Post Tagged with: "Tralee Municipal District"

THE water mains works currently underway at The Mall/Bridge Street are on schedule to be finished by November 25, the meeting of Tralee Municipal District heard on Monday morning. Councillors also heard about preliminary works to begin on Monday of next week, to prepare Denny Street to become a two-way street in […]

A LOCAL business made a presentation to Tralee Municipal District councillors on Monday which could see the canal area become the focus of a major tourism centre. An ‘Urban Beach’, kayaking, seafood trails, raft racing and much more were suggested as possibilities for development, by Michaela and John Edwards, who run a […]

A MAN who has been driving around Tralee for the past 25 years, was honoured for his service to the town on Monday. Mike Culloty of the Tralee People’s Bus Service, received special recognition at the beginning of the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors where he was praised for providing […]

THE Council is to consider a motion that a heritage trail be developed around Tralee. Sinn Féin Cllr Pa Daly brought the motion at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors on Monday. He said their was huge scope for developing a Heritage Trail around the town with Scotia’s Glen, […]

COUNCILLORS voted by seven votes to one to give the go-ahead for a development of 21 houses for the elderly and people with disabilities at Killeen, Oakpark. The matter came up for consideration at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors on Monday. Before the meeting, representatives of residents in the […]

TRALEE Municipal District councillors received a combined total of over €250,000 in payments in 2015 according to figures from Kerry County Council. In figures supplied by the Council to Radio Kerry, it showed Cllr Pat McCarthy received the largest amount of €43,404.13, while Independent Cllr Sam Locke received the smallest amount of €21,888.14. Cllr […]

TRALEE will miss a great local character around the town as John Moynihan has hung up his brush and bin and retired after 40 years of service to the Council. Popular among his workmates and townsfolk, Scartaglin native John – who has been living in Caherina for the last 47 years […]

KERRY County Council have submitted a detailed developmental proposal for the Denny Site in Tralee which is set to cost over €3m. The proposal – involves the demolition of the site, its interim use as an amenity area and the preparation of a master plan for its future long term […]

COUNCILLORS from the Tralee area are to use their Councillors Allocation to fund a new pedestrian crossing on the Killerisk Road. The issue has been brought up a number of times over the past couple of years and Cllr Norma Foley (FF) again raised it at this month’s meeting of the […]

OVER €22,000 in Community Funding was approved by the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday, for nine projects submitted after the closing date for applications. In all, €253,000 is available to the Tralee Municipal District from the Community Fund, with €25,000 retained for the Christmas Lights in […]

THE Council is to look into attaining a flag which signals Tralee is a safe place to socialise and shop in the evening and at night. Cllr Toireasa Ferris (SF) put forward the motion at the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday, that the Council would progress plans to achieve […]

THE Denny site was described as being treated “like an unwanted Christmas present” such is the lack of action at the property at Monday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. Cllr Pa Daly (SF) made the comment after Cllr Norma Foley asked Management if there was […]

KERRY County Council  will have the power to go door to door to ask every householder how they dispose of their waste from next July if legislation is passed. The issue arose at the Tralee Municipal District meeting of Kerry County Council on Monday, where Cllr Norma Foley asked the Council […]

  THE new Mayor of Tralee is calling for Tralee to be given city status and also wants free parking for half days during the week in the town centre. Fianna Fáil Cllr Tom McEllistrim was speaking after he was elected Mayor at a meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has received €57,000 from Kerry County Council to help continue the work of marketing the town. The Alliance’s funding made up over a third of the Community Support Fund total of over €159,000, allocated to many Tralee Municipal District area organisations. The €57,000 equalled the amount allocated to the Chamber last […]

KERRY County Council are to write to the Minister for Justice, to ask that Charlie Kerins’ conviction for the murder of a Detective Sergeant 70 years ago, be reviewed. Sinn Fein Cllr Pa Daly made the proposal at last week’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. There […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance and the retailers in the town have described the decision to introduce free parking for motorists in Tralee during December as an early Christmas present to the entire county. On-street parking and parking in Kerry County Council-operated car parks will be free from 1pm-6pm, Monday to Sunday […]

FORMER Tralee town councillors, who are now over 50, shared over €111,000 in retirement gratuities according to figures released by Kerry County Council. The six who receive the payments are Ted Fitzgerald (FF) €52,623; Johnnie Wall (FF) €28,851; Pat Hussey (FG) €16,650; Gillian Wharton-Slattery (Lab) €13,667; Mairead Fernane (FG) €8,316 and Dan Galvin (Lab) €5,154. Johnnie […]

A FIANNA Fail councillor put forward a motion that the Square be utilised more to showcase the town’s artistic talent through regular events. Cll Norma Foley was speaking at the monthly meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday, where she said the Entente Florale gathering in the […]

A TRALEE Municipal District councillor said that a meeting should take place with members of the GAA county board about the lion’s share of big Kerry games being allocated to Killarney. Sinn Fein Cllr, Pa Daly, brought up the issue at the monthly meeting on Monday and said he would like councillors to meet with board […]

KERRY County Council is to write to Irish Water to ask that residents of Tralee estates, proven to have dangerous levels of lead in their water supply, be exempt from water charges until the situation has been resolved. The Tralee Municipal District meeting of Kerry County Council heard on Monday morning, that the […]

A FIANNA Fail county councillor is proposing that the authority pilot a new scheme where people can pay their parking ticket over the phone using an app, rather than having to rush back to their car to renew their tickets. Cllr Norma Foley is bringing the issue up at the next meeting of […]

BRIEF news from the monthly Tralee Municipal District meeting at Kerry County Council buildings on Monday. • THE contract to replace lead water pipes in St Brendan’s Park is to be awarded in the next two weeks. At the Tralee Municipal District meeting, councillors heard the tendering process by Irish Water is […]

A FIANNA Fail councillor has proposed a type of ‘Park Patrol’ pilot scheme for the summer months because of problems in the Town Park playground. Cllr Norma Foley put forward a motion at the monthly meeting of the Tralee Municipal District on Monday, that measures be put in place to improve the children’s playground in […]

PERMISSION has been granted to build a 12 house development at Mounthawk, Tralee. It was found the original plans materially contravened the objectives of the Tralee Town Development plan 2009-2015 so the councillors debated  amendments to the plan at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday. […]

Click on above ad for more IT may be some time before a pedestrian crossing is introduced in the Killerisk area, councillors were told at the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday. Cllr Norma Foley (FF) asked that a pedestrian crossing be provided on the Killerisk road Tralee as a matter […]

  Click on above ad for news of special event on July 11 THE new Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Jim Finucane, will get an annual allowance of €12,000 it was agreed at the meeting of the Municipal District of Tralee meeting on Monday. Councillors were asked to consider the payment of an […]

FINE Gael councillor Jim Finucane said he was honoured to be the first Mayor of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. Cllr Finucane was elected Mayor at the first meeting of the District on Friday morning. He was proposed for the position by Cllr Terry O’Brien (Lab) and […]