by Killarney Advertiser | Mar 1, 2021 | App News, News
WAY TO WALK: Aoife Murray plans to walk 150kms in aid of Pieta House Kerry. Photo: Michelle Crean By Michelle Crean It’s a big challenge but it’s one a local woman wants to take on and she hopes her 150 kilometre project this March inspires others. Aoife...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 28, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean A record number of listeners from across the world turned up the volume as they tuned in for a very special concert from Killarney town on Wednesday night. Local musicians and singers decided to brighten the dark days a little by organising ‘A night...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 28, 2021 | App News, News, Sport
Every pitch has one, but what makes it “easier” to score into one goal than the other? Adam Moynihan investigates this strange phenomenon. Your team is down at half-time and struggling. After a quick bout of soul-searching, maybe even some finger-pointing, the...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 28, 2021 | App News, News
WELCOME: Barth Flynn has welcomed the new vaccine priority list EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty A local kidney patient has welcomed the Government’s changes to the COVID-19 vaccine allocation priority list which was updated on Tuesday – saying it’s...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 28, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean It’s a case of these shoes are made for walking for one Killarney woman determined to clock up a whopping 372,000 steps during the month of March. Kathrina Breen, who is part of the Killarney Daffodil Day Committee, is preparing for the annual...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 28, 2021 | App News, News
EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty Well-known local firm O’Callaghan Coaches and Chauffeur Services will offer free transport to residents aged over 85 from Killarney and surrounding areas who need to get to their vaccination appointments. The family run firm...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 27, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean The Reeks District and Ross Castle in Killarney feature in a new series of short videos to showcase Ireland – and the first featuring actor Pierce Brosnan has received 45m video views. Tourism Ireland teamed up with The Irish Film and...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 27, 2021 | App News, News
Hotel and guesthouse owners in Kerry are calling for an urgent review of business and employment supports for the hospitality sector following the announcement at the weekend that it is unlikely to reopen before mid-summer. They are also asking the Government to...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 27, 2021 | App News, News
Killarney’s business community has described proposals to rebrand the town to facilitate its further development as a gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way as an exciting opportunity for stakeholders. They say the plan will ensure all of Kerry is best positioned to further...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 27, 2021 | App News, News
LOTTO LUCK: Batty O’Sullivan (centre, right) receives his €16,000 cheque from Killarney Celtic FC Lotto Committee Chairman, Der Lyne with, from left, committee members John C Counihan, Packie O’Connor, Paul Sherry, (Chairman), and Tim Jones (Vice Chairman). ...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 27, 2021 | App News, News
Rallying in the Arctic Circle will be a different experience for Paul Nagle this weekend. The Aghadoe man, and his driver Craig Breen, are taking part in the second round of the World Rally Championship driving for the Hyundai Motorsport World Rally Team. With...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 26, 2021 | App News, News
VIRTUAL REALITY: Digital Motorsports founder Niall Maher driving the Moll’s Gap stage on a computer simulator. EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty The Moll’s Gap road – famous as a stage in the Rally of the Lakes and the old Circuit of Ireland Rally –...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 26, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean News of the death of Thomas (Tom) O’Connell, Ross Road and formerly Meenkilly, Abbeyfeale, who turned 100 in late January, was met with sadness on Tuesday. A private family funeral took place for Tom in St Mary’s Cathedral yesterday...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 26, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean A flooded GAA pitch might not be the ideal training conditions but it proved the perfect formula to make a Killarney teen’s video go viral!. 19-year-old Glenflesk GAA footballer Damien Switzer had the ingenious idea on Tuesday to...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 26, 2021 | App News, News
EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite Internet service has already been in contact with home and business owners in the Killarney area offering a connection to the new service. Starlink is SpaceX’s plan to build an...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 25, 2021 | App News, News
The temporary loss of approximately 100,000 jobs in the tourism and hospitality sectors nationally has decimated the industry in the short term. Kerry and Donegal have been identified as the counties most affected by job losses in tourism with approximately 15,700...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 25, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean Emerging talent and industry professional film and script writers will be delighted to hear that Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) – taking place from October 14 – 17 – is now open for submissions. Deadline for...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 24, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean Extra funding from Healthy Ireland’s KeepWell campaign has meant a longer residency for Kerry County Council’s current Filmmaker in Residence. Mieke Vanmechelen’s residency has been extended by 11 weeks. Mieke is currently working with...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 24, 2021 | App News, News
Ireland Reads is a new campaign to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to a national day of reading tomorrow (Thursday). Kerry Library has teamed up with libraries nationwide and some local authors for the campaign, which is part of the...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 24, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean This year’s Cruinniú na nÓg programme is currently being planned and organisers want to hear some suggestions from young people. It’s a day for young people to get creative – and again this year the free event, taking place on...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 23, 2021 | App News, News
EXCLUSIVE By Sean Moriarty Killarney is one of eight urban centres across the country that have been selected by Fáilte Ireland as a centre of outdoor dining. Under the scheme, Killarney Municipal District will be able to apply for funding for outdoor dining...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 23, 2021 | App News, News
By Sean Moriarty A notoriously dangerous junction on the Killarney to Tralee road has been allocated €200,000 for road safety works. Finnegan’s Cross, Kilcummin, the scene of several serious, some fatal, accidents in recent years has been included in the 2021...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 23, 2021 | App News, News
Gardai are today (Tuesday) appealing for witnesses following a crash on Sunday involving a motorbike and a car between Muckross House and the Torc Waterfall. The collision occurred at approximately 2.10pm. The motorcyclist, a man aged in his 20s, was airlifted to Cork...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 22, 2021 | App News, News
HONOURED: Tony O’Connor (second from the right), former chairman of Kilcummin Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann pictured with fellow CCE members during the 2019 opening of the CCE Duchas Centre at Institute of Technology Tralee. By Sean Moriarty Tony O’Connor, a former...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 22, 2021 | App News, News
Kerry County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team is coordinating preparations for the weather warning in place from 7pm tonight (Monday) to 9pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Very heavy rain is expected from tonight and tomorrow which will likely cause further river...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 22, 2021 | App News, News
By Sean Moriarty Artwork created by school children of Killarney in time for last year’s St Patrick’s Day Festival will finally go on display this year. Ahead of the festival last year, just before COVID-19 called a halt to proceedings, the festival committee had...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 21, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean Live rugby workouts are proving very popular online thanks to one local man whose aim is to get all ages up and moving in the comfort of their own homes. Munster Rugby Community Officer Dan O’Sullivan is leading the workouts via Facebook live and...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 21, 2021 | App News, News
By Sean Moriarty The Killarney Town Twinning Association announced this week that Killarney is set to be twinned with Scottsdale in Arizona. It is the fifth US city to join the list that now includes Concord and Myrtle Beach in North Carolina, Cooper City in Florida,...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 21, 2021 | App News, News
By Sean Moriarty and Michelle Crean Mayor of Killarney Cllr Brendan Cronin will demand clarity from Kerry County Council management after just €30,000 was allocated for Listry Bridge in the latest round of regional and local roads maintenance allocations for 2021....
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 20, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean The weekend just gone is the most romantic of the year – but it was more so for one couple as they marked 50 years of married life together. On Saturday last Seán and Mary O’Keeffe, Lisheen, Gneeveguilla, celebrated their golden wedding...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 20, 2021 | App News, News
SURVEY: Initial findings from a Kerry Mental Health Association survey of Leaving Certificate students confirm that COVID-19 has had a negative impact on their mental health. Pictured are Elizabeth O’Connor (PRO Irish Second Level Students Union Kerry branch)...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 20, 2021 | App News, News
FAIR: St Brendan’s College Sixth Year student Cillian Hickey said the Leaving Cert decision for the State exams is fair. By Michelle Crean Locally, news of the changes to the State exams, which includes the cancellation of the sit down Junior Cert exams...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 20, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean Minister for Education Norma Foley has said that “all stakeholders have worked extremely hard to get to this point” in deciding the way forward for the 2021 State exams. Junior Cert students will now not have to undergo a sit down exam...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 20, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean A special COVID compliant concert will be live streamed online from St Mary’s Cathedral next week. In a bid to lift people’s spirits, a group of musicians and singers will come together – at a social distance and in compliance with...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
NEW SINGLE: Singer song-writer Colin Foley from Beaufort is excited to release his latest single today (Friday). Photo: Michelle Crean EXCLUSIVE By Michelle Crean A talented Killarney singer-songwriter will today (Friday) release his latest single...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean It’s been all the rage in the past week so it was no surprise that locals would take on the new dance craze sweeping the Internet – the Jerusalema Challenge. On Friday last staff from the Aghadoe Heights Hotel released their video, then...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean Fáilte Ireland has big plans to give Killarney a fresh new look when it comes to branding itself for the tourism markets. This week the National Tourism Development Authority issued a tender “seeking proposals from suitably qualified...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
BRAIN TUMOUR: Nine-year-old Aoise O’Sullivan, pictured with her family, was diagnosed with a brain tumour after local Specsavers optician Thomas Doyle spotted it during an eye examine. A nine-year-old girl underwent potentially lifesaving surgery after her...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
By Sean Moriarty Nearly one week on and local councillor Donal Grady is standing by his calls for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to handle the vaccine rollout in this country. According to BBC News: “More than 14 million people have now received a first dose in...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKES: Preparation works are well underway at Killarney Vaccination Centre located at Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre. Photo: Domnick Walsh By Michelle Crean Work to prepare Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre as a vaccination centre for the...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean Ireland’s oldest man, 107-year-old Michael O’Connor, this week said that he is looking forward to “life without fear” after receiving the first dose of the Comirnaty Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday. Michael,...
by Adam Moynihan | Feb 19, 2021 | App News, News, Sport
Adam Moynihan speaks to sharpshooting Gaelic footballer Evan Cronin about staying fit, Spa’s senior aspirations, and the critics who are trying to split East Kerry Hi Evan. How have you been coping with the latest lockdown? Are you staying fit? Ah yeah, I’m...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 18, 2021 | App News, News
This year’s Garda Youth Achievement Awards will take on a different format this year with awards presented to individuals and groups separately. Also, everyone nominated will receive an official Lee Strand Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Award certificate. This...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 18, 2021 | App News, News
CONCERNS: Members of Killarney Valley Classic and Vintage Club, pictured last year, are concerned that Brexit-related costs are making their hobby more expensive. By Sean Moriarty Classic car enthusiasts in the Killarney area are counting the cost of Brexit...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 17, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean One local writer has just released her debut novel ‘Freewheeling to Love’ which features Killarney throughout its story. Set in Killarney, South Kerry and the Ring of Beara, Máire O’Leary’s new book is romantic fiction with...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 17, 2021 | App News, News
By Michelle Crean RDI Hub in Killorglin have this week announced exciting new opportunities for startups in Kerry designed to accelerate them towards securing the first €100k investment. A new RDI Hub team will help prepare entrepreneurs for accelerator and investment...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 16, 2021 | App News, News
A Kerry County Councillor has said that prior to the granting of licenses to open accommodation centres for the housing of asylum seekers/refugees, Kerry County Council, as the Planning Authority, should first be allowed view such applications prior to any decision...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 16, 2021 | App News, News
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare smoking cessation experts are reminding the public that tomorrow (Wednesday) is National No Smoking Day. As a result, the HSE is calling on people who smoke to prepare to take the 28-day #TheLastStop no smoking challenge in March –...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 16, 2021 | App News, News
A group of TY students from St Brigid’s Presentation organised a fun photography competition for the students in their school. They wanted to spread some light and get people involved in a fun activity during this difficult time. The theme of the competition was...
by Killarney Advertiser | Feb 15, 2021 | App News, News
Structured online classes are keeping Junior Cert student Amy Doyle from St Brigid’s Secondary School, focused – but she has no idea whether her practical music exam will be going ahead in the coming weeks. This week she tells the Killarney Advertiser what...
