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Animal rights activists have called for an end to the controversial Puck Fair festival as celebrations for 2023 kick off this week.

The ancient history behind Ireland's Puck Fair, a fun family festival with oodles of entertainment that has its roots in Ireland's pagan past. 

King Puck has been crowned as thousands watched the wild goat being hoisted up into the stand at the official kick-off of the centuries old tradition of Puck Fair.

In the red corner is Laura Broxson. A spokesperson for the National Animal Rights Association, Laura feels animals should never be used for entertainment purposes. An analysis emboldened by Puck Fair’s hustle and bustle that exposes the goat to stress.

Kerry’s Live Register is up 11% over the past year.According to the Central Statistics Office, there are now over 7,600 people signing on in the county. In July...

It will be a poignant Puck for one Killorglin family who have sadly lost both parents in the space of just four days.

There is a familiar buzz of anticipation around Killorglin town this week as the final preparations for Puck Fair are put in place.

A Kerry County Councillor has raised the issue of the lack of adult respite care. Michael Cahill raised the issue with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly at a mee...

The owners of a grave in a cemetery in Killorglin have been given liberty to apply to Kerry County Council for an exhumation order to determine if the concrete surround erected by a neighbouring grave owner has trespassed onto their plot, and is going over the coffin of their late uncle.

Uncertainty surrounds departure but ‘favourable’ breeding season recorded