OPINION: What is being done in relation to the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions is very unfair and it is dividing the people, says Independent Kerry TD, Danny Healy-Rae MORE than anyone else, I look forward to every door being opened in the hospitality sector. Whether the businesses are pubs or small restaurants, they have been… Continue Reading
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Majority of lapsed Catholics maintain a love-hate relationship with the Church
OPINION: The longer you live, the more you realise that faith is a complicated business but it can survive the most amazing battering. Living the Christian life is a haphazard up-and-down journey but the Catholic Church and those who have lapsed are poorer in the present situation, writes Fr Kevin McNamara (pictured) who is Parish… Continue Reading
Not picture perfect but it changed a town’s mindset
IT was a picture that painted a thousand words, not one of them even remotely complimentary. Captured at quarter to eight on a dull March morning in 1982, it exposed an ugly, repulsive side to a town that, even then, locals took great pride in describing as Beauty’s Home. The Sunday morning monochrome snapshot portrayed… Continue Reading
The day my marbles disappeared like chalk dust
As skilled in the debating chamber as he had been in the classroom, Cllr Michael Gleeson this week announced his intention to retire from active politics after a remarkable contribution to public life. And while I have been there to take notes of his wonderfully articulate contributions to so many debates, on so many occasions… Continue Reading
Need for cyclists to be expected and respected
OPINION: Following the voting through of ambitious plans for the development of five new cycling lanes in Killarney town, the €5.6 million allocated to the county for the provision of active travel routes must be spent immediately and on high quality, well designed changes to our roads and streets, says Anluan Dunne of the Kerry… Continue Reading
