Killarney News

ROAD DAMAGE: Cllr Brendan Cronin highlighted the poor condition of the paving on Main Street in March. Photo: Grigoriy Geniyevskiy By Sean Moriarty Main St will close to traffic from next Tuesday until the end of December for re-paving works. The works, which are part...

By Michelle Crean Kerry actors proved they've got talent as they took home some prestigious Irish awards on Sunday night. It was yet again another triumph for Killarney's best loved actress Jessie Buckley who secured two Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) on RTÉ...

By Michelle Crean Killarney town has received €40,000 through the Town & Village Renewal Scheme. The funding, welcomed by Cllr Michael Gleeson, has been approved to 'Develop the Killarney town story through ‘place making’ and making Killarney an inviting place to...

EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty A Killarney man who was a close contact with a positive COVID-19 case said he was never contacted by the HSE’s contact service despite the people involved giving details of all their close contacts to the service. One member of a local...

EXCLUSIVE By Michelle Crean A Killarney man is part of a brand new Irish band set to release not one - but two - singles today (Friday). Ciaran Quigley from Muckross has teamed up with Kyle Duffy from Co. Wicklow, and Rob Keating from Cork to form band Chapter 3 And...

EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty Niall O’Callaghan has hit out at multi-national retailers who are continuing to trade under loopholes while small family stores have no choice but to close. Since Level 5 restrictions came into force on Wednesday night only shops that sell...

Michael Fassbender will release the first episode of Series Two of his ‘Road to Le Mans’ online documentary today (Thursday). The series is charting his progress in the European Le Mans Series as he chased his dream to race in the legendary twice-round the clock...

SADNESS: Derek Twomey (centre) was a respected member of Killarney Legion. Photo: Maria O'Sullivan/Killarney Legion   By Sean Moriarty Killarney is in shock this week following the sudden passing of Derek Twomey on Wednesday afternoon. The 31-year-old had taken...

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in relation to the seizure of €85,000 of suspected methedrone in Tralee yesterday evening (Thursday).   As part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and supply of drugs in the county, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs...

TALK: Eddie Sheehy from the Kenya Education Project will feature in the Diocese of Kerry talk online tomorrow (Thursday). The Diocese of Kerry is to host a 'Solidarity in Mission' webinar featuring two locals tomorrow evening (Thursday). It's all part of Mission Month...

Ahead of the introduction of Level 5 COVID-19 restrictions tonight (Wednesday), a joint statement has been issued from senior HSE management in the Cork and Kerry region saying they'll "make available every resource necessary to stop the spread of the virus". The HSE...

A Kerry County Councillor has called on Kerry County Council and the Department of Transport to address as a matter of priority the extremely dangerous Junction at Tullig Beg, Killorglin on the main Killorglin to Cromane road "before someone is killed or seriously...