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The late Jason Crean.

News

‘He made the most out of this life and lived it to the full’ – Tributes to Tralee man Jason Crean

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Ogie Sheehy, ViClarity presents a cheque to Lorraine Hopkins, Enable Ireland Kerry, the proceeds of ViClarity’s charity fundraising campaign.

News

Tralee based business ViClarity raise €2000 for Enable Ireland charity

Kerry FC players, from left, Matt Keane, Wayne Guthrie, Trpimir Vrljicak, Sean Kennedy and Samuel Aladesanusi show off the team's new jersey ahead of the club's debut season in the SSE Airtricity First Division, with Kerry Airport Ireland announced as the main jersey sponsor. Photo by Domnick Walsh

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Kerry FC partner with Kerry Airport Ireland to be the team’s first jersey sponsor

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Sinead Kelleher Opinion Let’s never hear the words ‘inadequate mental health care’ again

The Guerin family at their home in Kilflynn: Treasa, Ryan, Reagan and Anthony. Photo by Domnick Walsh.

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Kerry couple recall trauma of son’s accident and how Brú Columbanus ‘gave us the space to get our heads together’

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Kerry-based Ukraine refugees happy to pay towards accommodation

Louise, Billy and Ciara Nolan.

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Tralee jewellers to relocate from Dominick Street home of 57 years

David Moran celebrates with fans on the pitch after victory over Mayo in the Gaelic Grounds in August 2014 Photo by Stephen McCarthy / Sportsfile

GAA

Damian Stack Opinion David Moran gave his opus for Kerry in the Gaelic Grounds

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News

Kerry mother says son ‘came out more damaged from CAMHS than when he went in’

Jonathan Carr recovering from the aftermath of the horrific crash in Cancun in which he and his wife Vanni were badly injured.

News

Kerry couple ‘lucky to be alive’ after horrific crash in Mexican resort of Cancún

Chief Executive of Brú Columbanus, Anne-Marie O'Connor.

News

35 percent of Brú Columbanus users are Kerry families – ‘It offers peace of mind being close to their relative’

North and West Kerry News

Lixnaw's Leanne Fitzgerald is excited about finishing the tour of 'Don Pasquale' with a 'homecoming' Kerry show in Siamsa Tíre on February 11.

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Kerry opera singer raring to get back on stage at Siamsa Tíre

All photos by Domnick Walsh.

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Photos of Mounthawk Park as the countdown to Kerry FC’s opening game is on

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister O’Brien: ‘People seeking protection should be given the benefit of the doubt’

The Guerin family at their home in Kilflynn: Treasa, Ryan, Reagan and Anthony. Photo by Domnick Walsh.

Kerry couple recall trauma of son’s accident and how Brú Columbanus ‘gave us the space to get our heads together’

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister for Integration can’t rule out moving Ukrainian families from Killarney once tourism season starts

The late Jason Crean.

Sadness at death of Tralee man in motorcycle accident – ‘Jason will never be forgotten’

Iceland is closing its store in Listowel

Iceland food chain to close its Listowel store on March 4

Jonathan Carr recovering from the aftermath of the horrific crash in Cancun in which he and his wife Vanni were badly injured.

Kerry couple ‘lucky to be alive’ after horrific crash in Mexican resort of Cancún

South Kerry News

The 60th production by Killorglin Panto Group "The Old Woman Who lived in a Shoe" in the CYMS, Killorglin on Saturday. Photo by Tatyana McGough

Pictures show all the craic at Killorglin pantomime

All photos by Domnick Walsh.

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Photos of Mounthawk Park as the countdown to Kerry FC’s opening game is on

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister O’Brien: ‘People seeking protection should be given the benefit of the doubt’

The Guerin family at their home in Kilflynn: Treasa, Ryan, Reagan and Anthony. Photo by Domnick Walsh.

Kerry couple recall trauma of son’s accident and how Brú Columbanus ‘gave us the space to get our heads together’

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister for Integration can’t rule out moving Ukrainian families from Killarney once tourism season starts

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Kerry mother says son ‘came out more damaged from CAMHS than when he went in’

The 60th production by Killorglin Panto Group "The Old Woman Who lived in a Shoe" in the CYMS, Killorglin on Saturday. Photo by Tatyana McGough

Around the Districts: Gneeveguilla to Kilgarvan

Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council Cllr John Francis Flynn paying a visit during the rehersals of Killorglin Pantomime's 60th Anniversary Show with Declan and Anne Mangan.Photo by Michael G Kenny.

Around the Districts: Killorglin to Scartaglen

Tralee News

Ogie Sheehy, ViClarity presents a cheque to Lorraine Hopkins, Enable Ireland Kerry, the proceeds of ViClarity’s charity fundraising campaign.

Tralee based business ViClarity raise €2000 for Enable Ireland charity

All photos by Domnick Walsh.

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Photos of Mounthawk Park as the countdown to Kerry FC’s opening game is on

The late Jason Crean.

‘He made the most out of this life and lived it to the full’ – Tributes to Tralee man Jason Crean

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister O’Brien: ‘People seeking protection should be given the benefit of the doubt’

The Guerin family at their home in Kilflynn: Treasa, Ryan, Reagan and Anthony. Photo by Domnick Walsh.

Kerry couple recall trauma of son’s accident and how Brú Columbanus ‘gave us the space to get our heads together’

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister for Integration can’t rule out moving Ukrainian families from Killarney once tourism season starts

Cllr Terry O'Brien

Calls to upgrade Mounthawk road crossings after Tralee school student struck in hit and run

Tralee Town Park. File photo

Council haven’t spent cash set aside to fix Tralee park paths

News

Ogie Sheehy, ViClarity presents a cheque to Lorraine Hopkins, Enable Ireland Kerry, the proceeds of ViClarity’s charity fundraising campaign.

Tralee based business ViClarity raise €2000 for Enable Ireland charity

Lixnaw's Leanne Fitzgerald is excited about finishing the tour of 'Don Pasquale' with a 'homecoming' Kerry show in Siamsa Tíre on February 11.

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Kerry opera singer raring to get back on stage at Siamsa Tíre

Louise, Billy and Ciara Nolan.

Tralee jewellers to relocate from Dominick Street home of 57 years

The 60th production by Killorglin Panto Group "The Old Woman Who lived in a Shoe" in the CYMS, Killorglin on Saturday. Photo by Tatyana McGough

Pictures show all the craic at Killorglin pantomime

All photos by Domnick Walsh.

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Photos of Mounthawk Park as the countdown to Kerry FC’s opening game is on

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Sinead Kelleher Opinion Let’s never hear the words ‘inadequate mental health care’ again

The late Jason Crean.

‘He made the most out of this life and lived it to the full’ – Tributes to Tralee man Jason Crean

Minister for Integration Joe O'Brien.

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Minister O’Brien: ‘People seeking protection should be given the benefit of the doubt’

Sport

Kerry FC players, from left, Matt Keane, Wayne Guthrie, Trpimir Vrljicak, Sean Kennedy and Samuel Aladesanusi show off the team's new jersey ahead of the club's debut season in the SSE Airtricity First Division, with Kerry Airport Ireland announced as the main jersey sponsor. Photo by Domnick Walsh

Soccer

Kerry FC partner with Kerry Airport Ireland to be the team’s first jersey sponsor

All photos by Domnick Walsh.

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Photos of Mounthawk Park as the countdown to Kerry FC’s opening game is on

David Moran celebrates with fans on the pitch after victory over Mayo in the Gaelic Grounds in August 2014 Photo by Stephen McCarthy / Sportsfile

GAA

Damian Stack Opinion David Moran gave his opus for Kerry in the Gaelic Grounds

Paul Geaney at the launch of the Allianz Leagues at the Cliffs of Moher in Clare

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Paul Geaney feels he has ‘a lot more to give’ to Kerry this year as he shakes off ankle injury

Callan Scully is the latest player to sign for Kerry FC

Soccer

Kerry FC sign former Tipperary underage GAA goalkeeper Callan Scully

Alex Hennigan scored two goals in St Brendan's College's Corn Uí Mhuirí quarter-final win over Hamilton High School, Bandon

GAA

Scintillating St Brendan’s Killarney see off Bandon to set up Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final with Mercy Mounthawk

Kerry will face Tyrone again this year in the National League. The Ulstermen won the fixture in Fitzgerald Stadium last April Photo by Brendan Moran / Sportsfile

GAA

Kingdom an outlier amongst the northern realms

Gavin White, pictured with his knee heavily bandaged after the All-Ireland SFC semi-final win over Dublin last July, is making steady recovery from the injury and is hoping he might see some National League action

GAA

Gavin White hopeful of playing in League as recovery from ‘substantial damage’ to his knee continues

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 frist 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

Four friends pose for a picture in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, circa 1974. (Photo by Jill Freedman/Getty Images)

Kerry and its people shone in photographer Jill Freedman’s visual ‘love poem’ to Ireland

Man of the land: As well as being a renowned musician, Seamus Begley was a farmer and silage maker; here he is checking the quality of the baling hay near Ventry, Co Kerry in 2004. Photo: Don MacMonagle

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Jim O'Brien Opinion Seamus Begley’s profound connection to land and lore showed us what we could have and what we have lost

If you are moving you will stay in motion and if you are stuck you have a tendency to stay stuck.

The importance of staying moving

Some people have been predicting that the middle aged version of Love Island would be a cross between the Golden Girls and Cheers!

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Justine O'Mahony Opinion You’ll be relieved to know I won’t be applying for ‘middle aged’ Love Island

Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma & Louise (Friday, BBC1, 11.30p.m.)

Top films to watch on TV this week

Puppies are a highlight in the lives of stressed and busy vets

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Pete Wedderburn Opinion The new puppy season has arrived in Ireland

The shape of things to come: The Peugeot Inception Concept.

Motoring Extra Peugeot Inception Concept: a vision of the future

The European or Common Squid is the source of the very tasty seafood starter featuring on menus as calamari.

Nature Trail Kraken is making headlines, but what is a squid?

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