Exclusive PROPOSALS for a major new road improvement scheme to alleviate dangers at the notorious Lewis Road-N22 Killarney Bypass junction are to proceed as planned after a judicial review of the granting of planning permission for the project was dismissed in the High Court today. Representatives of a landowner on the N22 had been granted… Continue Reading
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Planning crux arises since flood study finished
VERY careful consideration is given to planning applications that are submitted for developments in areas where there is known to be a history of flooding, Kerry County Council has said. Officials were responding to a query submitted by Cllr Maura Healy-Rae who asked if the approach to applications from the Glenflesk area had changed as… Continue Reading
Long waiting list but house vacant for years
WITH a long list of families and single people waiting to be housed in Killarney, a local councillor has queried why one house in Pinewood Estate, owned by Kerry County Council, has been vacant for five to six years. Cllr Marie Moloney asked council officials if a problem with knotweed had arisen but she was… Continue Reading
€18m set aside but courthouse upgrade will not happen
THE decision to move courts away from Tralee Courthouse to another site in the town has been criticised by a Kerry TD. Deputy Pa Daly said he was very disappointed to hear that the decision had been taken by the Courts Service. “Given the commitment in the Programme for Government to prioritise town centres, it… Continue Reading
Killarney’s ‘Hollywood’ has a big parking dilemma
CONSIDERATION is to be given to granting residents living in O’Kelly’s Villas in Killarney permission to park overnight in the nearby Rock Road car park. Mayor of Killarney, Cllr Brendan Cronin, had asked the roads department of Kerry County Council if any extra parking could be provided as there is a chronic shortage of available… Continue Reading
