Killarney News

  EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty A potential solution to the traffic problems, particularly at school times, on New Road - a notorious traffic blackspot in Killarney - has been put forward by Killarney Municipal District officials.   The street provides access...

  EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty The parents of a seriously ill Killarney girl will today (Friday) receive the best New Year gift as they collect their new, specially adapted car from a specialist fitter in Cork. Alexis suffers from a rare primary metabolic condition...

By Sean Moriarty Killarney Municipal District Council is to make a second attempt at securing a cultural and sporting museum on the grounds of Fitzgerald Stadium. A previous attempt, in the height of the Celtic Tiger, failed to get off the ground because Fáilte...

By Sean Moriarty Not enough is being done to speed up the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines according to Cllr Marie Moloney who will raise the issue at this Monday’s Ordinary Meeting of Kerry County Council. She believes that nursing home staff are more than qualified to...

By Sean Moriarty There are concerns that the spread of COVID-19 has “gone out of control,” in the Killarney area. The Mayor of Killarney, Cllr Brendan Cronin, has made an urgent plea for people to obey the current Level 5 restrictions. Addressing an online meeting...

EXCLUSIVE By Michelle Crean   A Rathmore family - whose family member is critically ill and on a ventilator in University Hospital Kerry (UHK) battling COVID - are this week making a heartfelt plea to the public to stay home to save lives - saying the highly...

The National Lottery is today (Friday) urging Daily Million players in Kerry to check their tickets after the top prize of €1 million was won in last night’s (Thursday) 9pm draw.   The winning numbers from the Daily Million Draw were: 05, 07, 09, 16, 34, 37 and...

Overseas development charity Trócaire has hailed the support of the Kerry public as ‘magnificent’ in a year which has seen so many challenges for the global population. Trócaire’s CEO Caoimhe de Barra said that "this has been a year like no other with COVID dominating...

Ireland’s newest technological university; Munster Technological University (MTU) has been established - and it's the first university set up in Kerry. The consortium of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) was designated as a...

Michael Fassbender will return the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) for a second season this year. The local Hollywood A Lister, and now professional racing driver, contested all rounds of last year’s championship as part of his preparation to enter the world-famous 24...

Kerry Mental Health Association has teamed up with a well-known clinical psychologist to help to allay the anxiety that children might feel since the COVID-19 lockdown came into effect over Christmas. 10 years after being crowned the Rose of Tralee, Dr. Clare...