Green Party to Run Six Candidates for Kerry County Council Elections

Green Party to Run Six Candidates for Kerry County Council Elections

The Green Party in Kerry is making sure that every voter in the county will get the option to vote Green in the 2024 Kerry County Council Elections. The Kerry branch of the party has announced its line-up of candidates for next year’s local elections, with representatives in all six electoral areas as follows: Tralee:…

Paul Townend’s Winning Links with Castleisland Syndicate

Paul Townend’s Winning Links with Castleisland Syndicate

The next time you’re in Powell’s Road on Castleisland Races day, pay slightly closer attention to the jockies you’ll see milling around the parade ring and going all out from the final bend. Dingle’s now famous jockey, Jack Kennedy has plied his trade around Mossie Brosnan’s field – though it may have been Geaney’s at…

Charlie Farrelly Announces Local Election Candidature on Facebook

Charlie Farrelly Announces Local Election Candidature on Facebook

                                      With just a five month run in now to the May 2019 European and local elections it’s make-your-mind-up time for candidates and indeed coming up to that for the voters. Most Interesting in Years May’s local…

News, Views and Opinions from the Candidates

News, Views and Opinions from the Candidates

Serious Questions Remain Over Hogan’s Water Charges Regime Serious questions remain over the Government’s water charges regime and the long term implications for taxpayers and for social welfare recipients. “I welcome the fact that Fine Gael and Labour have finally been forced to come clean on aspects of Minister Phil Hogan’s water charges plans. “Labour…

Fianna Fail Tour de Force in Castleisland

Fianna Fail Tour de Force in Castleisland

Someone remarked that the two local Fianna Fail candidates, Anne McEllistrim and John Joe Culloty pulled off something of a coup by having party leader, Micheal Martin at their disposal for so long. Anyone who thought Fianna Fail is on its knees locally would have to think again if they encountered the tour de force…

Fancy Becoming a Kerry County Councillor ?

Fancy Becoming a Kerry County Councillor ?

I just got in an email from Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan TD and he’s just wondering how many of us mere mortals will be putting our names forward for that great blood-letting date of May 23rd and the draining-dry day on the 24th. Moreover, he’s wondering aloud how many unemployed people will seek to empower themselves…

Roads Improvement and Maintenance Grant

Cllr. Brendan Cronin, Ind. sent the following notice for the attention of his constituents. 2014 Roads Improvement and Maintenance Grant “I am delighted to welcome the following allocation of funding for road improvement works to be carried out this year by Kerry County Council. This funding will carry out improvements to important sections of our…