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One of the county’s biggest special schools has had no choice but to close its doors for the duration of the all-out national public sector strike. Principal of the Nano Nagle school in Listowel, Jacinta Budhlaeir, told The Kerryman that the...
A young boy who was injured while hurling and brought to a Kerry hospital has settled a High Court action over his care there for €165,000. Fionn Barrett was six when he sustained a corkscrew fracture to his thigh bone and was brought to...
Rachel O’Connor is no stranger to challenging perceptions. The North Kerry woman enjoys an independence today that once seemed far from certain after being diagnosed with Ataxia as a child. Having spent much of her life overcoming...
Though it may be approaching two years since she passed away on Christmas Day of 2024, the memory of the late Aoife Lynch from Lisselton in North Kerry is still very much being kept alive thanks to the efforts of family and friends. One of those...
Dedicated members of the Ballylongford community gathered around the tables in the village’s parish hall this week to discuss the future of the area. Riding on the back of the opening of a new playground, which saw the community groups...
Kerry County Council has refused planning permission to BNRG Laccamore Limited for the construction of a 122-megawatt solar farm on 152.6 hectares, comprising 449,366 sq m, across two separate landholdings in the Kilflynn and...
A man who has been in custody at Cork Prison for more than 10 weeks has told a district court judge he is still unsure what charges he faces because he has not received documentation. Joseph Djemal Kewfi (48) of Muing East, Ballybeggan, Tralee...
The Kerry parents of a 32-yearold with Down syndrome have blasted the latest Budget, arguing that the State has once again done nothing to provide for “those with no voice”. Amid growing concerns about care for son Hugh into the future, Enda and...
