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WINTER is here. We’ve escaped the really cold weather so far, but that’s about to change this week. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Snow-ice warning for the entire country, saying it is going to be very cold this week with scattered wintry showers, frequent across the southwest, west […]

THE Chief Executive of Kerry County Council, Moira Murrell, has thanked members of the public for their cooperation and support during the recent adverse weather conditions. Over the course of several days, the Kerry Local Coordination Group – including Kerry County Council, An Garda Síochána, the HSE, Kerry Civil Defence […]

WELL the snow is gone (in Tralee anyway) and although it caused disruption to businesses and services in town, a lot of people had fun with it while it was here. We asked you to send in some photos and we posted many of them on Friday. Here’s our final […]

THAT photo of St John’s Church was pretty spectacular yesterday, but Shane Turner’s drone did a whole lot more. In case you haven’t seen it already, here’s Shane’s footage of Tralee from the air on a cold Friday morning in Tralee…

A STATUS Orange weather warning is now in effect for Kerry until 6pm this evening. Freezing temperatures and further snowfall overnight means many routes will remain dangerous for driving over the course of the morning. While national primary routes were treated from 5am this morning by council crews, there will be […]

HERE’S something you don’t see very often. Bertie Brosnan sent us in this video of a guy skiing on the Short Mountain outside Tralee earlier today. It looks pretty cold up there but a lot of fun. It might not be the Alps but they were making the best of […]

MET Eireann has downgraded its snow-ice warning for Munster from Red to Orange from now until 9am tomorrow morning. Snow accumulations will continue to increase though, due to further falls of snow in the coming hours in the province. Much of today’s snow had thawed around Tralee by late afternoon, […]

YOU’VE been posting loads of pics to us via Facebook of having fun in the snow in Tralee and around the county. The Status Red alert is due to be lifted at 6pm but it’s still snowing as I type this in Tralee so be safe in the snow. Here’s […]

WITH the Status Red weather warning still in effect for Kerry and with further snowfall and freezing conditions anticipated this evening and tonight, the Kerry Local Coordination Group is appealing to members of the public not to travel for the rest of today. At this stage, national primary routes in the […]

WELL the blizzards and wind didn’t materialise in Kerry but a lot of snow fell. You’ve been sending in your pics of what it looks like in your area and it apparently some of you have been busy making snowmen…  

TRALEE woke up to a blanket of snow this morning and you’ve been sending in your pics from around the county. The Kerry Local Emergency Coordination Group says there has been significant snowfall in the county, with high accumulations in isolated areas overnight. There are treacherous conditions across Kerry and […]

THE Status Red snow-ice warning for Munster and Leinster has been extended to 6pm on Friday by Met Eireann. They say there will be blizzard conditions tonight and during Friday in Leinster and Munster. Southern and eastern coastal counties are expected to receive exceptionally high accumulations, up to one metre […]

SOME updates on reviewed opening times for businesses due to the Status Red Weather Alert. • Tralee Bay Wetlands and the Ballyseedy Wetlands Cafe will be closed today and Friday. They are hopeful that the centre, cafe and facilities will re-open for business as usual this Saturday. • The Aqua Dome […]

WITH the storm approaching and a Status Red weather warning issued, the large supermarkets have had to review their opening times for Thursday and Friday. Tesco Stores in Kerry will open from 9am-2pm on Thursday and on Friday they will open from 1pm. They will keep these trading hours under review. […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met again this afternoon to review preparations for the severe weather forecast for Kerry over the next two days. A Status Red weather warning for Kerry is effective for the period from 4pm on Thursday to 12 noon on Friday. The group has stated that […]

ALL schools and colleges in Kerry are to close for Thursday and Friday, the Department of Education has confirmed. The decision to close schools and colleges in Munster and Leinster has been made for safety reasons due to the Status Red snow/ice warning issued this morning for the two provinces, […]

LOOKS like we’re going to get a real blast of Storm Emma down here after all. Met Eireann has updated their warnings for the cold weather with a Red Status snow/ice warning issued for Munster and Leinster for Thursday at 4pm to Friday midday. Blizzard-like conditions will develop in heavy […]

IN their update on the cold weather situation this morning, Met Eireann has not issued any snow/ice warning for Kerry. It appears, at this stage, that Kerry will escape the worst of the adverse conditions with the east coast under a Status Red, neighbours Cork under Status Orange and Clare […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met again at County Buildings today to review preparations for the cold weather conditions expected over the coming days with regard to weather advisories issued by Met Éireann. The salting of major routes across the county will continue as required in the coming days. Motorists […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met at County Buildings this morning to review preparations for the adverse weather conditions forecast for later this week. While it looks like, at this stage, Kerry will escape the worst of the low temperatures and snowfall, the group which consists of Kerry County Council, An […]