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Fire fighters from Kerry County Council were called to at least a dozen seperate gorse fires overnight, including one in Killarney, which took most of the night to bring under control. The gorse and bog fires occurred mostly in the greater Killarney area, but were also reported in Tralee and West Kerry. In what a […]

A Kerry County Councillor says local authorities should be involved in deciding where to locate accommodation for asylum seekers and refugees. Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Cahill urged the council to call on the government to allow the council be part of the process when applications for accommodation are made. Cllr Cahill raised the matter at […]

  A Kerry academic is leading a major UK study into brain complications arising out of COVID-19.   Professor Gerome Breen, originally from Cahersiveen, is professor of psychiatric genetics at King’s College London.   Professor Breen is heading up the COVID-19 Clinical Neuroscience Study into why 10% of people admitted to hospital with the virus […]

Group managing director calls for grocery workers to be bumped up vaccine priority list

A South Kerry group has raised over €10,000 to help refugees to settle in the area. The Fáilte Cahersiveen Refugee Resettlement Group announced it has passed its original fundraising target of €10,000. The group aims to welcome ten families over the next five years to the town. It says it will now submit its resettlement plan to the Department of Justice, and hopes to welcome its first family to the area shortly. TAGS

The allocation is part of the Strengthening Disability Services Fund. The group provides residential, respite and day care services to adults with intellectual disabilities across Killarney, Listowel, Rathmore, Castleisland, Tralee and Cahersiveen. Education Minister and Kerry Fianna Fáil TD, Norma Foley is welcoming the funding which she says will help to improve facilities. Kerry Fine Gael TD and Government deputy Chief Whip Brendan Griffin has welcomed the funding.  

A review on the process that led to the opening of a Kerry direct provision centre is still awaited, six months after its expected completion date. Former Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan ordered a review in early June, following the controversy surrounding the opening of the Skellig Star Accommodation Centre in Cahersiveen. Then-Minister Charlie Flanagan asked the Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality to review the department’s actions on direct provision during th...

Kerry leads the way in enterprise and education The new Munster Technological University and a growing network of research and development centres place Kerry at the heart of the knowledge economy Sponsored Article 31st January, 2021 It is already home to a growing cohort of business innovators driving new developments in technology and science. Now, with the arrival of Munster Technological University (MTU), and an emerging network of entrepreneuria...

25th Jan 2021 Leaving cities for home places in rural Ireland has been a necessity for many during the pandemic, and now it is quickly looking like an appealing long-term prospect. But how feasible is it? We catch up with a small business owner who left Cork City Although she always wanted to run her own small business, Olya Bazyliuk paid her bills by working in the cities of St. Petersburg and Cork doing IT, social media management and portrait photography. However, two years ago, her posit...

Irish CNN star Donie OSullivans hilarious response about fight with Gavan Reilly A fan of the Cahersiveen man has pitted him against another popular Irish reporter, Gavan Reilly The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommenda...