Post Tagged with: "Tralee MD"

A LOCAL councillor wants the Council to write to the Department to ask them to consider using Tralee as a pilot town for reducing the weight of schoolbags to encourage children to walk or cycle to school. Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy was responding to a progress report provided on […]

A LOCAL councillor has called for speed reduction measures on a narrow road popular with walkers. Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy asked that the council supports residents at Lohercannon by providing speed reduction measures after complaints of motorists using excessive speed. In reply, the Council said that following complaints of […]

THE issue of the state of disrepair of footpaths in Rock Street and Edward Street was brought up at Monday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. Both Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy and Sinn Fein Cllr Deirdre Ferris had separate motions regarding the footpaths before the […]

KERRY County Council will look into the possibility of using derelict structures in their ownership along the Tralee-Fenit Greenway. It follows a motion from Sinn Fein Cllr Deirdre Ferris at Monday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. Cllr Ferris asked would Tralee MD utilise the derelict […]

A LOCAL councillor has called for immediate maintenance work on the old O’Sullivan’s Bar building in Fenit. Speaking at the Tralee Municipal District meeting of Kerry County Council on Monday, Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris asked for an an update on plans for the building which is the Council’s ownership. In […]

A LOCAL councillor wants a memorial garden to remember those that went through Tralee’s Industrial schools and Magdalene laundries. Cllr. Deirdre Ferris made the proposal at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday morning. She also proposed that this MD supports a project that establishes a Live […]

A LOCAL councillor says Tralee needs to be marketed as a destination for tourists coming to the Ryder Cup in Adare in 2027. Speaking at the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday, Cllr. Mikey Sheehy asked that as the event approaches that the Tralee MD considers a marketing plan to […]

A LOCAL councillor has called for traffic lights to be installed at a junction in Caherslee. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday, Sinn Fein Cllr Cathal Foley asked that, due to the number of accidents and near misses, the council investigate the feasibility of placing traffic lights […]

EVERYONE involved in the Tralee Tidy Towns effort were delighted to see Tralee named among the best kept towns on the island of Ireland and attended the awards event in Farmleigh House on Tuesday. Tralee was up against stiff competition, in the same category as Antrim, Derry City and Limerick […]

A TRALEE councillor called for more urgent action to address the problem on dog waste on the new Tralee-Fenit Greenway. At the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council last Wednesday, Labour Cllr. Terry O’Brien asked the Council to give an update on when the bins and […]

A LOCAL councillor has asked that safe walking and cycling routes be created to gain access to Banna beach. At last week’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris asked that the Council prioritise Banna for Active Travel applications to facilitate walking […]

A TRALEE councillor said something must be done about the occasional traffic build-up he says is caused by customers queuing on the main road for the drive-in service at McDonalds restaurant at Rathass. At the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Wednesday, Fianna Fáil Cllr […]

THE issue of the return of the steam train between Tralee and Blennerville was raised again at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Wednesday morning. Fianna Fáil Cllr. Johnnie Wall asked that the Council organise a feasibility study in relation to the return of the […]

KERRY County Council are to look at the possibility of installing solar lighting at Rath Cemetery. Independent Councillor Sam Locke brought a motion to the Tralee Municipal District meeting of the Council on Wednesday that the local authority considers the introduction of solar lights at the cemetery. In reply, the […]

THE next phase of social housing in Lohercannon will deliver an extra 94 units, but they won’t be delivered for around four years. Council management gave an update on the their social housing plans at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors last Thursday. Three housing  schemes by approved housing […]

THE new pay parking meters installed during the summer in Tralee will be able to accommodate Google Pay, Apple Pay and Revolut Pay forms of payment by sometime in October. At Monday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, Mayor of Tralee Cllr Mikey Sheehy asked management why […]

A TRALEE councillor has called for the feasibility study relating to a canopy to cover The Square to begin as soon as possible. Fianna Fáil Cllr Johnnie Wall made the request at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday. He said it started raining during […]

A TRALEE councillor wants the regularity of grass cutting in estates looked at by the local authority. At the meeting off Tralee Municipal District on Tuesday, Fianna Fáil Cllr. Johnnie Wall was enquiring about the Council’s obligation to cutting grass in the Bruach na hAbhainn estate in Tralee, after he […]

A LOCAL councillor expressed her frustration at Irish Water’s lack of response to issues in a Tralee housing estate. Sinn Féin Cllr. Deirdre Ferris was speaking at Tuesday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council where she asked could Council Management give an update on Irish Water’s […]

TRALEE Municipal District of Kerry County Council held the second civic reception in three years for Garveys Tralee Warriors after their fantastic achievements on the court this season. Players, coaching staff and sponsors gathered with councillors and Tralee MD staff at The Rose Hotel on Monday evening to celebrate the […]

KERRY County Council will supply 12o new housing units by the end of the summer. At the March meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, Labour Cllr. Terry O’ Brien asked the Council to confirm the number of houses currently being built in Tralee MD by the Local […]

ARDFERT will not be getting a new pedestrian crossing or traffic calming measures anytime soon, as Council officials say they are not warranted. Sinn Féin Cllr. Deirdre Ferris asked for an update on the speed survey, footfall survey and traffic calming measures in Ardfert village, at the online meeting of […]

A TRALEE MD councillor is proposing a visit to the Connacht GAA Air Dome in Mayo to look at how a similar facility could be developed at the Fels Point site. Fine Gael Cllr Jim Finucane was speaking at the online meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council […]

A TRALEE councillor asked the local authority to examine the possibility and potential of creating a footpath from Blennerville to Tonevane bend. Labour Cllr Terry O’Brien was speaking at the recent meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. Cllr O’Brien said while it was great that the canal walkway […]

A LOCAL councillor said the paving stones at Denny Lane will have to be entirely re-laid as it is now in such poor condition. Fianna Fáil Cllr. M. Sheehy, asked at the recent Tralee Municipal District meeting of Kerry County Council, that the Council urgently addresses the laneway linking Denny […]

THE Mayor of Tralee has called on the Council to buy a house with the purpose of demolishing it to improve a dangerous junction. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday, Fianna Fáil Cllr. Johnnie Wall asked that the Council would “purchase the two-storey […]

A COUNCILLOR called for an update on proposed measures to combat anti-social behaviour at a laneway in town, at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday. Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris asked for an update on any developments, following a previous motion submitted, regarding the […]

THERE were calls for traffic lights to be installed at a busy intersection from a housing estate onto a main road in Tralee. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District  of Kerry County Council on Monday, Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy called for the local authority to consider a traffic light […]

MURALS are to be installed in strategic locations around Tralee town centre after funding was secured for Tralee Tidy Towns through Creative Ireland. A call out has been issued to artists to apply to paint the murals. Artists may apply as individuals, or as a group of artists submitting collaborative […]

TRAVELLER accommodation at Rathass is set to be redeveloped after the go ahead was given by councillors at a special meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Thursday. The existing accommodation of four two and three-bedroom units is set to be replaced with four two-bedroom units and 2 three-bedroom units. There […]