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Ten outdoor recreation projects in Kerry have received funding of over €191,000. The investment has been allocated under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, which aims to provide assistance for the development, promotion and maintenance of outdoor amenities such as trails, walkways and cycleways. This scheme provides grants of up to €20,000 for small scale maintenance, […]

Seven of Ireland’s largest credit unions, including one in Kerry, have become the first to offer loans to SMEs under the government’s COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme. Founded in 2019, Metamo is a joint venture between 16 of Ireland’s largest credit unions and Killorglin-based Fexco, one of the country’s largest financial services companies. The credit unions, […]

The HSE saw no need for an additional COVID-19 testing centre in Kerry last month. A letter to Kerry County Council from Cork Kerry Community Healthcare dated December 8th, 2020, shows the HSE did not see a need for a second testing centre in the county. The COVID-19 testing centre at Ballymullen in Tralee is […]

One might wonder what Killorglin woman Shauna Moroney is doing up and down the roads of her home town - well, she is representing Ireland roller skiing and just this month she has become the only Irish athlete to complete the virtual Chinese Vasaloppet. The cross-county skiing race, traditionally held on snow, went virtual this year and was open to skiers and roller skiers allowing Shauna to take part in Kerry and without snow. Roller skiing, though a rather unusual sport, is similar to snow sk...

Killarney could be preparing this summer for a very special visit from Chorley FC and their manager Jamie Vermiglio following an unexpected link with the town and the now famous FA Cup clash at the weekend. Chorley are managed by the former Killarney Celtic player who steered a giant-killing upset of Wayne Rooneys Derby County at the weekend. Jamie Vermiglio became the talk of the worlds oldest football competition after his unfashionable Chorley FC side knocked out Championship side Derby C...

Mary Stack, Dunmaniheen, Killorglin and late of Toor, Duagh. Sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her partner Tim, brothers Tony, Bill, Stephen and John, sisters Nora and Kathleen, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, extended family, neighbours and her many friends in Ireland, U.K and U.S A private family funeral will take place for Mary, with the […]

Kerry’s Live Register has fallen by 12.5% in a year. However, the latest data from the Central Statistics Office shows a largely unchanged monthly picture. Last month, 6,465 people signed on the Live Register in Kerry. That is down 12.5% when compared to December 2019 when 7,393 people signed on. The latest figure is a […]

The SouthDoc treatment centre in Listowel will reopen next week. The HSE has confirmed that services in Listowel will be available to patients as required and by appointment from next Monday, January 18th. SouthDoc’s Listowel centre was one of four bases that closed on March 13th as part of a consolidation of services in the […]

Jess Casey: Closing schools or keeping them open – the Government faces a difficult choice With so much importance placed on in-person learning, it seems unfathomable that Government missed the only opportunity to get the virus under control while keeping schools open Some of the safety equipment used to keep teachers and students safe in schools. File Picture: Alison Laredo Wed, 06 Jan, 2021 - 06:30 Jess Casey, Education Correspondent With so much importance placed on in-person learning, ...

Radio Kerry’s Christmas Jumper Day raises €22,621 Radio Kerry’s annual county-wide Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul has raised €22,621, surpassing the €15,000 target for 2020. It was the seventh year of the fundraiser and brings the amount raised to date to over €117,000. Hundreds of people took part in Christmas Jumper Day right across the county, on Friday December 11th, in homes, places of work, schools, crèches, factories and shops. It was a v...