Progress is expected in the first quarter of 2025 in the long-awaited improvement works at the junctions linking Upper Lewis Road with the Killarney Bypass and the road leading from the Bypass to Kilcummin. Local councillors have been told that the necessary land acquisition is underway and the matter is progressing while consultations are ongoing… Read More…
Women’s Superleague Basketball Utility Trust St Pauls 58 Portlaoise Panthers 61 Report: Enda Walshe The Women’s Superleague is a battle ground so far this season with very little between the teams in and around the middle of the table. A win for Utility Trust St Paul’s or Portlaoise Panthers in this tie would see either side peeping… Read More…
The fire service in Kerry was mobilised 1,067 times in the period from January to September of this year which was a 12 per cent decrease on the number of call-ours for the corresponding period the previous year. During the nine-month period they attended 48 chimney fires, 44 gorse fires and 140 fires of other… Read More…
Scott’s Lakers 74 Portlaoise Panthers 92 Report by Enda Walshe The four game winning run of Scott’s Lakers came to an end when they met a side who have yet to lose a game this season in the Men’s Basketball League. Portlaoise Panthers came to Killarney with their boots full and left with the points… Read More…
Householders in Aghadoe, Listry, Beaufort, Killorglin and wider areas will continue to be impacted by reduced water pressure and more water outages this Sunday, it has emerged. Cllr Brendan Cronin, who has made representations on the matter, has been informed that alternative water supplies in the form of bulk containers have also been deployed. Irish… Read More…
The big mop-up in Kerry is continuing at pace this Saturday evening in the aftermath of Storm Bert which gave the county a proper soaking. And it’s not finished yet. Several roads were hit by serious flooding and some were deemed impassable with diversions in place. The N22 in Glenflesk was badly hit with acres… Read More…
Even the man himself turns to KillarneyToday.com to keep up with all the news in town during the frenetic build up to the festive season. When he’s not checking his naughty or nice list, Santa Claus logs on to our busy news site to see what’s happening – what the weather is like in Kerry,… Read More…
They normally meet around the cabinet table but today they swapped that experience for lunch in the Kingdom – and everything went according to plan. Taoiseach Simon Harris and Minister for Education, Norma Foley, joined over 220 attendees at the annual Tralee Chamber Alliance President’s Lunch this Friday and the Fine Gael leader emphasised the… Read More…
Kerry is expected to take a bit of a soaking as Storm Bert pays a visit this Saturday with a Status Orange rain warning issued by Met Éireann. There will be intense falls of rain over a short period of time with the warning valid from midnight tonight until 10.00am on Saturday. The possible impacts… Read More…
A long-standing campaign for a pedestrian footbridge to be installed to link the railway station in Killarney with the nearby bus station has been reactivated. Killarney Municipal District Council officials have been asked to again write to Iarnród Éireann asking for accessibility to be improved through the provision of a footbridge. Cllr John O’Donoghue, who… Read More…
Fianna Fáil general election candidate for Kerry, Linda Gordon Kelleher, said her party’s manifesto shows the value and respect towards carers and the work that they do. She said the abolition of the means test is a necessity. “We are the party that introduced the carers allowance and half-rate carers’ allowance and, most recently, increased… Read More…
Nasty incidents of road rage have occurred during right-of-way stand-offs on a narrow bridge on the main road from Killarney to Rossbeigh, it has been claimed. Fianna Fáil general election candidate Cllr Michael Cahill said the Caragh Bridge outside Glenbeigh, on the N70 Ring of Kerry road, is a single-lane carriageway on a busy thoroughfare… Read More…
Fine Gael general election candidate Billy O’Shea and Sinn Fein TD, Pa Daly, has sharply contrasting opinions on the outgoing government’s record on law and order issues. As Kerry counts down to polling day, Mr O’Shea has insisted that that the people can look forward to a range of new safety measures if his party… Read More…
The tranquil Garden of the Senses in the heart of the beautiful village of Sneem has been awarded an International Green Flag Community Award by An Taisce. It was one of three of the 2024 applicants that were honoured with a special award for their work supporting pollinating insects. The Pollinator Plan Award is jointly… Read More…
Preview: Enda Walshe Having been successful in Galway last Sunday Utility Trust St Paul’s will attempt this weekend to put back-to-back wins together for the first time this season. That win in the Kingfisher Gym wasn’t the most fluid but when the fat was on the fire in the third quarter James Fleming’s side pulled… Read More…
The founder of financial services giant Fexco, Brian McCarthy, is to be the recipient of the prestigious Order of Inisfallen award for 2024. The business giant founded the dynamic financial services firm in 1981 and he has been instrumental in the incredible development and growth of the company on a worldwide basis. Brian worked with… Read More…
The relics of a teenager who was beatified by Pope Francis in 2020 will be on display in St Vincent’s Church, Ballyferriter this Friday and Saturday. Carlo Acutis was a London born Italian website designer who documented Eucharistic miracles and approved Marian apparitions for the Vatican before his death, at the age of 15, in… Read More…
The opening parade in this year’s Christmas in Killarney Festival, scheduled to take place this Saturday night, November 23rd, has been cancelled. An unfavourable weather forecast – with strong winds and heavy rain forecast – has led the organisers to cancel the event for safety reasons. “It is with regret that we have to cancel… Read More…
The hugely progressive Raheen National School in Killarney has set out on an epic community project to develop its own all-weather sports field. This is a massive undertaking for a rural, two-teacher school of 33 pupils but while small in size, it makes up for it in spirit. At the initial meeting to discuss the… Read More…
Kerry graduates were among the 5,000 students conferred at this year’s Atlantic Technological University ceremonies this year. The graduation ceremony took place in Galway over two days and will continued throughout the week in Castlebar and Letterfrack. Among those to graduate was Armed Forces member, Ignats Igor Lozko, from Killarney, who was conferred with a… Read More…
