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LIDL has announced it is to create 23 new jobs in Kerry, while their current workers are to receive a COVID employee bonus of €44,500 between them. Recently awarded Best COVID-19 Response by a Retailer at the Irish Quality Food Awards, the retailer’s frontline workers dedication has not gone unnoticed […]

THE HSE has confirmed that sites in Tralee are being considered as a location for a mass vaccination centre, but the final decision on locating a centre in Tralee or anywhere else in Kerry will lie with the National Vaccination Committee. Councillor Mikey Sheehy, Tralee MD, received a written response […]

THE Tralee Soup Kitchen is to open again for takeaways from this coming Saturday, January 30. The service had to close until the end of January as a result of the latest COVID-19 restrictions, but they have made the decision to provide a takeaway service between 12noon and 2pm. The […]

Gardaí in Kerry have arrested and charged a man in relation to a burglary last March. At around 5pm on March 22, Gardaí in Killarney received a report from a staff member that her purse has been stolen from a staff only section of a shop located on the Tralee […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a criminal damage incident in town which occurred during the weekend. The rear window of a black Mercedes was broken in the vehicle between 11:30pm on Saturday night and Sunday evening at 7pm in the Killerisk Close estate. Any persons who were in the area […]

LEAVING Certificate students in Kerry are being invited to complete a survey to determine the impact of Covid-19 on their mental health as they face into the final months of exam preparations. The questionnaire will gauge how the uncertainty surrounding the actual staging of the exams is affecting the wellbeing […]

TRALEE retained its ‘Clean To European Norms’ status in the Irish Business Against Litter’s latest survey released this morning. It came in 17th place out of 37 towns and cities in Ireland, but what impressed the An Taisce judges and what areas of town let us down. Here’s what they […]

THE latest results in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) shows  Tralee retained its ‘Clean To European Norms’ status, and is placed 17th out of 37 towns and cities in the country. It’s a fall of two places from the last survey in October. Killarney is in 2nd place in […]

A CYCLEHOOP Car Bike Port is now in place on Rock Street in Tralee. Through the 2020 Community Enhancement Programme, Kerry Cycling Campaign and Kerry County Council have worked together to install the new bicycle parking unit. Anluan Dunne, speaking on behalf of Kerry Cycling Campaign said: “The stand out […]

A STATUS Yellow – Low Temperature/Ice warning for Ireland will remain in place until Monday morning. The warning has already been in place for much of the weekend but will continue until Monday at 10am. It will be icy and very cold with lowest temperatures of -5 to -2 degrees […]

A FUNDRAISER has set up to help buy webcams to be installed in Ardfert and Kilmoyley churches was a massive success with the community digging deep and to raise €12,600. The Ardfert and Kilmoyley churches are without webcams due to the costs associated with renovations on both churches in the […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… WITH fraudulent behaviour at an all-time high, it’s important that we take time to familiarise ourselves with the signs of a scam and how to deal with it. Some […]

A NUMBER of community groups in the Tralee area were among those to benefit from €62,534 in funding for Kerry groups announced by the Government yesterday. In total 73 projects across Kerry were awarded funding under the Community Enhancement Programme. The initative is designed to support community groups, particularly in […]

  MET Éireann has issued a Status Yellow – Snow/Ice warning for Ireland this afternoon. There will be falls of hail, sleet and snow with icy and hazardous conditions. The warning is valid from 6pm on Saturday to 12 noon on Sunday. However, looking at the weather locally in the […]

EXTRA employment will be created in Kerry County Council following an announcement of funding today from Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan T.D. for up to 248 new jobs in local authorities to expand walking and cycling facilities all over the country. As part of the plan developed by the National Transport […]

KERRY’S writer in residence Máire Holmes has been at her desk in Galway working for the past nine months. Using online meetings and emails she has been connecting with and mentoring writers’ groups and writers, despite lockdowns and restrictions. Máire’s work with people has been extended thanks to funding from Healthy […]

TRALEE-BASED Labour Party activist, Ben Slimm, has called for the registration fee for nurses and midwives to be waived for 2021. Mr Slimm, who ran for Labour in the Tralee Electoral Area in the Local Elections in 2019, said nurses in University Hospital Kerry have been working so hard during this […]

TRALEE is aiming to become an Autism Friendly Town and as part of achieving that ambition, Tralee Municipal District has installed a Communication Board in the playground at Tralee Town Park. The board, which is the first of its kind in Kerry County Council managed playgrounds, will assist those with […]

SIAMSA Tíre invites artists and groups of all art forms to join together in a celebration of folk. Siamsa wants to reignite connections in the community with a ‘Folk Explosion’ which will herald the Summer Solstice, the height of summer and the most powerful moment of potential in the Celtic Calendar when […]

CARA Credit Union, a member of Metamo, the joint venture between 16 Credit Unions and Fexco, has been approved as a lender under the Government’s COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme (CCGS). Cara Credit Union will now be able to provide Government backed loans directly to local SMEs, whose survival is critical […]

ST Vincent de Paul in Tralee is warning the public about a scam involving two young boys calling to houses in Tralee. The boys are going house to house claiming to be collecting money for the charity. SVP Tralee says this is a scam. People should not hand over any […]

SPEED limit bye-laws in Kerry should be fully implemented as soon as possible, according Anluan Dunne, chairperson of the Kerry branch of the Green Party. The speed limit review was finalised in early 2019 but two years on the bye-laws enacting 30 km/h limits are still not completely enacted in […]

SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Deirdre Ferris has called on the council to do more to protect sand dunes and other protected areas along our coastline. In a motion before today’s monthly council meeting, Cllr Ferris has said that anti-social and illegal behaviour is putting these vulnerable areas at risk. […]

NINE Kerry projects have received €191,711 under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure scheme. It includes €20,000 for the development of a public amenity space at Tralee Bay Coastal Walkway at Lohercannon. Minister for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley and Fine Gael Kerry TD Brendan Griffin have welcomed the announcement. Continued […]

A SERVICE station in Listowel, has been announced as the store where Ireland’s newest millionaire bought their winning €1 million Daily Million ticket. The National Lottery has revealed that the Fitzgerald Centra filling station on Church Street, Listowel, is the store where this lucky player bought their winning Daily Million […]

A LOCAL councillor has called for the Council to look at making swimming safe again in the canal. Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris was asking for an update on the progress of the feasibility report for the canal in Tralee in the North Kerry Blueway at the online meeting of Tralee […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has expressed his disappointment with the Courts Service decision to move courts away from Tralee Courthouse to another site in the town. Deputy Daly says he has been informed that the Courts Service has made a decision not to refurbish the Courthouse on […]

MEMBERS of the Kerry Joint Policing Committee this morning approved a Data Protection Impact Assessment prepared in respect of the operation of a CCTV system as part of the Active Travel Project for Tralee Amenity Walkway. The CCTV cameras will operate on the Tralee Amenity Walk from the junction of Casement […]

GARDAI in Kerry are to start issuing more fines in relation to people breaching the 5km rule. At the online meeting of the Joint Policing Committee this morning, Kerry Garda Division Chief Superintendent Eileen Foster said she noticed traffic was heavier during this particular lockdown compared to the same period […]

CRIME decreased in all categories in the county over 2020 compared to the previous year. The statistics for the Kerry Garda Division were revealed at the Joint Policing Committee meeting which was held online this morning. There were significant decreases in Property Crime (-29%), Crimes Against The Person (-19%), Criminal […]