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Tarbert loses village shop amid ongoing decline
NO bank, no hotel, no petrol station and now only one shop - Tarbert is fearing the worst for its future as yet another premises closed its doors in the village at the weekend.
CIE will fight farmer claims to old rail line
CIE is prepared to fight any attempt by north Kerry landowners to claim ownership of the old railway line from Listowel to Kilmorna, the company told The Kerryman this week.
Making a real difference
IRELAND'S first ever dedicated suicide resource centre has been opened in Tralee.
Tralee people in Belarus during reactor accident
A DENTAL team from Tralee treated over 150 children at an orphanage in Belarus in the same week as part of a roof caved in over one of the nuclear reactors at the Chernobyl plant - only 170 kms away.
Rossbeigh dunes disappearing
ALMOST five years after fragile dunes were washed into the Atlantic at Rossbeigh Beach, data is still being collected to find out exactly how the collapse occurred and whether a solution can be found to prevent further erosion.
Looking ahead with the feile
TRASNÚ Corca Dhuibhne are seeking to go back to the future this week as they attempt to imagine what West Kerry will be like in the year 2033.
Essential feed plan in a time of poor grazing
Grazing conditions are poor, grass dry matters are low and regrowths are poor because of low temperatures.
Farm fodder crisis eases slightly
KERRY'S fodder crisis was eased this week by the importation of hay from the UK and elsewhere in a response to the emergency co-ordinated by the IFA and Kerry Group.
Relief for family as father wakes from his coma
FORMER Kerry minor All-Ireland winning captain Robert Bunyan is on the road to recovery after emerging from a coma on Friday following a massive fall at his home recently.
Alert gardaí save three men from blaze
ALERT members of the gardaí prevented a tragic loss of life by safely evacuating three men from a burning house in Killorglin last week.
'I hope I'll do Anthony proud'
CLOUNMACON native Dianne Nolan (right) has been selected to take up the town council seat left in the sad passing of her Sinn Féin party colleague Anthony Curtin.
Tarbert loses village shop amid ongoing decline
NO bank, no hotel, no petrol station and now only one shop - Tarbert is fearing the worst for its future as yet another premises closed its doors in the village at the weekend.
Man denies charge of raping woman in her north Kerry home
THE trial of a man accused of assaulting and later raping his then partner at her home in north Kerry two years ago has commenced at the Central Criminal Court in Tralee.
Call to re-open salmon drift-netting
DELEGATES at the Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis in Dublin at the weekend passed a motion calling for the phased re-opening of traditional salmon drift netting fisheries, which was tabled by Dingle man Breandán Fitzgerald.
Family prayers answered as dad wakes from coma
THE family of former Kerry All-Ireland minor winning captain Robert Bunyan (pictured left) say the prayers of an entire community were answered this week as he emerged from a coma eight days after a serious accident.
Farmers in crisis need more 'top down' help
AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney's €1 million in relief funding for farmers has failed to make any great impression on the ICMSA whose Kerry chairman, Noel Murphy, said this week that the minister needs to come forward with more practical help to provide some level of relief.
Fears for 25 jobs at Xtra-vision
THERE are fears for the future of up to 25 jobs in Kerry this week following the news that the movie, music and game rental and retail chain Xtra-vision has been placed in receivership.
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Essential feed plan in a time of poor grazing
Grazing conditions are poor, grass dry matters are low and regrowths are poor because of low temperatures.
Farm fodder crisis eases slightly
KERRY'S fodder crisis was eased this week by the importation of hay from the UK and elsewhere in a response to the emergency co-ordinated by the IFA and Kerry Group.
Relief for family as father wakes from his coma
FORMER Kerry minor All-Ireland winning captain Robert Bunyan is on the road to recovery after emerging from a coma on Friday following a massive fall at his home recently.
Alert gardaí save three men from blaze
ALERT members of the gardaí prevented a tragic loss of life by safely evacuating three men from a burning house in Killorglin last week.
'I hope I'll do Anthony proud'
CLOUNMACON native Dianne Nolan (right) has been selected to take up the town council seat left in the sad passing of her Sinn Féin party colleague Anthony Curtin.
Tarbert loses village shop amid ongoing decline
NO bank, no hotel, no petrol station and now only one shop - Tarbert is fearing the worst for its future as yet another premises closed its doors in the village at the weekend.
Man denies charge of raping woman in her north Kerry home
THE trial of a man accused of assaulting and later raping his then partner at her home in north Kerry two years ago has commenced at the Central Criminal Court in Tralee.
Call to re-open salmon drift-netting
DELEGATES at the Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis in Dublin at the weekend passed a motion calling for the phased re-opening of traditional salmon drift netting fisheries, which was tabled by Dingle man Breandán Fitzgerald.
Family prayers answered as dad wakes from coma
THE family of former Kerry All-Ireland minor winning captain Robert Bunyan (pictured left) say the prayers of an entire community were answered this week as he emerged from a coma eight days after a serious accident.
Farmers in crisis need more 'top down' help
AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney's €1 million in relief funding for farmers has failed to make any great impression on the ICMSA whose Kerry chairman, Noel Murphy, said this week that the minister needs to come forward with more practical help to provide some level of relief.
