AN older generation in Killarney will remember when lower New Street looked like this before the giant Dunnes Stores supermarket was built in the early 1990s. The visual image of the street was changed radically when three long-standing properties were demolished to make way for the 5,770sq m development with an additional floor pace of… Continue Reading
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Answers sought on MRI breakdown
MANAGEMENT at University Hospital Kerry are to be asked to explain how the crucial MRI machine at the facility was out of used for 17 days. Cllr John Francis Flynn said an explanation is required why the hospital doesn’t have spare parts for the machine on standby in the event of problems arising. “Any business… Continue Reading
Stack emerges as contender for Kerry job
ALTHOUGH Kerry GAA bosses have insisted that there will be no further comment until a final decision has been made, it is understood that candidates interested in the vacant senior team managerial hotseat are being interviewed this week. It has further emerged that there are at least three options open to the five-man selection committee… Continue Reading
Number of homeless adults in Kerry cut from 137 to 79
KERRY County Council has stressed that while the provision of services for the homeless in the county is proving to be extremely difficult and challenging, some progress is being made. In July of 2020, there were 137 adults in emergency accommodation in the county with 47 dependents but by July of this year that number… Continue Reading
639 applicants for one-bed housing
CONCERN has been expressed that there does not appear to be a significant delivery of housing suitable to meet the demand of one-bed applicants on the Kerry County Council social housing list. Raising the matter with officials, Cllr Maura Healy-Rae was told there are currently 639 applicants on the list for one-bed accommodation in the… Continue Reading
