Kerry Independents TDs and brothers, Deputy Danny and Deputy Michael Healy Rae with Cllr. Maura Healy Rae and Cllr. Sammy Locke, met with Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief during his visit to Kerry this morning. Flooding issues in various parts of the…
A public consultation day on the Draft Flood Management Plans for the Castleisland area will be held at the Castleisland Area Offices on this Friday, September 2nd. between 2-30pm and 7pm. Two public consultation days on the Draft Flood Management Plans for settlements in the South West region will take place over the coming week.…
It’s a little with a month short of two years since there was a public outcry here in Castleisland over the flooding of Kilbanivane Cemetery. In January 2014 there were men bailing water out of a freshly dug grave as the hearse was pulling up outside the gate of the graveyard. Promises were made then…
Do you think that tight marking in the Kerry context is all confined to our ever flourishing football culture? I did for a long while but I get constant reminders that those in the political field are no slouches when it comes to shadowing their opponents under a dropping ball. Within minutes of each other…
It may pale in significance with what happened elsewhere in the country but the flooding here on January 24th was a real reminder that things can no longer be taken for granted. Drains, rivers and streams in the area have almost always coped well with whatever the elements threw at them – until now. Before the…
