Kerry’s Park Hotel Kenmare posts pretax loss of €877,932
New owner Bryan Meehan has invested €18m in the property in recent years
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For many in Jessie Buckley’s Killarney, Golden Globe win was no surprise
Actor’s father Tim Buckley describes ‘lovely sense of shared joy’ in the aftermath of Kerry star’s award
Two men in court following seizure of €166,000 in drugs and a gun in Co Kerry
The men and a woman were arrested in Killarney on Saturday and €5,000 worth of suspected cannabis was discovered
Man (40s) dies following two car crash in Co Kerry
Driver was pronouned dead at the scene on the N22 near Dromadeesirt
Irish students in Germany explain Killorglin’s Puck Fair to dropped jaws
Ireland’s schools utilising EU funds to send students to Germany are pushing at an open door
‘It’s the death knell for Irish farming’: Thousands attend Mercosur protest in Athlone
EU trade deal with South American bloc is ‘difficult pill to swallow’, say farmers
Young Scientist: Kerry student (15) wins overall prize for brain cancer diagnostic tool
Aoibheann Daly develops GlioScope that can reduce need for invasive procedures
Storm Goretti update: Met Éireann issues warnings with snow forecast in parts of Ireland
Temperatures across country set to be well above recent cold snap with cloudy and wet conditions forecast
New Year’s Eve events: What’s happening around Ireland
Simultaneous fireworks displays in Howth and Dún Laoghaire as ukelele band descends on Galway
‘I have been told a minimum of 11 years waiting’: On the housing list as a wheelchair user
Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin’s search for suitable private-rented accommodation has left her ‘soul-destroyed’
The most Ukrainian town in Ireland: ‘We had to get used to each other’s culture’
An influx of refugees to Cahersiveen in Kerry brought challenges but many benefits to the local community
Nine Irish walks packed with history
From Tipperary to Sligo, get your steps in our Irish countryside and discover those stories behind the scenes
Parknasilla Hotel in Kerry posts €1.3m loss
Silork Ltd behind the four-star resort saw interest payments tripled
Man arrested in connection with death in Kilgarvan in July
Gardaí are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions
First section of Kerry greenway opens after ‘a lot of debate’
The €22m project has been mired in controversy including a bitter oral hearing, a number of legal actions and a standoff with landowners
‘We realised we don’t know English, not the way it’s spoken in Ireland’
Yuliia Riabova moved to Ireland by herself in April 2023 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Number of road deaths so far this year passes total figure for 2024
Garda data shows 180 people have died on Irish roads, 15 more than same period last year
Fourteen fishermen rescued from boat driven onto rocks near Dingle Harbour
Concerns the Spanish owned FV Fastnet could break up on rocks at Bínn Bán in Kerry
Storm Bram to bring ‘significant’ flood risk as orange wind warnings extended to 18 counties
National Directorate for Fire & Emergency Management meets to prepare for ‘multi-hazard event’
Kerry colossus: Denis McClean remembers Con Houlihan, a giant of Irish journalism
Waiting for Houlihan to reach his destination was part of the pleasure of reading the Castle Island native
Businessman jailed over State’s largest crystal meth haul faces forfeiting part of house sale
Former garden centre operator Nathan McDonnell pleaded guilty to importing €32m of drugs into Cork in 2023
‘We can build a life now and not worry’: New Irish citizens conferred
Some 5,200 people granted citizenship over two days at the events centre in Killarney
Yellow warnings for rain in four counties with wet night ahead
Further downpours expected for the week as meteorological winter arrives
Man charged with burglary and possession of ‘burglary kit’ after extradition
Jimmy Connors arrested at Dublin Airport over alleged burglary in Bandon
Ten Irish restaurants where you’ll have a great time with friends
From Kerry to Clare and Cork to Dublin, you’ll struggle to have a bad meal in these special spots
What will €199,000 buy in Spain, France, Morocco, Italy and Co Kerry?
One price, home and away: from a villa with guest apartment in Alicante to a cottage by the sea in Ballybunion
Event guide: CMAT, Ash and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead
November 29th-December 5th, 2025: The best music, theatre, art and more coming your way this week
Former member of Defence Forces pleads not guilty to murder of pensioner found shot dead at Kerry home
Thomas Carroll, the accused, and Patrick O’Mahony, the deceased, had been friends over many decades, trial told
Warm welcomes: 17 of Ireland’s cosiest places to stay this winter, from Donegal to Kerry
Shelter from wild weather with a sojourn in famously snug settings around the country
The best Irish stories are often about death. My grandfather stole his own funeral
The history of Ireland – the hunger, the loss of the language – was so much closer than I knew. The change had been so fast from my grandfather’s life to mine
In pictures: On The Edge of Europe in Kerry
Valerie O’Sullivan’s new book features more than 300 photographs covering all parts of the Kingdom
Psychiatrists differ over insanity verdict in case of Kerry man who killed mother
Billy Burns (55) accepts killing but denies murdering his mother Miriam Burns (75) in August 2022
Skellig Michael vulnerable to climate change and Atlantic weather extremes, report shows
Document outlines measures taken by OPW such as installation of ‘crash decks’ which help to reduce risks to the ancient monastic site
Woman killed by son told daughter he was ‘psychotic’ and needed help, trial to hear
Issue for jury is to decide consequence of psychiatric illness on Billy Burns’s mental state at time of killing
Ireland weather: Flooding in Cork and Kerry after torrential rain
R594 impassible at Madore after river Ilen burst its banks
Sr Stan remembered as powerhouse of good who offered ‘hope for the hopeless’
Funeral Mass faithful hear devotion inspired nun’s advocacy, that ‘work had become her prayer’
From snake bites to moth colonies: There’s shocking intensity to Australia’s natural world
I try to nurture a sense of awe in the face of Australia’s alien (to me) natural world. But I miss the wet ferns in the Kerry rain
Unsettled weather for week ahead with rain warnings in west
Met Éireann forecasts dull, blustery and wet days ahead, with temperatures to remain mild
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy: An ‘intransigent woman’ with an impulse to help those in distress
Obituary: Her work in favour of the marginalised meant she often clashed with the Catholic Church and drove her to found Focus Ireland
Derry in 1969: How Gilles Caron photographed the Battle of the Bogside
Kerry exhibition of Life magazine images by French photojournalist revisits the start of the Troubles
What will €50,000 buy in Canada, France, Bulgaria, Italy and Kerry?
One price, home and away: A condo on Vancouver Island, a restoration job in Dordogne and more
‘They’re all in Australia’: Concerns growing as more GAA players head Down Under
Shortage of role models staying in Irish game for young fans is a worry, says GPA head Tom Parsons
Heat My Home on RTÉ One: Welcome to income redistribution, Irish style
Television: This is less aspirational programming and more like a foray into a fantasy of unaffordable upgrades
Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim named Tidy Towns winner for 2025
Rosscarbery, Co Cork, Dalkey in Co Dublin, and Tralee, Co Kerry, among winners
What will €299,000 buy in Kerry and Waterford city?
Two homes, one price: A bungalow with an orchard in Listowel or a three-bed semi-D in Waterford
From Ukraine to Kerry: ‘We’re not playing Irish music the way Irish people would’
Kseniia Yershova moved from Ukraine to Kerry in 2022
Ukrainian pleads guilty to attempted murder of woman in Kerry
Hryhorii Sryotenko (49) pleaded guilty to one charge relating to January 2024
In pictures: A tour of the Tate Kenmare, better known as the Park Hotel
The five-star Kerry hotel is transformed by the owners’ extensive collection of Irish and international art
The Guide: Wexford Festival Opera, Greg Davies and more must-do events in the week ahead
Billy Strings in Dublin, 100 years of New Yorker’s Irish writers, Kerry International Film Festival and more
Michelin names 16 best hotels in Ireland, with two new additions to the list
Ashford Castle and the Park Hotel Kenmare were among the luxury stays recognised at a ceremony in Paris late on Wednesday
Killarney group vows to keep coffee cup ban despite Government U-turn on latte levy
Coalition also criticised by business group for proposed alternative to levy
In Manchán Magan, Ireland had a writer whose words could light up the synapses
Magan was a wholly authentic force, full of awe and devoid of cynicism
‘My middle name is Brigid and I hated it when I was growing up’
Friends of the Earth’s new CEO Deirdre Duffy on her middle name, All-Ireland heartbreak and the joy of pens
Kerry town that banned disposable coffee cups sees project falter amid Government U-turn
Two projects in Dublin, inspired by Killarney Coffee Cup Project, now in doubt
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