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LEAVING Certificate students in Kerry have said that Covid-19 has had a negative impact on their mental health, while increased competition for 3rd Level places in 2021 is causing the most worry. 612 final year secondary school students in Kerry took part in an online survey to gauge how Covid-19 […]

GARDAI are seeking witnesses after a ‘road rage’ incident in Tralee last week. On Wednesday, February 10, at around 10.15am, a female motorist was driving down Rock Street towards town and decided to stop to allow an oncoming motorist turn into the Dunnes Stores car park. The motorist in the […]

GARDAI are investigating incidents of theft and criminal damage over the past week in the Tralee area. Between 6pm on Wednesday and 8am on Thursday morning, there was a break-in at a building site in Ballyard. Two drums of diesel and four tyres were taken. If anyone was in the […]

THE residency of Kerry County Council’s current Filmmaker in Residence, Mieke Vanmechelen, has been extended by eleven weeks thanks to funding from Healthy Ireland’s #KeepWell campaign. Mieke is currently working closely with Kenmare Youth Film, a group set up over two years ago with the help of the Kenmare Family […]

IT has been announced that €29,546,648 has been granted to Kerry Co Council under the 2021 investment programme for regional and local roads. Under the programme, the Tralee Northern Relief Road will receive €1,500,000 in direct funding while the Dale road (R556) has been awarded €2,500,000 for specific improvements. This […]

THREE Lotto players from Kerry, Limerick and Roscommon will share a Lotto prize of €103,741 after they all came to within one number of Saturday night’s Lotto jackpot which was worth €3,750,184. All three players matched five numbers and the bonus ball on the main Lotto draw and will each […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’m working from home because of COVID-19. Can I claim tax back on my utility bills?  Answer: If you are working from home (also known as e-working or […]

KERRY County Council has developed a design for the proposed N72 Killorglin-Anglont Road Improvement Scheme, details of which will be announced on a public webinar on Friday, February 19. Members of the public are invited to register for the online presentation at which details of the 2.6km scheme will be […]

RADIO Kerry has announced the winners of a special student essay competition entitled ‘If I Were An MEP’. The winning essay was written by Presentation Secondary School Tralee student Ciara Sharp. Among the issues Ciara wrote about were gender equality, the gender pay gap, and sexism. Former US First Lady […]

ANOTHER day, another weather warning from Met Éireann. No sooner had the Status Yellow snow/ice warning ended this morning, another warning will come into effect later this evening to go along with a rainfall warning also given for tonight. A Status Yellow Wind warning has been issued for Kerry, Donegal, […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has called on the Minister for Transport to take action to tackle the massive driving test backlog. The call comes as the Road Safety Authority (RSA) confirmed  there are now 906 learner drivers waiting for a test in Killarney, 980 in Tralee, and over […]

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office, with Creative Ireland Kerry, is offering business mentoring specifically for artists in Kerry. Mentor Méabh Ring will offer these mentoring clinics via Zoom. Each client will be offered an hour long slot and five clients will be facilitated on each day. The dates for […]

TRALEE Chamber has expressed its “extreme dissatisfaction” that the town has been excluded from the Outdoor Dining Scheme, details of which were revealed today. Failte Ireland announced that the new Outdoor Dining Scheme will focus on Dublin, Kilkenny, Killarney, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Cork and Athlone but hospitality businesses from other […]

WHILE current wind and snow/ice warnings are in place until Friday morning, we won’t have to wait long for the next one to arrive. Met Éireann has just issued a Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Kerry, Cork and Waterford to take effect on Saturday. There’ll be 30 to 40 mm […]

With a decision on this year’s Leaving Certificate to be made next week, Billy Ryle says the Irish Second Level Students’ Union make a good case to win Leaving Cert exam choice… The views of the Irish Second Level Students’ Union (ISSU) made a significant impact on last week’s meeting […]

A TRALEE woman has raised an amazing €3,835 with a campaign she ran in the run-up to Christmas. Rebecca Poultney, a second year student in University College Cork, created the ‘Strive To Keep Christmas Alive’ campaign back in November with funds raised going to the Tír na nÓg Orphanage in […]

UP to €250,000 has been made available to Kerry County Council under the Outdoor Public Space Scheme. Under the scheme local authorities can apply for a capital grant of up to €250,000 for a project at a funding rate of up to 90%. Grants will then be awarded for projects […]

A STATUS Yellow Wind warning has issued for Munster, Connacht and Leinster. Met Éireann had already issued a Status Yellow snow/ice warning for the three provinces and both warnings will run from Thursday morning at 8am to Friday morning at 8am. The will be strong to gale force southeast winds […]

A NEW Fungie-inspired beer has been launched by an Irish brewery. Dublin-based microbrewery Whiplash Beer today launched the brand new beer named The Ocean Wide in honour of the beloved dolphin of Dingle. Having spent many a summer’s weekend in the town, the team at Whiplash hope Fungie, who has been […]

THE Lee Strand Annual Social was celebrated a little different this year, instead of gathering in Ballygarry House Hotel in Tralee everyone tuned into Radio Kerry on Saturday night. The theme was to celebrate together while being apart on a special celebratory virtual social hosted by Alan Finn from 8-9pm. […]

CARA Credit Union, with branches in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin, and Clanmaurice Credit Union, with branches in Ballyduff and Causeway, are asking their members to vote on a proposed merger. Both credit unions have collaborated on several initiatives in recent years and say a merger is the obvious way to […]

A NEW series of online physical education classes for primary school children in Kerry, is being launched under Kerry County Council’s ‘Keep Well Kerry’ initiative. From this Thursday, February 11, children in classes from Junior Infants to 6th Class can log on Tuesdays and Thursdays for twenty minute sessions provided […]

MET Eireann has issued a Status Yellow – Snow/Ice warning for Munster, Connacht and Leinster for later this week. A band of sleet and snow spreading northeastwards during Thursday will give snow accumulations of up to 5cm in some areas (higher over the mountains), but transitioning to rain in the […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating the theft of a vehicle in Tralee last week. On Friday, February 5, at about 9.10am, a driver left their vehicle, with the keys in the ignition, to go into a shop at a filling station on the Oakpark Road. A man nearby, described as […]

COMFORT for Chemo Kerry has launched new online fundraising platform to continue fundraising in the time of Covid-19. Comfort for Chemo is fundraising to build a centre of excellence for the patients of Kerry, who need chemotherapy and oncological treatments. This stand-alone building will ensure the best care available is […]

NEGOTIATIONS are at an advanced stage to locate a mass vaccination centre in Tralee. Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy, who lodged motions at recent Tralee MD and Kerry County Council meetings on the issue, said two sites — at the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University campus in Dromtacker […]

KERRY ETB is to receive €37,278 in funding under the Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund. The fund was secured as part of Budget 2021 to support community education for adult learners, who have the highest level of need. It aims to increase the participation of disadvantaged learners, particularly with the digital […]

THE Chain Gang Cycling Club has decided to organise a fundraiser for Kerry Hospice over Valentine’s weekend. With the present level 5 lockdown in place until at least March 5, they have decided on an event similar to the ‘Thumbs Up Cycle’ they ran last year for the Intensive Care […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I attend a DEIS school and want to go to university. My family are not well off.  Is there anything to help me go to college?  Answer: The […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly,  has urged the Government and Kerry County Council to take immediate action to deal with the scourge of illegal dumping. Deputy Daly has written to Kerry County Council to urge them to move forward with CCTV as a means to stop this practice. […]