OPINION: IN the space of 15 hours this Friday, the short to medium-term future of Killarney will be decided. So please proceed with caution. Lids will be flipped open on ballot boxes, pencils will be sharpened, polling stations will open at 7am sharp and by 10 o’clock tomorrow night, the people will have spoken. How… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Opinion
‘Get off the fence and support the Greenway’
Opinion: Long-serving Kerry County Council member Cllr Michael Cahill has been warned that he will pay a heavy price at the polls in the forthcoming local elections for his support of the contentious South Kerry Greenway project. But, here, he writes in defence of his stance, outlining the advantages of the €20 million project and… Continue Reading
‘Climate change making steep Skellig slopes more vulnerable’
Opinion: The Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht has initiated a public consultation for the new Skellig Michael World Heritage Site Management Plan 2019-2029 to replace the 2008-2018 plan. This is the submission from An Taisce, a charity that works to preserve and protect Ireland’s natural and built heritageldest and largest environmental organisations THE combination… Continue Reading
Fishermen treated as second class citizens
OPINION: After Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae called for a major cull of seals, to prevent further losses being incurred by fishermen, it is being claimed that disaffected fishermen have been denied fair procedure. Here Dr Ciarán Crummey (pictured) who, as a researcher for an Bord Iascaigh Mhara, worked on the problems caused by seals during… Continue Reading
Concern for welfare of patients on waiting lists
Opinion: TD brothers Michael and Danny Healy-Rae have arranged for dozens of patients from Kerry, on long-time waiting lists for medical procedures here, to travel to Belfast where treatment is readily available. And although the patients must pay in advance, they can claim most if not all of the costs back from the HSE. Now,… Continue Reading
