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A Kerry County Councillor is calling for year-round access to public toilets at amenities around the county. Cllr Michael Cahill says public toilets at Kerry County Council amenities should be open all year, not just during the summer months. At the recent Kenmare Municipal District meeting, Cllr Cahill said essential services should be provided all year round, as people don’t just get the call of nature during the summer. He added it’s high time some of Kerry’s more popular beaches are serviced by a full-time caretaker. In response, Kerry County Council says extra funding would be need...

A TD has placed facts related to the Kerry Babies case on the Dáil record. Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly was speaking on the appointment of new commissioners to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, when he spoke about the Kerry Babies tribunal. Last month, Joanne Hayes and her family received a new state apology; Ms Hayes was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago. As part of the High Court settlement, the family also secured declarations that all findings or wrongdoing made against them by the tribunal into the case were unfounded and incorrect.

Cllr for Kerry County Council Danny Healy-Rae (IND) Photo By : Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD © A Kerry TD says it will take 70 years to complete works on Kerry roads listed on the local improvement scheme at the current rate. Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae raised the matter of a lack of funding for Kerry roads on the scheme during Leader’s Questions in the Dáil this week. Deputy Healy-Rae says just 10 roads on the scheme were improved last year, while 697 remain on the list. The Independent TD says at this rate, it will take 70 years to clear the list, which is not fair on the people usin...

A Kerry TD is calling for student nurses and midwives to be paid. Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has welcomed his party’s motion on the matter, which calls for fourth year interns to be paid at the healthcare assistant rate. It also requests 1st to 3rd year students be offered temporary healthcare assistant contracts while placements are suspended, and for the publication of the review of student allowances. The motion also calls for a review on the extent to which other students in hospitals perform work beyond their degree requirement. Deputy Daly says the Minister must now engage immediately with...

Photo By Domnick Walsh © Eye Focus LTD A decision on whether or not the Rose of Tralee festival will go ahead this year, will be made in March. CEO Anthony O’Gara says a small-scale festival, held later in autumn, is another option which organisers are looking at.   For the first time in its 60-year history, the Rose of Tralee did not go ahead in 2020 because of the global pandemic. However, with more than seven months to go before the festival is due to take place, Anthony O’Gara says there’s still a chance that it might happen in the autumn.