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A LOCAL councillor has criticised the delay in repairing the crane at Fenit Pier and said it costing fisherman hundreds of euro to get their crates from their boats. Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris was speaking at the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday, referring to the fact that Fenit Pier […]

A TRALEE Municipal Councillor has expressed her frustration at the lack of progress on a proposed ‘Blueway’ from Tralee to Fenit, which would transform tourism in the area. Speaking at the Tralee MD meeting on Monday, Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris said a local businessman put forward his submission to […]

THE Road Safety Authority has announced that the Tralee Driving Test Centre at Government Offices at Spa Road, Tralee, will close temporarily for a period of four to six weeks from Friday, September 25. This is to facilitate works being carried out there. From Monday, September 28, testing will be from […]

KERRY College will host a one-hour virtual information session for parents, school leavers, and those considering a return to further education and training. Taking place on Monday, September 14 from 6.30pm to 7.30pm, there are just 100 places available for the webinar. You can find out about the range of […]

THE former Principal of Kerry College in Tralee has launched a new advice and support hub for guardians, students and graduates, ahead of the CAO offers this Friday. Mary Lucey left her role as Principal of Kerry College, Clash and Denny Street Campuses earlier this year and is now focussed […]

TRALEE Municipal District councillors are requesting a meeting with the IDA with a view to establishing a full-time officer for the Kerry area. Speaking at the meeting of Tralee MD on Monday, Cllr Jim Finucane (FG) said the recent situation with Borg Warner and Debenhams has highlighted the need to […]

TLI Group based outside Abbeydorney are to grow their telecoms department and recruit for new positions due to their role as a framework deployment partner on the National Broadband Plan, a project which has been underway for seven months now. TLI Group, contracted to National Broadband Ireland (NBI), will commence […]

KERRY is to receive state funding of €405,286 to improve housing stock for older people and people with a disability. It’s part of an €18 million nationwide package announced by Government today to improve housing conditions. Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin TD welcomed the news and said; “This funding […]

SHOCK and sadness spread throughout the county yesterday at the news of the passing of well-known broadcaster and Tralee native Sean Hurley. Tributes have been paid from all over the county and beyond from people in the worlds of media, business, politics, entertainment and sport.. Based in Killarney, the presenter […]

KERRY County Council is to seek a definitive answer from Courts Service to determine what are their plans in relation to Tralee Courthouse and whether they intend on relocating the courts in the town. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday, Cllr Jim Finucane had a motion before […]

THE Council has applied for Government funding to develop a masterplan for the John Joe Sheehy Road area, which will include a ‘landmark’ entry point to the town centre which would celebrate the town’s sporting history. Cllr Mikey Sheehy had a motion before the Council that they engage with the […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley welcomes the approval of funding today under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection Scheme of €24,170 for a project at The Spa Seawall, North Kerry Way. The Seawall, which was severely damaged in storms back in January 2018, is a […]

A TRALEE Municipal District councillor has called for action after what he called a rat infestation in parts of the Mitchels area of town in the past few weeks. Independent Councillor Sam Locke raised the issue at Monday’s meeting of Tralee MD councillors. He said he contacted the Environment Section […]

PART of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway should be open before summer of 2021, councillors were told yesterday. At the Tralee Municipal District meeting of councillors on Monday morning, an update on the progress and timeframe of the project was requested in separate motions by Cllr Mikey Sheehy, Cllr Terry O’Brien and […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley officially launched the 2020 Lee Strand Homework Journal on Saturday at the Lee Strand milk plant in Ballymullen. Once again, over 10,000 Lee Strand hardback homework journals will be distributed to national school pupils in Kerry and West Limerick. Speaking at the launch of the […]

THE National Lottery has announced details of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards, with a total prize fund of €95,000, and is encouraging sports clubs, community organisations and projects in Kerry to apply. These awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs and individuals all over […]

Gardaí have seized approximately €80,000 worth of cannabis and arrested two men following the search of two separate vehicles in Kilgarvan and Portlaoise on Sunday. Members of the West Cork Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by local Gardaí, carrying out an intelligence lead operation stopped and searched a vehicle in the […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says excellent Leaving Cert results in Kerry will ensure CAO offers will be plentiful on Friday… After six very difficult months of emotional turmoil, at long last, 60,419 Leaving Cert candidates (57,569 Traditional Leaving Cert and 2,850 Leaving Cert Applied) awoke on a day when they […]

GARDAI are appealing for any information in connection with a criminal damage incident at a Tralee estate. At about 12.30am on Sunday, September 6, a woman had just come back to her house in the Muing estate after a night out. A young relative was babysitting and they heard a […]

GARDAI are asking students who received their Leaving Certificate results today to celebrate safely tonight and not to host house parties. Gardaí will patrol public amenities in the town tonight — including the Town Park, Millennium Walkway, the playground in the park and nearby beaches — to ensure people do […]

MINISTER for Education, Deputy Norma Foley has issued an open letter to students who received their Leaving Certificate results this morning. Under this year’s calculated grades process, around 60,000 students received results with grades higher than any other year on record. On average grades were 4.4% higher than those of last year. […]

IT’S been a hectic couple of weeks for the third class pupils at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. After six months away, they resumed their education on Thursday, August 27, meeting old friends and getting used to the classroom environment again. Then, just over a week later they made their belated First […]

DESPITE the current COVID-19 pandemic, Culture Night is happening in Kerry this year. On Friday, September 18, lots of the events are online, to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the Kerry public. Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ […]

A player in Co. Kerry won €20,649 after matching five numbers on the main EuroMillions draw last night. This lucky ticket was a Quick Pick bought yesterday Londis Store in Lixnaw. The EuroMillions numbers from last night’s draw (Friday 4th September) were: 06, 22, 29, 40, 43 and the lucky […]

FOUR learners from Kerry College will feature in an upcoming national campaign for SOLAS entitled ‘This is FET’. The voices and stories of Rory Murphy and Antoin Fletcher from Tralee, Amie McNamara from Listowel and Niambh O’Byrne from Abbeyfeale are part of a new digital campaign to coincide with the […]

LISTOWEL Race Committee is calling on the public not to attend Listowel Racecourse or the immediate vicinity of the racetrack itself during race week this month. The annual meeting will take place behind closed doors from Monday, September 21 to Saturday, September 26, under the guidance and strict protocols set down […]

THE Kerry Cycling Campaign has called on Tralee Municipal District Councillors to refuse to grant planning for a proposed 700 metre diversion of the Tralee Fenit Greenway. The Campaign says the Part 8 planning as drafted represents a failure to adequately mediate with the business, part of which is located […]

MEALS on Wheels Tralee and Rahoonane Community Centre are among the Kerry organisations to benefit from funding announced by the Government. The Minister for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley has welcomed the funding of €71,293 for nine Kerry projects under third tranche of Covid-19 stability fund allocations. The funding […]

A LOCAL GAA club is asking residents in estates surrounding their pitches to be vigilant and contact gardaí if they see any anti-social behaviour on their grounds. The request comes after damage was caused to the goalposts in their juvenile pitches at Ballyrickard on Tuesday night. In a recent facebook […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has called for the new Minister for Agriculture and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to address the lack of support for inshore fishermen. Deputy Daly said the inshore fishing industry is one area that requires urgent intervention and after the Tralee man met with the National Inshore […]