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The Munster Technological University (MTU) Kerry campus in Tralee. Photo Domnick Walsh

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MTU Kerry unaffected by ‘major’ IT breach that shut university’s Cork sites

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Nora Finnegan Kenmare Lace. Photo by Tatyana McGough

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Kerry lace-maker preserving a 200-year-old tradition in Kenmare

Kerry Group's Listowel plant on Tuesday morning. Photo by Domnick Walsh

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Man airlifted to hospital with serious burns after accident at Kerry Group plant in Listowel

Eleanor Siochrú (née Riordan) on a previous climb in Machu Picchu

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Kilimanjaro awaits for Eleanor as she climbs for Alzheimer Society of Ireland

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Kerry property vacancy rate over double the national average

Kalum Buckley from Scartaglin pictured receiving the 2022 John Feely Scholarship award from Pat McCormack, President of ICMSA. The scholarships are awarded to young agricultural students. Also pictured Kalum's brother, Kyle; and parents, Anne Marie and Jeremiah. Photo by Don Moloney

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Scartaglin student Kalum Buckley accepts prestigious agricultural scholarship

Michael Clemenger at the grave of Arthur Joseph Pyke who died aged 16 on February 9, 1958, at St Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Kerry industrial school death remembered 65 years later – ‘A dirty secret in a small town lives on’

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Cattle trailer worth up to €7,000 stolen from West Kerry farm

Kerry's Síofra O'Shea kicks for a score as Roisin Rodgers from Donegal attempts to block her shot in their Division One game at Austin Stack Park. Photo by Domnick Walsh

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Dan Kearney Opinion Kerry ladies team management not damning the players with faint praise is a positive thing

Valentia has been chosen as one of 15 regions that will receive support to explore clean energy solutions.

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Valentia chosen for European Hydrogen study as plans for energy project progress

Paul Murphy lining out for the Kingdom just two weeks after Rathmore's All Ireland Intermediate Club Final triumph is just one point of evidence for continuing hunger within the squad Photo by Eoin Noonan / Sportsfile

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John O'Dowd Opinion Hunger sated? It doesn’t look like it for this bunch of Kerry footballers

North and West Kerry News

Fionn Guerin, Principal Terence Dineen, Jack Faye, Naomi Flaherty, Holly Galway, Saoirse O’Hanlon, Eric O’Sullivan, Jack Cashman and William Stack. St Joseph’s NS were named as Overall Primary School winner in this year’s Trend Micro ‘What’s Your Story?’ competition. Photo by Mark O’Sullivan.

Ballyheigue’s St Joseph’s school named as big winners in national film contest

Teacher Breda O’Dwyer pictured celebrating her retirement with staff from Scoil Sliabh A Mhadra in Ballyduff last Friday afternoon. Photos by Mark O’Sullivan.

‘The blink of an eye’ - Breda looks back on 40 years of teaching in Sliabh a’ Mhadra

Kerry Group's Listowel plant on Tuesday morning. Photo by Domnick Walsh

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Man airlifted to hospital with serious burns after accident at Kerry Group plant in Listowel

Ruadhan O'Donoghue, Neasa O'Donoghue, Ciara Bertozzi, and Lilly Tangney holding the clock which at 12.35pm on February 5 1923 marked the time the deeds of the park were handed over to the people of Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan

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Save The Green Group mark centenary of park’s registration – ‘It’s important to mark this moment’

Michael Clemenger at the grave of Arthur Joseph Pyke who died aged 16 on February 9, 1958, at St Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Kerry industrial school death remembered 65 years later – ‘A dirty secret in a small town lives on’

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Listowel’s historic Presentation Convent set to accommodate Ukrainian refugees

Artist Kathryn Crowley will be hosting 'The Kerry Nest' exhibition in the Kerry Writer's Museum in Listowel on February 20.

Kerry Writer’s Museum and artist Kathryn Crowley to host ‘Kerry Nest’ exhibition

A sunken boat and smashed pontoons at Dingle marina after a trawler went out of control and ploughed into it on Friday evening. Photo by Declan Malone

€1.3m for five key projects in Dingle Harbour

South Kerry News

Sean Harnett (son of Padraig Harnett), Cillian O'Connor, Maura Harnett (wife of Padraig Harnett), Liam, Saoirse and Oisin O'Connor pictured at the Liam O'Connor Charity Concert in memory of Padraig Harnett in the Fáilte Hotel in Killarney on Friday night. Photos by Tatyana McGough.

Photos show late Padraig Harnett being remembered at memorial gig in Killarney hotel

Ruadhan O'Donoghue, Neasa O'Donoghue, Ciara Bertozzi, and Lilly Tangney holding the clock which at 12.35pm on February 5 1923 marked the time the deeds of the park were handed over to the people of Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan

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Save The Green Group mark centenary of park’s registration – ‘It’s important to mark this moment’

Michael Clemenger at the grave of Arthur Joseph Pyke who died aged 16 on February 9, 1958, at St Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Kerry industrial school death remembered 65 years later – ‘A dirty secret in a small town lives on’

Fr Amos at St Brendan's Church in Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Tralee priest Fr Amos on life in the parish – ‘It was hard getting to know the faces behind the masks’

Mast protest organiser Michelle Keane (seated) celebrating with neighbours at the news of Kerry County Council's turning down the Eir Mast application for Knocknagoshel Village. Included are from left: Johnny Morrissey, Patricia Scanlon, Máire Collins, David Falvey, Deirdre Bell, Larry Hickey, Pat Griffin, Liz Lane, Geoff Collins, Anthony McAuliffe and John O'Connor. Photo by John Reidy.

Kerry village rejoices as Eir mast plans refused – ‘This is a win for rural Ireland’

Michael McSweeney whose death on February 4th. 1923 will be commemorated at the recently restored monunent at Shrone, Rathmore on Saturday at 2pm. Michael McSweeney's grandnephew, also Michael McSweeney from Beaufort is pictured (left) at the monumen with Kerry author and historian, Tim Horgan. Photos courtesy of Tim Horgan.

Sad story of Michael McSweeney killed in the Civil War in Kerry to be recalled in Rathmore

L-r: Éabha Lynch, Megan Gillespie, Niamh Cantillon, Tiarna Dineen pictured at the Awards Night in the East Avenue hotel on Friday evening. Photos by Tatyana McGough.

Photos show all the fun at the Killarney Camogie Club’s social

Principal Padraig Regan (left) and Aontú Party member Sonny Foran with students with parents at Killury National School in Causeway. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Kerry school demands speed camera – ‘all it takes is one accident and people are sorry afterwards’

Tralee News

Ruadhan O'Donoghue, Neasa O'Donoghue, Ciara Bertozzi, and Lilly Tangney holding the clock which at 12.35pm on February 5 1923 marked the time the deeds of the park were handed over to the people of Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan

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Save The Green Group mark centenary of park’s registration – ‘It’s important to mark this moment’

Michael Clemenger at the grave of Arthur Joseph Pyke who died aged 16 on February 9, 1958, at St Joseph's Industrial School in Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Kerry industrial school death remembered 65 years later – ‘A dirty secret in a small town lives on’

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Talented writers set for literary events at Tralee’s Rose Hotel

Fr Amos at St Brendan's Church in Tralee. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Tralee priest Fr Amos on life in the parish – ‘It was hard getting to know the faces behind the masks’

Mast protest organiser Michelle Keane (seated) celebrating with neighbours at the news of Kerry County Council's turning down the Eir Mast application for Knocknagoshel Village. Included are from left: Johnny Morrissey, Patricia Scanlon, Máire Collins, David Falvey, Deirdre Bell, Larry Hickey, Pat Griffin, Liz Lane, Geoff Collins, Anthony McAuliffe and John O'Connor. Photo by John Reidy.

Kerry village rejoices as Eir mast plans refused – ‘This is a win for rural Ireland’

Principal Padraig Regan (left) and Aontú Party member Sonny Foran with students with parents at Killury National School in Causeway. Photo by Mark O'Sullivan.

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Kerry school demands speed camera – ‘all it takes is one accident and people are sorry afterwards’

Siobhan Kearney and John Conway pictured cutting Tralee parkrun's eighth birthday cake at the Brandon Hotel on Saturday morning.

Eight years and hundreds of miles later, Tralee parkrun turns eight

Alan Murphy, Richard Donnelly, Anthony Donnelly and Andrew Sheil pictured together at the Kerins O’Rahillys 10k/5k fun run on Sunday morning. All photos by Mark O'Sullivan.

Tom Begley is remembered by Kerins O’ Rahillys with 10k/5k fun run

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Sean Harnett (son of Padraig Harnett), Cillian O'Connor, Maura Harnett (wife of Padraig Harnett), Liam, Saoirse and Oisin O'Connor pictured at the Liam O'Connor Charity Concert in memory of Padraig Harnett in the Fáilte Hotel in Killarney on Friday night. Photos by Tatyana McGough.

Photos show late Padraig Harnett being remembered at memorial gig in Killarney hotel

Fionn Guerin, Principal Terence Dineen, Jack Faye, Naomi Flaherty, Holly Galway, Saoirse O’Hanlon, Eric O’Sullivan, Jack Cashman and William Stack. St Joseph’s NS were named as Overall Primary School winner in this year’s Trend Micro ‘What’s Your Story?’ competition. Photo by Mark O’Sullivan.

Ballyheigue’s St Joseph’s school named as big winners in national film contest

Teacher Breda O’Dwyer pictured celebrating her retirement with staff from Scoil Sliabh A Mhadra in Ballyduff last Friday afternoon. Photos by Mark O’Sullivan.

‘The blink of an eye’ - Breda looks back on 40 years of teaching in Sliabh a’ Mhadra

Nora Finnegan Kenmare Lace. Photo by Tatyana McGough

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Kerry lace-maker preserving a 200-year-old tradition in Kenmare

The crowd at the opening of Éigse na Brídeoige 2023. Photos by Christy Riordan.

Bumper attendances for Éigse as South Kerry pays tribute to Seán Garvey

The Munster Technological University (MTU) Kerry campus in Tralee. Photo Domnick Walsh

MTU Kerry unaffected by ‘major’ IT breach that shut university’s Cork sites

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Kerry property vacancy rate over double the national average

Kerry Group's Listowel plant on Tuesday morning. Photo by Domnick Walsh

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Man airlifted to hospital with serious burns after accident at Kerry Group plant in Listowel

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Soccer

Schoolgirl soccer: Inter Kenmare enjoy comfortable win away to Fenit Samphires

Kerry's Síofra O'Shea kicks for a score as Roisin Rodgers from Donegal attempts to block her shot in their Division One game at Austin Stack Park. Photo by Domnick Walsh

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Dan Kearney Opinion Kerry ladies team management not damning the players with faint praise is a positive thing

Paul Murphy lining out for the Kingdom just two weeks after Rathmore's All Ireland Intermediate Club Final triumph is just one point of evidence for continuing hunger within the squad Photo by Eoin Noonan / Sportsfile

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John O'Dowd Opinion Hunger sated? It doesn’t look like it for this bunch of Kerry footballers

Ger Cremin of An Ríocht AC, competing in the Men's M40 60m Hurdles during the 123.ie National Masters Indoor Championships

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Kerry athletes make it a ‘golden oldies’ day at National Masters Indoor Championships

Dermot Fitzgerald with his grandchildren Mark Fitzgerald and Érin O’Mahony, on the left, and Bill O’Mahony and Tadhg Fitzgerald on the right with Stormy Ava after winning the second semi-final of the R.C.E.T.S Novice 3 Stake at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night. Photo by www.deniswalshphotography.com

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Chris Houlihan trained Cashen Eliza sets early pace in ON2 525 heats at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium

The Kingdom Greyhound Stadium holds its annual awards night this Saturday

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Kingdom Greyhound Stadium to name Hall of Fame inductee at annual awards on Saturday

Co-driver Sean Collins and Conor Murphy in the Loughrea service park on Sunday. Photo by Sean Moriarty

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Engine misfire costs Killarney’s Noel O’Sullivan a few places on Galway International Rally run

Callum Sullivan, CS Abbeydorney and Dylan Griffin, Windmill United in action in Mounthawk Park during their Charleville Cheese Division 1B clash last weekend Photo by Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus

Soccer

Kerry District League round-up: Killarney Celtic narrow gap at top of Premier A to just three points

Business & Farming

Orla Greaney , Mary Lynch, Mark Sullivan, Mike O’Shea, Fiona Conway, Odran Lucey, Michele King and David Fitzgerald of the Rose Hotel with the Emerald Status sustainability award recently secured by the Tralee hotel. Photo by Domnick Walsh

World first environmental award for Tralee’s Rose Hotel

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Irish Cattle and Sheep Farming Association meets with Minister

Ossian Smyth, Minister of State for Communications; Emer Corridan, General Manager of Cahernane House Hotel;, Peter Hendrick, Chief Executive Officer, National Broadband Ireland and Gerard O’Sullivan, Business Development Manager of retail broadband provider Ivertec at the ceremony to mark the Cahernane Hotel becoming the 25,000 premises in Ireland to be connected to the NBI’s high speed fibre broadband network. Photo Domnick Walsh

Kerry the scene of a milestone moment in NBI’s broadband rollout

East Cork Oil had planned to buy Misty Lane Holdings, which owns Geaney Oil

East Cork Oil abandons Kerry acquisition after competition probe

Minister Sean Fleming with the 11 Graduates of the new Munster Technological University Kerry Campus Masters in Fintech Innovation.

Frist graduates qualify from MTU’s new Fintech masters

An artist’s impression of the Europe staff lodge complex

Killarney’s Europe Hotel begins work on new staff accommodation

IHF President Denyse Campbell

IHF warns hotel sector bracing for a tough year

Gortatlea Mart. Photo by John Reidy.

Latest prices from Gortatlea Mart

Lifestyle

Randomly last week, Himself gained the most brownie points ever when he cleaned out the entire cutlery drawer. I fell in love with him all over again.

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion Real life romance is in the day to day things our partners do

Work stress carries into peoples personal lives and conversely, personal stress can affect how we show up at work.

The impact managers can have on mental health

Guest speakers at the Beyond Blue Mental Health conference in Ballybunion Community Centre on Thursday were Anthony O’Carroll, Katie McCabe, Caroline Corkery, Mary Jane O’Sullivan, Finbarr Chambers, Laura Bennett and Deirdre Sullivan. Photo by John Kelliher

Ballybunion conference on the great range of mental health supports in North Kerry

Happiness was writ large on the faces of the quiz participants on the Credit Union Quiz's return post Covid restrictions - as seen in this and numerous other images by John Kelliher.

Credit Union quiz returns amid serious display of brain power in Listowel

Brother and sister Morgan (13) and Méabh O’Flaherty (5) with some of their St Brigid’s crosses, which they are now selling through shops in Lixnaw as part of a fundraiser for the Air Ambulance and the Banna Sea Rescue Unit. Photo by Domnick Walsh

Kerry siblings’ St Brigid’s cross-making skills in great demand

"Down Under" - number one this week 40 years ago.

RETRO CHART 1983: Men At Work’s Australian classic hit started life as a B-side

“Who slept in my bed?” I inquired only to shout five seconds later – “I don’t want to know who slept in my bed!” Sometimes you’re just better not knowing.

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion I was apoplectic when the Eldest trashed our place while we were away, then I remembered my own youth...

Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing in The Imitation Game (Thursday, BBC4, 9p.m.)

Top films to watch on TV this week

Obituaries

Paddy O'Connor, Ballybog, Lios Póil (1965-2021)

Obituary: Paddy O’Connor, Ballybog, Lios Póil (1965-2021)

Kerry’s very own ornithological David Attenborough, Frank King.

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Remembering Frank King, a walking encyclopedia of bird-life

Noel Lucey, who played centre half back in Kerry’s victorious All-Ireland encounter against Roscommon in 1962.

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Kerry mourns last of the famous Lucey brothers of Caragh Lake on death of Noel (82)

The late Jo Jo Barrett making his way past the iconic Mulchinock’s Corner for the final time on Monday. Friends and members of the Austin Stacks GAA Club lined the route. Photo by Domnick Walsh.

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Fitting farewell for Jo Jo