WITH folklorists rushing to add credence to Danny Healy-Rae’s concerns about the antics of fairies, there is a growing sense that the Kerry TD might be the wisest of them all when it comes to knowledge of things that might go bump in the night. For as long as Darby O’Gill has been waging war… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Opinion
Is the great debate dead and buried or is there still room for other options?
Opinion: The saga has been dragging on for years and, at times, it has been bitterly divisive and hugely contentious. But while it’s some progress that a site has eventually been selected for a new public burial ground in Killarney, following a 5-3 vote at a very heated meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the choice of… Continue Reading
‘I take grave exception to his comments about our late father’
Opinion: Comedian and impressionist Oliver Callan has used the forum provided by a national newspaper to launch a stinging attack on the Healy-Raes. But, as Deputy Michael Healy-Rae writes in this opinion piece for KillarneyToday.com, whatever Callan has to say about his brother and himself, he takes grave exception to his comments about our late… Continue Reading
We’ve been slow to play the Trump card
TONIGHT’S the night. In a matter of hours we will know the identity of the 45th President of the United States of America. Last March, as part of the publication’s St Patrick’s Day special edition, the Sierra Star newspaper in California asked KillarneyToday.com to pen an opinion piece offering a view of the presidential race,… Continue Reading
We must do our duty and help the elderly
Opinion: The elderly in Kerry are suffering because they are not been allocated enough home help support and the buck must stop with the minister, Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae insists SINCE being elected to Dáil ÉÍreann, I and the other representatives from Kerry have highlighted our dissatisfaction with home help provision for elderly people in… Continue Reading
