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Council To Receive Almost €4m Under Community Recognition Fund

Council To Receive Almost €4m Under Community Recognition Fund

March 15, 2024 at 10:45 am 0 comments

KERRY County Council is to receive €3,946,095 in funding under the Community Recognition Fund 2024. The Community Recognition Fund was first introduced last year to recognise the huge efforts made by communities in welcoming and supporting people coming to Ireland. Through the 2023 allocation, funding of €50 million was approved […]

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22.2.24 Repro Free : 
Honorary Consul for the southwest of Ireland, Katherine Fitzpatrick met with Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Councillor Jim Finucane in the Kerry County Council offices in Tralee Co Kerry today with representatives of the executive.  Ms Fitzpatrick and a British Embassy delegation learnt about Kerry’s urban and rural regeneration projects in Kerry and why Kerry is a great place to live, work and visit.’
 
The Honorary consul is on a three day visit to the county, visiting the RDI hub, Astellas, Fexco and MTU. The trip is part of an British Embassy initiative to promote economic links and opportunities between regions of Ireland and the UK, identifying how cities, towns and regions can collaborate to help resolve shared challenges.

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Visiting British Embassy Delegation Learn About Kerry Projects

February 23, 2024 at 12:00 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Honorary Consul for the southwest of Ireland, Katherine Fitzpatrick met with Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Councillor Jim Finucane and representatives of the executive this week. Ms Fitzpatrick and a British Embassy delegation learnt about Kerry’s urban and rural regeneration projects in Kerry and why Kerry is a great place to live, work and […]

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Council Invites Applications For Funding Under Local Enhancement Programme

Council Invites Applications For Funding Under Local Enhancement Programme

February 14, 2024 at 10:36 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council and Kerry Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) invite applications for funding under the Department of Rural & Community Development’s Local Enhancement Programme (LEP) 2024. Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, and Minister of State with responsibility for Community Development and Charities, Joe O’Brien TD, […]

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6.2.24 : Repro Free : Council invites application to Community Climate Action Programme

Kerry County Council is reminding communities across the county that funding is available under the Community Climate Action Programme for 2024. Funding of over €600,000 has been provided for projects in Kerry which will help to build low-carbon and sustainable communities.
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Tuesday, 6 February 2024
Council invites application to Community Climate Action Programme

Kerry County Council is reminding communities across the county that funding is available under the Community Climate Action Programme for 2024. Funding of over €600,000 has been provided for projects in Kerry which will help to build low-carbon and sustainable communities.

The goal of the programme, which is led by the Department of the Environment, is to support community-based initiatives which contribute to achieving Ireland’s national climate action and energy targets and which tackle climate action at a local level. 

The fund is divided into two strands:

•	Strand-1 – Action: Building Low Carbon Communities: Kerry County Council have been given an allocation of €663,000 for projects regarding climate action. Under this scheme, communities will partner with Kerry County Council to carry out projects that will have a direct and positive impact on climate change.

•	Strand 1a – Shared Island Community Climate Action: This strand enables communities to carry out a cross-border project in partnership with a community in Northern Ireland.  
 
Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Jim Finucane, said: “Climate action and building sustainable communities requires the involvement and cooperation of everyone. This funding will help to deliver tangible community-led projects which can contribute to supporting our collective ambitions to move towards a low-carbon economy and to achieve climate action targets. I would encourage community groups to apply,” he said.

Community groups which are not-for-profit and are registered with the Kerry Participation Network are eligible to apply and full details are available on the Kerry County Council website or by email from richard.curtin@kerrycoco.ie.

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What funding is available?

The funding received by a Community Organisation will depend on the size of a project:
•	Small scale projects will be granted, less than €20,000
•	Medium scale projects will be granted, €21,000 to €50,000
•	Large scale projects will be granted, €51,000 to €100,000
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Council Invites Applications For Community Climate Action Programme

February 6, 2024 at 1:45 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is reminding communities across the county that funding is available under the Community Climate Action Programme for 2024. Funding of over €600,000 has been provided for projects in Kerry which will help to build low-carbon and sustainable communities. The goal of the programme, which is led by […]

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Public Consultation On New Local Economic and Community Plan

Public Consultation On New Local Economic and Community Plan

February 6, 2024 at 10:56 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is inviting members of the public to join an online information session this week which marks the beginning of public consultation on a new Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) for Kerry. The Kerry Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) has begun the preparation of the Local Economic […]

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Local Festivals Invited To Apply To Council For Funding

Local Festivals Invited To Apply To Council For Funding

January 31, 2024 at 2:03 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council has announced the Festival and Participative Events Programme for Kerry for 2024. The announcement comes after Fáilte Ireland recently approved an allocation of €75,250 to Kerry County Council under the Festival and Participative Events Programme for this year. The Programme aims to support festivals and participate events […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Over 2,000 Requests For Repairs To Council Properties In Tralee MD

January 11, 2024 at 1:24 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were over 2,000 requests for housing maintenance repairs from Council tenants in the Tralee Municipal District last year. At the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council this morning, Cllr. Deirdre Ferris asked how many requests were made by Tralee MD tenants forrepairs/replacements in 2023, a […]

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Council’s Steinway Piano Gets Full Service And Is Available For Recitals

Council’s Steinway Piano Gets Full Service And Is Available For Recitals

December 20, 2023 at 8:31 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council along with Kerry School of Music are delighted to announce that Kerry County Council’s Steinway Model D Concert County Piano has been fully serviced recently. The service which entailed an assessment of the instrument, cleaning out of the interior, full action and tonal regulation of the keyboard: […]

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Anne O'Sullivan and Cllr Mikey Sheehy with Minister for Education Norma Foley at the Brandon Hotel on Monday night.

Two Fianna Fáil Candidates For Tralee Electoral Area In Next Year’s Local Elections

December 19, 2023 at 12:10 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE will be two Fianna Fáil candidates contesting for Kerry County Council seats in the Tralee Electoral Area next year. The FF selection convention for the 2024 Kerry Local Electoral Area Elections took place in the Brandon Hotel Tralee on Monday evening. The Convention was chaired by Minister Niall Collins, […]

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Council Invites Applications For Funding For Climate Action Projects

Council Invites Applications For Funding For Climate Action Projects

December 14, 2023 at 10:36 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is inviting applications from community organisations in Kerry for funding for climate action projects. Funding of €663,000 has been made available by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications for projects which support and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a coherent way which contributes to national […]

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Public Invited To Have Say On Council’s Draft Climate Action Plan

Public Invited To Have Say On Council’s Draft Climate Action Plan

October 19, 2023 at 10:46 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is inviting members of the public to have their say on the Council’s Draft Climate Action Plan and to join the discussion on how the local authority can support communities to adapt to climate change. The Council has published its Draft Local Authority Climate Action Plan (2024-2029) […]

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Mattress Amnesty At North Kerry Landfill

Mattress Amnesty At North Kerry Landfill

September 4, 2023 at 3:00 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is offering householders in the county the opportunity to dispose of old mattresses, free of charge, at the North Kerry Landfill site near Tralee this week. Householders can dispose of up to two clean and dry mattresses at the landfill at Muingnaminnane between 10am and 4pm on […]

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Paul Neary.

Council Invites Public To Have Say On Climate Action Plan

July 7, 2023 at 9:46 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is inviting members of the public to join the discussion on how the local authority can support communities to mitigate climate change and what a new Climate Action Plan for the county should contain and prioritise. The council has published a report outlining the main challenges facing […]

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Ballybunion beach.

Council Lifts Prohibition Of Bathing At Ballybunion Beaches

June 30, 2023 at 5:01 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council wish the public to know that, following the receipt of further test results from samples taken at Ballybunion in recent days, the prohibition on bathing and swimming has been lifted with immediate effect. The investigation into the cause of the contamination is ongoing. On Wednesday, elevated levels […]

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Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council Cllr Jim Finucane. Photo: Dermot Crean

Cllr Jim Finucane Elected Cathaoirleach Of Kerry County Council

June 26, 2023 at 3:12 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE-BASED Fine Gael councillor, Jim Finucane, has been elected Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council at its Annual Meeting at County Buildings in Tralee today. Cllr Finucane, who has been a member of Kerry County Council since 2009, is a Tralee-based auctioneer and is currently chairperson of the Kerry Education and […]

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Council To Announce Details Of Street Events During Rose Festival In Coming Weeks

Council To Announce Details Of Street Events During Rose Festival In Coming Weeks

June 8, 2023 at 5:26 pm 1 comment

KERRY County Council will announce details of events to be held during the Rose of Tralee Festival in the coming weeks. It comes after the local authority hosted meetings today with a number of stakeholders in relation to the preparations for a street festival and family events which will be […]

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Council Launches Free Wi-Fi Service For Listowel Town

Council Launches Free Wi-Fi Service For Listowel Town

March 23, 2023 at 3:31 pm Comments are Disabled

FREE publicly accessible wi-fi is now available in Listowel town as part of a EU initiative. Listowel is the first town in Kerry to benefit from the new service which was launched this week by the Cathaoirleach of the Listowel Municipal District, Cllr Aoife Thornton. WiFi4EU promotes free access to […]

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Smelling of roses!!!! 'Beau' with Students of St. Brigid's Secondary School Killarney, their Teacher, Sheree Murphy, 3rd left, Breda Moriarty,4th left, Environmental Awareness Officer with Kerry County Council. The Transition year students are teaming up with  Kerry County Council and local schools to draw attention to the issue of dog fouling. The initiative will be run through the Green Schools Programme and will involve students patrolling areas near their schools, spraying any dog faeces found with temporary bright yellow spray paint, thereby highlighting the prevalence of the problem. Students include, Sorcha Beazley, Emma O'Sullivan, Evie Fahy, Lauren Carey, Kerri Lenihan, Méabh Doolan. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan/FREE PIC/ ISSUED 15th March 2023/NO REPRO

Local Schools Team Up With Council To Highlight Dog Fouling Issue

March 15, 2023 at 3:04 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is teaming up with local schools to draw attention to the issue of dog fouling. The initiative will be run through the Green Schools Programme and will involve students patrolling areas near their schools, spraying any dog faeces found with temporary bright yellow spray paint, thereby highlighting […]

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Council Commits To New Creative Ireland Culture And Creativity Strategy

Council Commits To New Creative Ireland Culture And Creativity Strategy

March 15, 2023 at 8:35 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council in association with Creative Ireland, has launched its new Creativity & Cultural Strategy 2023-2028. The strategy is informed by public consultation which took place in 2022. Online questionnaires, an online public meeting, and internal culture team meetings helped shape the focus of this strategy. Kerry County Culture […]

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Deadline For Applications For Creative Communities Awards Scheme Looms

Deadline For Applications For Creative Communities Awards Scheme Looms

February 24, 2023 at 11:01 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is encouraging people and groups to get their applications in for Creative Ireland Kerry’s Creative Communities Awards Scheme as there is only four days to deadline. Applications are being accepted from community groups, arts groups, artists, creative practitioners, venues and festivals etc. Grants of up to €5,000 […]

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'Yard Duets' performed at Castleisland Day Care centre.

‘Yard Duets’ Visits Care Homes Around The County

February 10, 2023 at 1:35 pm Comments are Disabled

AN interactive dance performance, specially designed for residents in care settings, visited care homes around the county during last week. ‘Yard Duets’ is a Dance Limerick/DL.BRIDGE project, funded by Creative Ireland and Limerick City and County Council in 2021. As part of Kerry County Council’s dancer in residency co-funded by the […]

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Applications Invited For Community Support Fund

Applications Invited For Community Support Fund

January 9, 2023 at 12:39 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council has today opened applications for the Community Support Fund for 2023. Community groups across Kerry can now apply to the fund through the Kerry County Council website and the closing date is Wednesday, February 8. A total of €750,000 is being made available through this year’s scheme. […]

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Deputy Pa Daly.

Daly Says Council’s Response To Cold Spell Was ‘Not Good Enough’

December 18, 2022 at 10:19 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY’S Sinn Féin TD for Kerry, has called for an urgent review of KCC’s Winter Plan, stating he believed that the cold freeze last week demonstrated the current plan is deficient. Deputy Pa Daly was referring in particular to some areas of north and mid Kerry where he says there […]

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Council Makes Grit Available In 108 Locations Around The County

Council Makes Grit Available In 108 Locations Around The County

December 13, 2022 at 11:45 am Comments are Disabled

GRIT is being provided by Kerry County Council in 108 locations throughout the county today. Although last night wasn’t as cold in the Tralee area as previous nights, sections of roads are still dangerous and caution is advised. The cold spell continues for the rest of the week. It will be […]

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Enhancement Works To Start At Hawley Park Next Week

Enhancement Works To Start At Hawley Park Next Week

November 8, 2022 at 9:45 am Comments are Disabled

THE Housing Capital Unit of Kerry County Council wishes to advise that Environmental Enhancement Works will take place at Hawley Park, Tralee, from Monday, November 14 to an anticipated completion date of May 8, 2023. Enhancement works include road resurfacing, footpath replacements, installation of car parking bays, drainage services upgrade […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Biodiversity Officer To Be Appointed At Kerry County Council

October 13, 2022 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council is one of ten local authorities have been awarded funding to appoint biodiversity officers to deliver and drive local action for biodiversity. The creation of a biodiversity officer post in Kerry, announced today, is being warmly welcomed by the local branch of the Green Party. The new […]

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Book Of Condolences For People Of Creeslough

Book Of Condolences For People Of Creeslough

October 10, 2022 at 10:34 am Comments are Disabled

THE Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Francis Flynn, has opened a Book of Condolences for the people of Creeslough. The Book of Condolences can be signed by members of the public during office hours at County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee. Cllr Flynn said: “The entire country has been deeply […]

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Patrick Doyle, Niamh O’Sullivan, Michelle Culloo and Bridget Fitzgerald at an event in The Rose Hotel on Friday night to honour members of the Kerry diaspora. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Kerry Diaspora Honoured At Gala Dinner In The Rose Hotel

October 8, 2022 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

MEMBERS of the Kerry diaspora who are to the fore in promoting Kerry from a visitor and economic viewpoint, were honoured in Tralee on Friday at an event which is part of the ‘An Turas Mór– the Homecoming Kerry Festival’. The special event, which took place in the Rose Hotel, Tralee, […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Book Of Condolences For Queen Elizabeth II Opened At Council Buildings

September 13, 2022 at 3:44 pm Comments are Disabled

A BOOK of Condolences for the late Queen Elizabeth II has been opened at the offices of Kerry County Council at County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee. Members of the public who wish to sign the Book of Condolences may do so during office hours, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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Foley Calls For Investigation After Bogslide In Ballymacelligott Area

Foley Calls For Investigation After Bogslide In Ballymacelligott Area

August 16, 2022 at 9:35 am Comments are Disabled

SINN Féin Councillor Cathal Foley has called for an immediate and speedy investigation into a landslide outside Tralee. Kerry County Council is meeting this morning to assess the bogslide which occurred at Maughanknockane, Ballymacelligott where the road is now closed from Kielduff Cross to Carrigcannon Cross until further notice. The road […]

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