Milltown Community News Today

West Kerry is ignored when it comes to active travel funding, despite the fact that an outline plan has been developed, according to Green Party candidate Dr. Peadar Fanning.

A bike lane through parts of Verona and Oakmont, a new traffic light at a busy intersection near the boroughs’ borders and the use of an old railroad bed are all parts of a proposed bike/walking trail connecting Verona, Oakmont, Penn Hills and Plum. Project officials announced three out of

A commemoration is to be held in Milltown next month to remember three local civilians who died during the Civil War. The deaths of Jeremiah Hanifin, Jeremiah McKenna and Mary McKenna in separate incidents during 1922 represented almost one quarter of all the civilian casualties in Kerry during the Civil War.

Jeffery the snowman has been a winter staple to Milltown since 2019. The snowman was built with100,000 pounds of snow and two trees for the arms.

Minister of State for Local Government and Planning Peter Burke will visit Kerry today for a series of meetings on matters relating to his brief.Mr Burke will f...

The business community and landowners in Milltown have voiced criticism of plans to bypass Milltown, which they fear will be detrimental to the economic and social future of the town. The community feels that the project is being undertaken without any need for such a major infrastructural project, given that there is little or no traffic congestion, they claim. However, the biggest fear is the loss of business to the town which local business owners warn could lead to closures and job losse...

DCIM100MEDIADJI_0002.JPG Milltown Community and Chamber Alliance says it is being forced to oppose plans for a bypass of the town due to lack of public consultation. The 7 million euro bypass of the N70 Milltown has been developed in partnership with Kerry County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland. The Council is holding an online webinar tomorrow on the preferred route for the new road. Chair of the Alliance, Stewart Stephens said they have not been shown any data that supports the n...