JOHN Sheahan’s 12-month term as Mayor of Kerry will come to an end next Monday week but it’s merely a case of swapping one chain for another as he is due to take up the role of Mayor of Killarney. The Fine Gael councillor becomes Killarney’s first citizen under the terms of a voting pact… Continue Reading
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Minister told to tackle unacceptable waiting lists
IN excess of 4,000 children suspected of having a disability are on waiting lists for a first assessment from the Health Service Executive with over 3,300 waiting for more than three months to be seen. The figures provided by the HSE confirm that the number of children awaiting a first in Kerry and Cork is… Continue Reading
‘The status quo is not acceptable to me or the people’
SEANAD Éireann must become more democratically accountable to the people and the franchise needs to be extended to as many citizens as possible, a Kerry politician has insisted. Senator Ned O’Sullivan, who was elected vice chair of a new Oireachtas Committee on Seanad Reform, said as a revising chamber, it should not replicate the work… Continue Reading
Kerry politicians have mixed feelings on result
QUESTIONS are likely to be asked about just how in touch some of Kerry’s politicians are with the views of many of the people they were elected to represent following the emphatic Yes majority in today’s referendum. Three of Kerry’s five TDs and two of the county’s three senators had spoken in favour of a… Continue Reading
College plight of one student highlighted
THE plight of a Kerry family who have been refused a student grant for their eldest child, despite being in receipt of a Family Income Support payment, has been raised by Deputy John Brassil. He said there is a clear mismatch between how the Department of Social Protection and the Student Universal Support Service (SUSI)… Continue Reading
