Plans by the Health Service Executive to sell the land in the St Finan’s Hospital complex as part of a transaction to include the old hospital building itself will certainly drive up the price and restrict potential uses with some local speculation that it could bring the asking price to as high as €100 million.… Continue Reading
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Officer will drive local action for biodiversity
Kerry will soon have a new biodiversity officer, with Kerry County Council one of 10 local authorities to be awarded funding to appoint a person to deliver and drive local action for biodiversity. The programme is being delivered by the Heritage Council and the County and City Management Association with the support of the Department… Continue Reading
16-year wait for a house in Killarney
The controversial concrete and concrete block levy will add at least €5,000 to the cost for every young man or woman who is trying to build a house, a Kerry TD has warned. It will also add millions of euro to the cost of the government’s public works and social housing building, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae… Continue Reading
Building would be ideal for civic offices and a new town hall
The Mayor of Killarney has urged Kerry County Council to purchase the historic Presentation Convent building and surrounding land and to develop it as civic offices. KillarmeyToday.com revealed earlier today that the landmark stone building, on a 1.422-acre site at Cathedral Place, has been put on the market with an estimated price tag of €1.5… Continue Reading
Huge interest in ‘the best site in Killarney’
The landmark Presentation Convent in Killarney is being offered for sale with an estimated price tag of €1.5 million, KillarneyToday.com can reveal. The distinctive stone building, in the shadow of St Mary’s Cathedral and at the rear of St Brigid’s Secondary School, has been vacant since the last of the sisters vacated the premises in… Continue Reading
