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May 2021

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Signs of opposition as planning to be sought for Gneeveguilla crematorium

Plans to develop a crematorium - the first in Kerry - in the rural east Kerry village of Gneeveguilla will be met with resistance from some in the local community.

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'Empty promises'

In January 1983, workers at the Kingdom Tubes factory in Tralee were locked in a bitter dispute with management over a decision to cease trading.

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Call for extra resources as Gardaí prepare for summer influx of tourists

There have been calls for an increased garda presence this summer as Kerry prepares for an influx of domestic visitors with more people holidaying at home due to the Covid pandemic.

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Matt eulogises beloved brother he lost to Covid in Steering by the Stars

It was launched online by its publisher, the Revival Press, at the Limerick Writers' Centre on Friday to a rapturous reception among scores of his literary peers.

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Call for council to follow Limerick's lead on Dunnes

Tralee councillors are calling on Kerry County Council to follow Limerick's lead and take a tough line with Dunnes Stores over the retailers long vacant premises on Bridge Street.

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'You're in disbelief when first told you have cancer'

A routine health check-up in 2011 caused shock-waves in Peter MacNamara's life after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. A Limerick native with strong links to Valentia Island where he has been living on and off for15-years, Peter is a keen yachting enthusiast and runs an annual chamber music festival on Valentia Island, while also assisting with the management of the Valentia Island lighthouse.

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Environmental Protection Agency investigates potential Sneem water pollution

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating potential river pollution in Sneem which it has been claimed is coming from the Sneem Wastewater Treatment Plant. The agency has instructed Irish Water to investigate the complaints by the local community and are awaiting a response.

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'I think it is important, in order to eliminate the fear of crime, that there be gardaí on foot.' Call for greater policing of Town Park

Kerry Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has called on Gardaí to monitor Tralee town park by foot rather than by car, as is often the case, in a bid to tackle crime both in the park and in the town.

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'Nothing yet to indicate Park fire is suspicious'

Chief Superintendent Eileen Foster has said that there is nothing yet to indicate that the devastating fire in Killarney National Park is suspicious at this point in garda investigations.

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Kerry man United in protest

The history of Liverpool versus Manchester United added yet another unique chapter to its story on Sunday when United fans staged an anti-Glazer protest at Old Trafford that led to the cancellation of one of the bitterest fixtures in world football.

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Crime in Utopian' state as a result of Covid

The latest crime statistics show a decrease in all levels of crime according to Kerry Chief Superintendent, Eileen Foster.

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One man's War of Independence story: from mutiny to survival in the Bush

The photograph printed in the Adelaide Mail newspaper of May 2nd, 1925 was of his open and handsome face. His neatly clipped hair, his starched white collar poking up above his tweed suit, together with his confident yet respectful gaze, all exuded well-being and self-care.

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Hard work pays off as Firies National School earns Active Flag

Students and staff at Firies National School were delighted last week to receive their first Active Schools Flag - in recognition of all the physical activities they have completed over the past number of years.

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Taskforce for Estuary being 'finalised'

The terms of reference for a Shannon Estuary Taskforce are being 'finalised' with an announcement due on the matter shortly, Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar confirmed in the Dáil this week.

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Trevor hosting 10k virtual row event for charity

A Tralee man and his friends are set to take on a gruelling 10km rowing challenge later this month in aid of a mental health support charity that organiser of the fundraiser, Trevor Leen has made use of in the past.

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Bobby Sands' legacy lives on

This week sees the 40th anniversary of the death of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands whose passing was a watershed moment for Ireland and marked the birth of the Sinn Féin party as we know it today.

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Ronan's family thank The Order of Malta for support during teen's treatment journey

After a long campaign that no family should be forced to undertake for medical treatment, teenager Ronan Foley finally got the much needed operation on his spine that he so desperately needed.

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Cunamh plans progressing but funds from Ring of Kerry event vital

With plans underway to start work in June on a state-of-the-art respite service for adults with special needs in South Kerry, Cúnamh Iveragh, who are behind the planned centre, are appealing for cyclists to take part in the new cycling event, launched this year to replace the traditional Ring of Kerry event.

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Lixnaw native elected new head of Comhaltas looks forward to post-pandemic music ahead

A Lixnaw man has been elected to lead the international cultural movement Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann out of the pandemic and into a brighter future in his tenure over the next three years.

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Chris the reel deal thanks to fishing YouTube channel

When it comes to setting up a YouTube channel these days, kids would, for the most part, lean towards setting up a gaming channel, but not 12-year-old Chris Sanbak from Killarney who decided that he wanted to set up a fishing and cooking channel instead.

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Wright's pain at Tralee abuse case

Soccer legend and pundit Ian Wright has addressed the racial abuse he suffered at the hands of a Tralee teenager in a new video for the Premier League's 'No room for racism' campaign.

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'We could be the last generation to hear the cry of the curlew'

The people of the Stacks Mountains are rallying to one of the region's most urgent ecological appeals - to save the iconic native curlew from extinction in Kerry.

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GPs approach completion of over-70s vaccine programme

The Clanmaurice Medical Practice based in Abbeydorney and covering a huge swathe of North Kerry - from the village to Ballyheigue, Lixnaw and Causeway - delivered an impressive demonstration of the vaccine programme roll-out at one of its twice-weekly immunisation clinics on Friday.

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Incredible support for Garda following shock cancer diagnosis

There has been a widespread outpouring of support across Killarney for Garda Paudie Twohig and his wife, Garda Diane Collins, following the shocking news that Garda Twohig is battling cancer after been diagnosed just five weeks ago.

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Kenmare Golf Club set to rise from the ashes

It was a devastating blow to the Kenmare Golf Club, and indeed the wider town, when their club house burned to the ground on the June Bank Holiday Weekend last year.

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Blennerville Windmill set for a major revamp this summer

Management at Kerry County Council have confirmed that delayed refurbishments at Blennerville Windmill are now expected to go ahead this summer.

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'Connected Four' shortlisted for not one, but two national awards

A group of hard working, intelligent students from the Killarney Community College (KCC) are basking in the glow of not one but two national award nominations this week.

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Garda actions at Debenhams in Tralee raised in the Dáil

The use of Gardaí as strikebreakers to end blockades at a number of former Debenhams outlets, including Tralee, has been raised in the Dáil by h Solidarity-People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy.

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'I had started to think there was no hope of finding them.' Joy for Tralee woman Rachael as lost rings are found on beach

Losing anything at the beach is a bit of a nightmare but in the case of Tralee woman Rachael Brassil Makenzie, it was very much the worst case scenario when she lost three of her most important and sentimental rings on Fenit Island.

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April 2021

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'We need to look at how vulnerable ... our uplands are and what we can do to intervene.' Wildlife habitats destroyed in fires

While raging fires at Killarney National Park took most of the headlines in recent days, a serious gorse fire occurred at Brosna over the weekend where some houses were evacuated as fire caused extensive damage to wildlife including the loss of Hen Harrier nesting sites and acres of scrub land.