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SINN Féin’s KerryTD Pa Daly has called on the government to immediately intervene to address the core issues at the heart of the Retained Fire Service recruitment and retention crisis following the commencement of industrial action today. Deputy Daly called on constituency colleagues to urge Minister Darragh O’Brien to act […]

A FIRE has caused damage in a building on Denny Street overnight. Three units of the fire service — two from Tralee and one from Castleisland —attended the scene of a fire in Finnegan’s hostel shortly before 4am. Gardaí and the fire service were alerted and the building was evacuated. The fire […]

A MAN has died after a house fire in the Killorglin area early this morning. Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of the fire that occurred at a house in the Glencuttane Lower area, a few miles south of Killorglin, at around 5am. A man aged in […]

A WOMAN aged in her 8os has died in a fire at her home in west Kerry. The alarm was raised around 9pm last night when a fire was reported at a house near Ballyferriter. Two units of the Dingle Fire Brigade arrived at the scene and two units of the Tralee […]

  A MAN has died in a house fire in Fenit in the early hours of this morning. At around 2am the fire broke out and the Fire Service and Gardai were dispatched to the scene. Three units of the Tralee fire brigade were at the scene and fought the […]

  THE EMERGENCY services of Kerry will come together on Saturday, June 13, for their seventh annual cycle for charity…and they’re looking for cyclists to join them. The cycle is a highly anticipated event for members of the Gardai, Fire and Ambulance services in town, as it’s the only time they […]

AN Garda Síochána in the Kerry Division are currently investigating the cause of a number of land and forest fires which took place in the Killarney National Park and surrounding areas on Wednesday, April 8. The fires which lasted for a considerable length of time before being brought under control by […]

THE Kerry Fire and Rescue Service have said family homes were at risk after another night tackling wild-land fires. From 2:45pm yesterday until 4am this morning units responded to 23 calls to 17 incidents in 14 separate locations in County Kerry. Of these incidents, 14 were wild-land fires. The resources of Kerry Fire […]

  THE Kerry Fire and Rescue Service are appealing to land and commonage owners not engage in burning gorse after what they described as the busiest 24 hour period in recent years. Units of Kerry Fire and Rescue Service responded to 26 calls to wild-land fires (including gorse, bog, grass, […]