As sports commentator, George Hamilton famously said on another strange day: ‘A nation holds its breadth.’ It’s a bit like that today as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Ireland’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan step out to announce what they have to as the Covid-19 crisis continues to dominate the way we live today. Kerry…
The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council has extended best wishes to the Rose of Tralee International Festival following the announcement that the event will not be held this year because of the current public health emergency. Cllr. Niall Kelleher said that the decision was disappointing but understandable. “Kerry County Council is a long-standing sponsor and…
Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase opens at 6pm on Culture Night on Friday, September 20th at Government Buildings, New Road, Killarney. A key date in the arts calendar in the county, the selected artists are all from or based in Kerry and are building careers for themselves as artists working in Ireland today. A Wonderful Platform…
Creativity was to the fore at Cruinniú na nÓg recently where children and teenagers enjoyed free cultural and creative events across the county. Events and workshops were all well subscribed and feedback from participants has highlighted the demand for more creative activity choices for our young people in Kerry Great Choice of Activity “Feedback tells…
Cllr. Niall Kelleher was elected Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council today and will serve in the role for the 2019-2020 term. At the first meeting of the newly elected local authority, the Fianna Fáil councillor was elected to the chair while Cllr. Norma Moriarty, also Fianna Fáil, was elected to the position of Leas-Cathaoirleach. 64th…
After a long weekend of political excitement for the bystanders and one most of the candidates will be glad to have put behind them. The Grand National is a great analogy for the process we witnessed over the past couple of days and the field is littered with fallen or stalled political ambitions. And while…
Fianna Fáil’s National Constituencies Committee has confirmed the addition of Cllr. Norma Moriarty to the party ticket in the Kerry constituency. She joins sitting TD and Spokesperson on Primary Care and Community Health, John Brassil. The ticket in Kerry will be kept under review over the next number of months. 4,400 First Preferences Cllr. Moriarty…
Printed below, is a reply to a joint motion by Cllr. Bobby O’Connell and Cllr. Niall Kelleher on the rumbling issue of the flooding of Kilbanivane Cemetery. The reply is from Charlie O’Sullivan, Director of Services at Kerry County Council. Anglore Stream Consequences Taken into account here in this reply, and for the first…
Recent retirements from the benches of Seanad Éireann have necessitated by-elections to a couple of the panels which make up the upper house. According to a report by Philip Ryan in yesterday’s Irish Independent, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is backing former Ulster Farmers’ Union president Ian Marshall for one of two seats on the Seanad’s agriculture…
The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme 2018 – 2022 (SICAP) follows the previous SICAP 2015 – 2017. Programme, which saw an overall investment of €4.8 million in social inclusion projects throughout Kerry between 2015 and 2017. Among the many projects which have benefited from SICAP include the ‘Steps to Success Programme,’ the Kerry Social…
