without these girls’
Rose of Tralee preparations: ‘I coincided embracing my hair loss with my decision not to wear fake tan’
16 Roses join hosts Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas on stage in Kerry over the course of first evening
Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash in Co Kerry
Man in his 30s and two women in their 30s and 40s taken to University Hospital Kerry
Rose of Tralee 2026: distant diaspora and defeated hopefuls greet competitors in parade
Thousands line Kerry town’s streets to celebrate arrival of 2026 International Roses
An oyster’s journey from sea to spoon in Ireland: ‘It’s far from umami we were reared’
There’s a glorious simplicity to harvesting and preparing an oyster to eat, but that doesn’t mean there’s no work involved
Hugh O’Flaherty obituary: Talented judge who was elevated straight to the Supreme Court
Career came to a premature halt with what became known as the Sheedy Affair
Poor weather in fatal Kerry forestry rally did not justify cancellation, inquest hears
Vice president of Motorsport Ireland said rallies involve ‘challenge between the driver and the machine and the elements’
Industrial school hunger strikers feel ‘trodden on’ as promised supports yet to arrive
Financial, housing and healthcare assistance not delivered since Taoiseach issued State apology in February
Stage commander at rally where driver died says event should have been cancelled
Eoin McCarthy was killed in 2022 when the car he was driving slid in to a stream amid heavy rain, inquest hears
Decision-making protocols ‘streamlined’ since death of driver at Kerry rally, inquest told
Eoin McCarthy (22) of Dunmanway, Co Cork, died in February 2022
Solar eclipse 2026: Thousands across Ireland witness rare event
Eclipse to be visible from about 6pm until 8pm, with Met Éireann forecasting the clearest skies in the east and southeast
King Puck reigns once more in Kerry – a ritual as important in Killorglin as Christmas
The four-legged monarch now spends just an hour a day on top of his 12m-high throne and is cared for by his own vet
Eight teenagers and man injured after two-car crash on M50 involving vehicle going wrong way
Car in which juveniles were travelling drove wrong way down motorway ramp and collided head on with car
‘It’s very moving’: The growth of dark sky tourism in Ireland as enthusiasts prepare for solar eclipse
There are hopes that more sites will soon push for dark sky status in Connemara, Wicklow, Donegal and west Cork
Former Supreme Court judge Hugh O’Flaherty a ‘brilliant legal brain’, funeral Mass hears
‘He brought a compassion to the bench, which wasn’t always admired by the most strict lawyers,’ son tells mourners in Co Kerry
First Look: New poetry-inspired Japanese-designed spa in Kenmare’s Park Hotel
Landscape is the foundation and the name of the spa at Kenmare’s Park Hotel
Have You Never Heard of Bill Fuller? review: An Irish showman with ties to Johnny Cash, a famed Dublin venue, the Mafia and gold digging
Charismatic talking heads help tell the story of an epic life in David Burke’s film
Brief brush with the moon’s shadow will bring sun’s secrets to light
What to expect from next week’s partial solar eclipse, and how to watch it safely
‘Thousands of special viewing glasses’ sold for most prominent solar eclipse in 27 years
Almost all the sun is expected to blocked out in Ireland next Wednesday evening
Former Supreme Court judge Hugh O’Flaherty dies aged 88
O’Flaherty was one of five judges who decided the so-called X case, which established the right to abortion if woman’s life was at risk
July among ‘hottest, driest and sunniest months on record’, Met Éireann says
All monthly rainfall totals across country were below 1991-2020 average
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