Archive for December 23rd, 2020

RADIO Kerry’s annual countywide Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul has raised €22,621, surpassing the €15,000 target for 2020. It was the seventh year of the fundraiser and brings the amount raised to date to over €117,000. Hundreds of people took part in Christmas Jumper Day right across […]

RADIO Kerry has announced the eight groups and individuals who have been recognised as the Fexco Kerry Heroes of 2020. Each award recipient will receive a specially created 2020 award of a handcrafted crafted vase sponsored by Louis Mulcahy Pottery/Potadóireacht na Caolóige, Clogher, Ballyferriter. The following are the recipients… Kerry […]

SO the traditional Christmas swims have been cancelled for this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take a dip over the festive period in a safe and socially-distanced fashion. The good folks at Banna Rescue are lamenting the cancellation of the annual swim on the beautiful beach, but would […]

IT wasn’t your typical retirement send-off but then again, nothing about the past nine months has been anything like normal. The staff and pupils of Holy Family said farewell to the caretaker of the past 28 years on Tuesday afternoon as they broke up for the holidays. David Diggins from […]

GARDAI have arrested and charged a man in relation to a burglary in Tralee, on Tuesday, December 22. At around 7am, Gardaí in Tralee received a report of a burglary at a house on the Old Killeen Road. Gardaí carried out a patrol of the area and arrested a man, […]

ALMOST €28m has been allocated to Kerry County Council for investment in national roads in the county next year. Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s (TII) budget for 2021 today allocated €26,855,000 million for improvement of roads in Kerry. They also released a second tranche of funding worth €1,092,721 million which will specifically […]