If you’re in any way politically aware you will know that the Kerry constituency probably had more ground breaking activity over the past week than the whole of the country put together. The resignation of Tom Fleming, TD from Dáil Éireann today week, the Dan Kiely recount in Tralee and yesterday’s announcement that the Healy…
In a constituency just recovering from the news of Tom Fleming’s ‘abdication’ last Friday comes the revelation that Cllr Danny Healy Rae will run alongside his brother, Michael, in the February 26th general election. While others dithered the Healy Raes danced their way to register Danny and made it on the nick of time today.…
Houses and homes may not have been flooded here in the course of the worst recorded spell of weather recently. However, there were many locals whose eyes welled up and hearts bled for loved ones lying in flood covered graves in Kilbanivane – yet again. Since early December, Maher’s side of the cemetery has been…
The old adage that one should never let the truth get in the way of a good story certainly had its hour in the sun this week. Usually associated with newspapers, the malaise has now attached itself to radio stations and on-line publications. A hole in the ground is simply not enough of a headline…
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…
I’ve thought for a long while that it was only a matter of time before someone with a mind like my own came up with an ‘antidote’ to the water meters. Now it seems that there’s a little €2 device that just trips them up. Irish Water made the lily-white county of Kildare its pilot project…
In spite of the public perceptions of the job, being a public servant must feel like one of the most thankless occupations in the world at times. At times like when a count is winding down to its inevitable conclusion and those around you know that only a miracle will put your dreams on the road again. But you won’t…
DANNY Healy-Rae, as expected, is surging to the top of the poll in the Killarney Electoral Area but it is important to stress that several of the boxes have still to be opened. By: John O’Mahony www.killarneytoday.com The independent councillor, on an estimated 25 per cent of the first preference vote, is well positioned to…
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…
Cllr. Danny Healy Rae put forward the following notice of motion at the Killarney Area Meeting: 1. He asked Kerry Airport and Ryanair to facilitate German visitors with flights into and out of Kerry. 2. He asked KCC what progress has been made with the provision of a playground in Firies, KCC are pursuing this…
