Teachta Daly Urges Minister McConalogue to Up Anchor

Teachta Daly Urges Minister McConalogue to Up Anchor

Sinn Féin TD for Kerry, Teachta Pa Daly, has called for the new Minister for Agriculture and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to address the lack of support for inshore fishermen.  “I would like to extend my congratulations and best wishes to Minister McConalogue on his appointment. There is much to address within his portfolio and…

Downpours and Thunderstorms Part of Tonight’s Status Yellow Warning

Downpours and Thunderstorms Part of Tonight’s Status Yellow Warning

What a rough month of August we’re having between everything – and now another bad night on the way. Met Éireann has issued another weather warning. This is a Status Yellow Wind Warning for Kerry, Cork, Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath and Waterford. There are forecasts for very strong south to southeast winds from this…

Met Éireann Weather Warning for Damaging Winds and Rain

Met Éireann Weather Warning for Damaging Winds and Rain

“Bogs are ruined,”  was often a short and very sharp form of greeting on entering a pub not so long ago in our culture. It was usually thrown out by a man as a barely disguised boast that he had his turf at home and in the shed and directed at one whose winter fuel…

Kerry Based Doctor in An Bhearna Bhaoil TG4 Documentary Tonight

Kerry Based Doctor in An Bhearna Bhaoil TG4 Documentary Tonight

Tonight’s TG4 documentary An Bhearna Bhaoil, at 9:30pm., features, Dr. Eve Bruce, a Kerry based doctor. From Inch in Co. Kerry to Amman, Jordon the documentary makers follow Eve and witness her work with Médecins San Frontières and discover how at 65, this mother and grandmother feels that her work is not yet done. From…

Holmes from Home – Máire Returns as Council’s Writer in Residence

Holmes from Home – Máire Returns as Council’s Writer in Residence

Máire Holmes is Kerry County Council’s new writer in residence, co-funded by the Arts Council and Creative Ireland. This isn’t Máire’s first residency in Kerry – she proved immensely popular here a number of years ago, interacting with students and writers all across the county at events, libraries and readings. Home for Holmes “I am…

Talks on How to Improve Your Child’s Well-Being Through Play

Talks on How to Improve Your Child’s Well-Being Through Play

Castleisland Family Resource Centre will host talks under the title Improving your child’s well-being through play. Play therapist, Liz O’Sullivan will deliver a free talk which will cover how play can be used to help parents and guardians to connect with, develop, discipline, regulate and teach their child. This talk is aimed at helping the…

New Nursing Home to Bring Services and Jobs to Castleisland

New Nursing Home to Bring Services and Jobs to Castleisland

The rapidly developing Castleisland Nursing Home brings news of a projected 90 new jobs for the community.  The development, which has just commenced building, will accommodate 74 residents in a state of the art 30,000 square foot facility on two-and-a-half acres on the College Road just outside Castleisland. News of this development has been well…

Status Yellow – Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Kerry

Status Yellow – Wind Warning for Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Kerry

Southeast winds will occasionally reach mean speeds between 50 and 65km/h with gusts between 90 and 100km/h. Winds will be strongest in coastal areas. Valid: Saturday 13 April 2019 07:00 to Sunday 14 April 2019 03:00. Issued Friday 12 April 2019 18:00. Status Yellow – Rainfall Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Connacht, Kilkenny, Clare,…

The late Eleanor Dennehy, Currow Village

The late Eleanor Dennehy, Currow Village

The death has occurred of Eleanor Dennehy, Currow Village, Currow, Killarney, Co, Kerry, suddenly on January 30th 2019. Beloved daughter of the late Ned and Kitty and sister of the late Ned, Margaret and Jack. Sadly missed by her loving partner Barry (Nolan), brothers: Tom, Neilus and Michael, sisters: Hannah, Anne, Marie and Catherine, brothers-in-law,…

Sinn Féin Launches Kerry Housing Crisis Campaign

Sinn Féin Launches Kerry Housing Crisis Campaign

Kerry Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris joined Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada and Cllr. Pa Daly in Tralee Town Centre this lunchtime to launch Sinn Féin’s Housing and Rental Crisis Campaign in Kerry. Suitable Accommodation “Every week for several years now my offices and the offices of other elected representatives are inundated by constituents…