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Daly Wants Clarification On Vaccinating Over 85s By End Of Week

Daly Wants Clarification On Vaccinating Over 85s By End Of Week

March 4, 2021 at 12:20 pm Comments are Disabled

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has urged the government to review and issue clarification on the functioning of vaccine distribution in Kerry. Deputy Daly has called into question the ability of the government to meet their target of having all over 85s vaccinated by the end of the […]

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Find Out More About Kerry College Courses At Career Path Expo

Find Out More About Kerry College Courses At Career Path Expo

March 4, 2021 at 11:39 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY College will take part in a Career Path Expo on Wednesday March 10th and Thursday March 11th from 3pm to 8pm. Career Path Expo is a free, online, virtual, interactive education and skills event. It is aimed at helping career changers, school-leavers and returners to gather information about further […]

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Courthouse Lane.

Call To Repair ‘Unsafe And Dangerous’ Paving At Courthouse Lane

March 4, 2021 at 10:10 am 1 comment

A LOCAL councillor says the surface of a laneway in Tralee is dangerous and needs to be looked at urgently. Fianna Fáil Councillor Johnnie Wall brought up the issue concerning Courthouse Lane at the online meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday. He said the structure of the roadway in […]

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Grant Of €200,000 For Listowel Under Historic Towns Initiative

Grant Of €200,000 For Listowel Under Historic Towns Initiative

March 4, 2021 at 10:02 am Comments are Disabled

A €200,000 grant has been awarded to Listowel under the Historic Towns Initiative. This funding will be used for the regeneration of the town’s public domain, the conservation of landmark buildings, improved maintenance of St John’s Theatre and general improvements to streetscapes and conservation-led public realm works. In total €1.5 […]

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€200,000 For Ballyseedy Amenity Trail Project

€200,000 For Ballyseedy Amenity Trail Project

March 4, 2021 at 9:46 am 1 comment

THE Government has announced funding  of €400,000 for two Kerry walking trails. Allocated under Strand 2 of the “Outdoor Recreation and Infrastructure Scheme” (ORIS) by the Department of Social Protection and Rural Affairs, €200,000 of the funding will go towards upgrading the Dingle Way at Más an Tiompáin, Cloghane, and […]

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Eight New COVID-19 Cases In Kerry, 566 Nationally

Eight New COVID-19 Cases In Kerry, 566 Nationally

March 3, 2021 at 5:59 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were eight new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub. There were 25 additional deaths and 566 more cases reported nationally. The […]

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Possible Removal Of Part Of Garda Station Boundary Wall At Island Of Geese

Possible Removal Of Part Of Garda Station Boundary Wall At Island Of Geese

March 3, 2021 at 2:12 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Council is in talks with with An Garda Síochána about removing part of the boundary wall at the Garda station, facing the Island Of Geese site, to create a plaza type effect at the development. Tralee Municipal District Manager Michael Scannell gave an update on the former Denny site […]

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Cllr Calls For Rewards For Information Leading To Illegal Gorse Fires Prosecutions

Cllr Calls For Rewards For Information Leading To Illegal Gorse Fires Prosecutions

March 3, 2021 at 12:07 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE councillor has called for the local authority to reward people for providing information leading to prosecutions for the setting of illegal gorse fires. Sinn Féin Cllr. Cathal Foley was speaking at the online meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday. He had a motion […]

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Become A Friend Of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House

Become A Friend Of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House

March 3, 2021 at 11:07 am Comments are Disabled

AS charities across the country struggle to deal with the devastating impact of COVID-19 on their fundraising efforts, cancer support charity Recovery Haven Kerry is calling on the public to pledge their support to a new initiative they hope will help stabilise their finances in 2021 and beyond. The Friends […]

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Short Videos Wanted For Tralee St Patrick’s Day Online Celebration

March 3, 2021 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

THE 2021 Tralee St. Patrick’s Day Festival parade is going online, going green and going global. Currently, people are being asked not to travel outside their 5 Km or have any gatherings due to the ongoing COVID-19 Level 5 restrictions, therefore the traditional St. Patricks Day Parades will not take […]

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Kerry Hospice is hoping people take part in the Long Good Friday Walk between St Patricks Day and Good Friday.

Kerry Hospice Calls On Public To Take Part In ‘The Long Good Friday Walk’

March 3, 2021 at 9:56 am Comments are Disabled

THE Good Friday Walks in aid of Kerry Hospice have become a staple of Easter events around the county over the past 20 years. However, last year people were deprived of the chance to meet up due to COVID restrictions and while this will be the case again this Easter […]

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Less Than Five COVID-19 Cases In Kerry, 359 Nationally

Less Than Five COVID-19 Cases In Kerry, 359 Nationally

March 2, 2021 at 5:52 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub. There were 14 additional deaths and 359 more cases reported […]

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Part of the line of poplar trees on the Dan Spring Road.

Council To Fell Section Of Trees Along Dan Spring Road

March 2, 2021 at 5:39 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council are to fell a line of trees on the Dan Spring Road and replace them with a more suitable type. The Council employed an arborist to assess the line of poplar trees along the side of the road by the Tralee Harriers grounds. The trees have suffered […]

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Cllr Calls For Memorial To Those Who Have Died From COVID-19 In Kerry

Cllr Calls For Memorial To Those Who Have Died From COVID-19 In Kerry

March 2, 2021 at 2:22 pm 1 comment

A TRALEE councillor has proposed the erection of a memorial to those who have died from COVID-19 in the county. Sinn Féin Cllr. Cathal Foley had a motion before the online meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday that the authority will, in the future, design and erect a suitable […]

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Cllr Wants Brendan Voyage Vessel Brought Back To Fenit

Cllr Wants Brendan Voyage Vessel Brought Back To Fenit

March 2, 2021 at 11:56 am 1 comment

A LOCAL councillor wants Kerry County Council to attempt to bring back the vessel used almost 45 years ago to trace the journey of St Brendan. Fine Gael Cllr Jim Finucane had a motion before Monday’s meeting of Tralee Municipal District that, in light of the passing of Mr. Tim […]

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Tralee Chamber Wants All New Student Accommodation In Town Centre

Tralee Chamber Wants All New Student Accommodation In Town Centre

March 2, 2021 at 10:59 am 1 comment

TRALEE Chamber is highlighting the need for Tralee to focus on a clear target of creating 225 new jobs in the town centre each year and capitalising on the new status as a university town by having all new student housing development accommodated ‘above the shop’ in the town centre. […]

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Gardai Arrest Man In Relation To Aggravated Burglary In Tralee

Gardai Arrest Man In Relation To Aggravated Burglary In Tralee

March 2, 2021 at 9:08 am Comments are Disabled

Gardaí investigating an aggravated burglary that occurred at a house in Rahoonane, Tralee, yesterday afternoon, Monday, March 1, have arrested a man. At approximately 4pm yesterday afternoon, a man gained access to the residence and proceeded to assault the resident of the property with a wheel brace. The occupant of […]

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Eight New COVID-19 Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening, 687 Nationally

Eight New COVID-19 Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening, 687 Nationally

March 1, 2021 at 6:07 pm 2 comments

THERE were eight new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening. There was one additional death and 687 more cases reported nationally. The 14 day incidence of new cases for Kerry is 53.5 per 100,000 people. There have been 79 cases reported in the same […]

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Gardaí Seek Public’s Help Regarding Two Separate Incidents

Gardaí Seek Public’s Help Regarding Two Separate Incidents

March 1, 2021 at 4:21 pm 1 comment

GARDAI are seeking the public’s help with identifying two women acting suspiciously at the weekend and in a separate incident are trying to trace a vehicle involved in a collision back in January. On Saturday last, February 27, at about 6pm, two females were seen acting suspiciously in the vicinity […]

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Photographed at Kerry county buildings, when the Kerry County Council  became the first local authority in Ireland to trial a zero carbon Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) powered by compressed renewable gas were: Declan O’Sullivan, Gas Networks Ireland; Tom Ahern, Machinery Complex,  Kerry County Council; Moira Murrell,  Chief Executive,  Kerry County Council; Patrick Connor-Scarteen,  Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, John Fitzgerald,  Senior Executive Engineer – Roads, Transportation & Marine Dept., Kerry County Council; Tom Nolan, Director,  Tom Nolan & Sons Ltd. (Castleisland, Co. Kerry), David Hanahoe, Gas Networks Ireland. Photo taken in accordance with public health restrictions, December 2020.

Kerry County Council Trials Carbon Neutral Truck

March 1, 2021 at 3:49 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council became the first local authority in Ireland to trial a zero carbon Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) powered by compressed renewable gas. The truck was supplied by Scania dealers, T. Nolan and Sons in Castleisland, and fuelled using carbon neutral renewable gas from the national gas network supplied […]

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Cllr Asks Tralee People To Go Green This St Patrick’s Day

March 1, 2021 at 2:22 pm 1 comment

THE Council has been asked to liaise with business owners and the people of  Tralee to go green this St Patrick’s Day in the absence of the traditional parade which can’t go ahead for the second year in a row due to COVID restrictions. Cllr Johnnie Wall had a motion […]

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Delay To Opening Section Of Tralee-Fenit Greenway Before Summer

Delay To Opening Section Of Tralee-Fenit Greenway Before Summer

March 1, 2021 at 12:42 pm 1 comment

PART of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway which was due to open before the summer season will not now be completed on time. Cllr Mikey Sheehy asked Council management for an update on the Greenway at the online meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday morning. He asked how have the latest […]

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Bank Of Ireland To Close MTU Tralee, Killorglin And Castleisland Branches

Bank Of Ireland To Close MTU Tralee, Killorglin And Castleisland Branches

March 1, 2021 at 10:58 am Comments are Disabled

BANK of Ireland is announcing changes to branch services in Kerry, with the closure of its Castleisland, Killorglin and Munster Technological University Tralee branches from September and a new partnership with An Post providing banking services locally. Bank of Ireland is closing a number of branches nationwide and say footfall […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Kerry County Council To Receive Over €2.1m In Funding For Home Adaptation Works

March 1, 2021 at 10:35 am 1 comment

KERRY County Council will receive exchequer funding of €2,110,112 to provide home adaptations for older people and those living with disability and mobility issues. Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin TD and Minister for Education Norma  Foley have welcomed the funding which was announced by Minister of State for Local Government […]

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Ten New COVID-19 Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening

Ten New COVID-19 Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening

February 28, 2021 at 5:22 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were 10 new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening which is a marked increase from daily figures for the  county over the past week. There were six additional deaths and 612 more cases reported nationally. All of these deaths occurred in February. The […]

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Here’s Where Residential Property Was Sold Around Tralee In January

Here’s Where Residential Property Was Sold Around Tralee In January

February 28, 2021 at 11:23 am Comments are Disabled

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that January was a busy month for property sales around Tralee with 24 transactions taking place fetching a total of €4,290,501. The properties that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in […]

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Nineteen COVID-19 Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening

Nineteen COVID-19 Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening

February 27, 2021 at 5:36 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were 19 new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening which is a marked increase from daily figures for the  county over the past week. There were 13 additional deaths and 738 more cases reported nationally. Ten of these deaths occurred in February, one occurred […]

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Know Your Rights: Help When Bereaved

Know Your Rights: Help When Bereaved

February 27, 2021 at 10:03 am Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’m looking for some simple information on first steps after a bereavement for my sister who has been widowed. Can you recommend an appropriate resource? Answer: Bereavement can […]

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Less Than Five Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening, 776 Nationally

Less Than Five Cases Reported For Kerry This Evening, 776 Nationally

February 26, 2021 at 5:46 pm 1 comment

THERE were fewer than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry at the NPHET briefing this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed by the health authorities until the following day on the COVID data hub. There were 29 additional deaths and […]

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Listowel Food Hub Project To Receive Over €1.3m In Funding

Listowel Food Hub Project To Receive Over €1.3m In Funding

February 26, 2021 at 3:48 pm Comments are Disabled

A FURTHER €1,365,226 in funding has been granted for the Listowel Food Hub Project. This endeavour, led by the North East West Kerry Development (NEWKD), will deliver a 12,000 sq. ft. Food Hub facility at Clieveragh Business Park, Listowel, comprises of five food production units and a fully fitted Research […]

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