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Radio Kerry’s annual county wide Christmas Jumper Day, sponsored by Garveys Super Valu, has raised €23,000, surpassing the €15,000 target for 2020. It was the seventh year of the fundraiser, proceeds of which go to the St Vincent De Paul in Kerry 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. Junior L...

Schools closed for the Christmas holidays yesterday. It’s understood parents and guardians of students attending Intermediate School Killorglin have been contacted by the HSE to confirm a number of cases of COVID-19 at the school that have been notified to the Department of Public Health. It’s also understood that Nagle Rice Primary School in Milltown had one confirmed case. The letter to ISK parents said anyone deemed to be a close contact will be advised on the course of action to take, b...

For many in Kerry it will be a very difficult Christmas as rising COVID-19 cases has led to many families being forced to self-isolate for 14 days for the Christmas period. Much of the recent rise in cases in Kerry which have now topped more than 130 cases since last week Tuesday, have been linked to schools in the county with the largest outbreak in Scoil Mhuire in Killorglin, which was officially closed a week earlier by the Department. Most schools across the county close today (Tuesday) for...

Over 50 nominations were received by Radio Kerry for the awards. The winners will be presented with a specially created handcrafted vase sponsored by Louis Mulcahy Pottery in Ballyferriter. Kerry COVID-19 Community Response Forum – The Kerry Community Response Team has been recognised for co-ordinating the response to the pandemic in the county. The multi-agency group set up a dedicated helpline, gave service and support updates and organised food deliveries to the vulnerable during lockdowns...

Kerry County Councillors have approved the raising of a loan worth more than €4.7 million to obtain ownership of a property in Killorglin. The motion to approve the loan was brought before councillors at this month’s meeting of Kerry County Council. The council will assume ownership of the Killorglin Town Centre Development, which has been leased to the council since its completion. The development of the Killorglin Town Centre Project began in 2004, and was developed as a public private...

The parent of a Killorglin kidney patient is echoing calls from the Irish Kidney Assocation to prioritise kidney patients for a COVID-19 vaccine. The Irish Kidney Association is advocating for patients to receive the same priority allocation as nursing home residents. The call comes at the beginning of an organ donation awareness campaign by the association, involving a seven-year-old boy from Dunquin. Clodagh O’Shea from Killorglin was diagnosed with kidney failure at 5 years old in 2015, be...

A merger of Cara and Clanmaurice Credit Unions is in the final stages. Clanmaurice Credit Union, which serves communities in North Kerry including Ballyduff and Causeway, is proposing to merge with Cara Credit Union, which has members in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin. CEO of Clanmaurice Credit Union, Donal Scannell, says increased regulation in recent years means there are more challenges to be faced by credit unions, including requirements to have specialised staff in anti-money launderi...

After a lengthy wait, 14-year-old Ronan Foley from Killorglin was finally operated on at the start of the month to address his severe scoliosis. The teenager and his parents, Tony and Caroline, want to thank people for their support during challenging times. Ronan is also thinking of others who are still waiting for operations.

Principals say schools will be kept open come "hell or high water" after the Christmas break, despite concerns about the spread of Covid-19 infections and an expected increase in case numbers over the festive period. A rise in Covid-19 cases has led some parents to consider removing their children from classrooms ahead of schools breaking up, so they can restrict their movements before meeting elderly loved ones on Christmas Day. Such precautionary measures are not considered absences that can ...

Additional test centres need to be opened following an outbreak of COVID-19 in Killorglin. That’s according to Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Cahill, who has reiterated his call for testing centres to be opened throughout Kerry. Cllr Cahill says people in some parts of the county have great difficulty attending the test centre in Tralee. He says people in all parts of Kerry should be catered for equally. Cllr Michael Cahill adds if access to testing was made easier, cases will be identified ...