.
Concluding our review of 2023 we look back at some of the news we brought you in December…
• HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Tralee on a chilly December afternoon as the Christmas parade returned to the streets of the town on Saturday, December 2.
The event was organised by Tralee Chamber and Kerry County Council, in partnership with Sean Murphy Electrical and the local business community, as ‘Santa’s Magical Fairytale Parade’ proved a big hit with families.
• IT was announced that the public consultation would commence on plans to develop a new greenway linking Tralee and Listowel.
It is expected that the proposed Tralee to Listowel Greenway will connect to the Tralee to Fenit Greenway and the Listowel to Abbeyfeale Greenway.
Continued below…
.
• THE Kerry Heritage Award, which is presented each year by the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society, has been awarded for 2023 to Kerry historian and author, Tim Horgan.
The presentation to the author of several books on the revolutionary period in Kerry was made at a special ceremony at the Rose Hotel in Tralee.
• MULTI-MILLION euro funding was announced for two projects in Munster Technological University (MTU) that will progress to the next stage of development under the Technological Sector Strategic Projects Fund (TSSPF).
The Tralee campus proposal is the development of a Student Learner Centre with the potential to serve 2,000-3,000 students.
Continued below…
.
• A KERRY woman won a Clean Coasts Ocean Hero Award at a ceremony in Dublin on Thursday.
Martha Farrell from Maharees Conservation won the Individual of the Year in Clean Coasts Ocean Hero Awards at the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel. She is also involved in Tidy Towns Tralee.
The award acknowledges those individuals who initiate change and inspire others to do more to protect and conserve their coastline.
• THERE were some very lucky people playing the lotto in Kerry this month. A EuroMillions Plus draw winning ticket worth €500,000 was bought in Tesco in Tralee while over in Dingle a player scooped over €192,000 in the Lotto draw, all over the weekend of December 15/16.
• IT was revealed there would be two Fianna Fáil candidates contesting for Kerry County Council seats in the Tralee Electoral Area next year.
At the convention in December, Councillor Mikey Sheehy and Anne O’Sullivan, Parliamentary Assistant to Minister Norma Foley were both selected to run for the party in the local elections in 2024.
Continued below…
.
• IT was also revealed that this year has seen the highest numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since records began in 2006.
There were 3,775 patients waiting on trolleys at the hospital since the start of the year according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) released earlier in December.
• KERRY saw a stormy end to 2023 with wind and rain warnings issued by Met Eireann. Storm Gerrit brought heavy rain and strong winds in the few days after Christmas Day, while another wind warning was issued for New Year’s Eve with a wet end to the year.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
