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
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Only highest standards will suffice. Anything less and we are doomed
Opinion: Every day during the summer many cyclists passing his house complain that they do not have the safety of a dedicated cycle lane. That is shameful on a national primary road into a major tourist town and county and, Cllr Michael Gleeson writes, all he can do is cringe with embarrassment AT the January… Continue Reading
Over 5,300 greyhounds rehomed in 10 years by Trust
OPINION: A report on plans by a Killarney national school to hold a Night at the Dogs fundraiser, which has angered some animal rights activists who plan to stage a protest at the event, spared a huge debate yesterday. Here, in reply to some criticism that has been levelled at the greyhound racing industry, Josh… Continue Reading
A senior political moment that forgets years of chronic underfunding
Opinion: Kerry County Council was split down the middle in a vote on whether a five per cent increase in the basic rate for the Local Property Tax, approved last year, be maintained and it eventually too the casting vote of Mayor Norma Foley to ensure it will return to base rates for 2019. Here,… Continue Reading
‘The town is on its knees with many closed businesses, a trend that seems to be continuing’
Opinion: The controversial €20 million South Kerry Greenway plan, which has divided opinion along the route, has the potential to be the single, biggest and most important tourism project ever for County Kerry and it will attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, insists Kerry County Council member Cllr Michael Cahill I WISH to… Continue Reading
