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
Category Archives: Opinion
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
‘Thank God so many people have been there for each other’
It has been a year like no other, a difficult, worrying and, for so many, heartbreaking 12 months. It has been a difficult year too for the Church and the Diocese of Kerry with congregations prohibited from attending Sunday Mass and other services, Confirmations and Communions postponed, weddings cancelled and, perhaps most harrowing of all,… Continue Reading
The battle against Covid-19 has now reached tipping point
WHOEVER it was that said we are currently fighting two pandemics – coronavirus and utter stupidity – was spot on. And the really worrying thing is that while a vaccine is likely to address the former, there is no cure for the latter affliction. A bizarre but entirely true story brought to my attention: In… Continue Reading
