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Continuing our review of 2023 we look back at some of the news we brought you in October…
• NED O’Shea Construction company lodged a planning application for a €70m, 235-home, Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) in Lisloose, Tralee.
Work at the 9.2-hectare Lisloose site is located off the Bracker O’Regan Road will create 200 direct construction jobs in the local community and with local suppliers the developer said.
The planning proposal included a mixture of dwelling types and sizes, including 2, 3 and 4-bedroom houses, and 1 and 2-bedroom apartments, with a view to creating sustainable homes in landscaped green areas. In addition, a childcare facility and a small commercial unit are proposed as well as space for 372 car spaces, and 349 cycle spaces.
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• KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced actress Eileen Walsh as this year’s recipient of the Maureen O’Hara Award.
Eileen Walsh’s notable roles include The Van, The Last Bus Home, When Brendan Met Trudy, The Magdalene Sisters, Pure Mule, Eden, and Catastrophe, to name a few.
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• IT was announced that after the success of last year, Tralee Chamber in partnership with Kerry County Council were bringing back the Island Of Geese Festive Market as part of their 2023 Christmas programme.
The said the Festive Markets would run on Friday, December 8, Saturday, December 9 and on Sunday, December 10.
• RADIO Kerry had a fantastic time at the IMRO Radio awards at the Lyrath Hotel in Kilkenny tonight, winning four Gold, three Silver, one Bronze award.
One of the popular winners at the prestigious awards — regarded as the ‘Radio Oscars’ — was Tim Moynihan who won the Gold in the Sports Broadcaster of the Year Local Regional category.
• TRALEE won its 11th Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row and in doing so upped their points tally significantly on last year.
They were awarded 366 points, up an impressive nineteen points on 2022’s total of 347. It was the fourth highest mark of all towns and villages in the county after Killarney, Kenmare and Listowel. Ireland’s Tidiest Large Town 2023 went to Killarney who achieved 375 points.
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• KINGDOM Pride in Kerry won the Community Organisation of the Year Award (Volunteer Staff) at the GALAS Awards.
From a longlist of 48 volunteer-run organisations, Kingdom Pride was shortlisted alongside Equality for Children, Na Gael Aeracha, and the Small Trans Library.
• A NEW residential development was given the go ahead at the site of the CBS Monastery at Castlecountess in Tralee.
Kerry County Council granted permission to the applicants Nailun Limited for the development, subject to 19 conditions.
The existing two-storey building — which is located adjacent to CBS The Green Secondary School — would be demolished to make way for the construction of 14 new housing units.
• A TRALEE woman was among the winners at the 16th Writers Guild of Ireland (WGI) Zebbie Awards. The awards celebrate the best of Irish writing for stage, screen and radio.
Katie McNeice won the Best Short Film Script award for ‘Lambing’ which she also directed. Katie, of Hardback Films, is a former winner of the Kerry Short Film Bursary of €10,000.
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• A NUMBER of rallies were held in Tralee and Killarney during October to show solidarity with the Palestinian people during the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
They were organised by the Kerry branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) — which campaigns for justice and works to support the rights of the Palestinian people.
• A SOLICITOR from Tralee was included in the prestigious Airline Economics 40 Under 40 Class of 2023.
Claire McDermott featured in the list in the leading and largest finance and leasing global publication for the aviation sector, which reaches industry professionals from lessors, investors, banks, airlines, law firms & MROs.
A daughter of Peter and Nora McDermott, Claire graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law from National University of Ireland, Galway in 2007. Her primary education was at St Oliver’s National School Killarney before attending Balloonagh/Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School and Brookfield College, Tralee.
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