Lack of doses forces Kerry s biggest vaccine centre to close for a week
The HSE said vaccinations would return to Tralee’s MTU next week and all available vaccines had been utilised fully
Staff at the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University in Tralee were informed of the shutdown on Friday. Picture: Domnick Walsh
Mon, 12 Apr, 2021 - 11:33
Anne Lucey
Kerry’s biggest vaccine hub has closed for a week, due to a shortage of vaccines.
Staff at the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University (MTU) in Tralee were informed of the shutdown on Friday.
Last week, GPs in Killarney, tasked with rolling out vaccines to the over-70s, were told they would not be getting their allocations.
Hungry deer from Killarney National Park are encroaching into neighbouring farmland
Deer are breeding in the park but have moved well beyond their usual circumference say frustrated farmers.
The mayor of Killarney Brendan Cronin and representatives of the IFA have raised the issue of deer in Killarney National Park encroaching on neighbouring farm land. File Picture
Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 18:57
Anne Lucey
Farmers in Killarney have called on the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), to buy winter fodder for deer driven by hunger on to their farms.
The mayor of Killarney Brendan Cronin said today that the park has to address the issue of deer which have gone “well beyond their usual circumference”, and the anger and frustration of farmers and landowners.