Kerry County Council

Kerry County Council: Corca Dhuibhne, Castleisland, Kenmare, Killarney, Listowel, Tralee local electoral areas LEAs

Local Elections: Kerry County Council results

Members of Healy-Rae family top poll in three electoral areas, with an affiliated candidate elected in another

‘I do get a lot of straight out of secondary school jokes’: Young candidates stepping up for the local elections

The local elections have captured the imagination of Ireland’s younger generation as they go on the canvass in the next few weeks

Ukrainian woman ‘honoured’ to stand in local elections in Co Kerry

Natalya Krasnenkova says she ‘would like to become a voice for the new communities in Kerry County Council’

Plan to let Derreen House in Kerry to tourists receives setback from planners

Estate owner Charles Bigham had sought permission to build a new home on the Derreen estate so that the existing main house could be let to tourists visiting south Kerry

Healy-Rae Plant Hire paid more than €250,000 by Kerry County Council

Company is owned by TD Danny Healy-Rae and is run by sons Johnny, a county councillor, and Dan

Bartra Capital developers play monopoly with Ballsbridge block

Greens clash with Simon Coveney ... and Conor McGregor

Only one in 30 applicants for vacant and derelict property grant received payment by end of last year

More than 6,000 applications received through the Crói Cónaithe scheme by end of 2023

The civil service financial management system is in danger of going over budget. Why are the staff so relaxed?

National Shared Services Office’s wellness focus; Sherry FitzGerald founder’s planning woes; spicy Limerick mayoral race; and Domhnall Gleeson’s Ranelagh home

Hozier’s best-laid expansion plans in danger of going awry at Wicklow dwelling

Sara Baume’s publisher chances its arm; prospects for Healy-Raes: The Next Generation; A mystery for a crime writer

The Healy-Raes of Kerry and their multimillion-euro business empire

The politician brothers have substantial business interests in Kerry and business connections with State bodies

Sections of direct provision centre in Killarney closed amid ‘grave concerns’ over fire safety

Kerry County Council serves fire safety notice to Harmony Inn Kingscourt, home to 67 male refugees

Final court action over death of American tourists at Gap of Dunloe settles

Daughter of tourist who died when pony and trap plunged into steep ravine outside Killarney settles case for undisclosed sum

Kerry Fine Gael councillor, tipped as successor to Brendan Griffin, announces he will not seek re-election

Patrick Connor-Scarteen (46) says he will not seek re-election to Kerry County Council, where he has served for 15 years, due to ‘family and professional’ reasons

Council ordered to pay woman more than €50,000 after not providing suitable office workstation

Kerry County Council failed to act for seven years despite ‘low-cost, straightforward recommendations’

Michael Healy-Rae refused planning permission to extend Tralee guest house

Rosemont Guesthouse currently houses Ukrainian refugees but proposed development was ‘excessive’, says council

The Maharees: how Kerry locals are working to secure a more nature-filled future

The Maharees Conservation Association is working to secure a more hopeful, nature-filled and sustainable future for this beautiful pillow of sand

Lifeguard shortages: Recruitment problems to limit patrols at Irish beaches

Shortage of skilled and qualified swimmers will hit safety patrolling of quieter beaches at busy times

Ukrainians in Killarney: ‘They’re more than welcome, but you have to have the services’

The tourist town begins to feel the strain of accommodating 2,194 Ukrainians, as well as 1,000 asylum seekers from other countries

Wildfires in Kerry halve in 2022 with illegal burning dropping dramatically

Campaigners call for year-round ban on practice of clearing scrub with fire

Killarney honours businessmen behind Munster Joinery and hotel group

Donal Ring and brother-in-law Michael O’Donoghue awarded Order of Inisfallen

Killarney at a ‘crossroads’ and must decide if it is a tourist or asylum town, council meeting hears

Councillors getting ‘earfuls’ from locals whose goodwill towards refugees has started to disappear

Boy (12) who sustained brain injury when propelled from car settles case for €10m

Patrick O’Leary sued a representative of his late father, the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland and Kerry County Council over the 2010 accident

Kerry councillors spurn ministerial request to alter wind policy

Minister asks for significant increase to area where turbines would be ‘permitted in principle’

Kerry councillors vote to sell site to enable €22 million development in Tralee

Debate at Kerry County Council meeting at sale of ‘gifted’ site, valued at €160,000

Government intervenes in plan to restrict wind farms in Co Kerry

Minister of State Peter Buke issues draft direction to open up more of County Kerry to wind developments

Ireland and Ukraine united in music by a travelling stage on the back of a van

Festival in a Van, initially an idea to provide entertainment during Covid, is now touring the country to provide a vital cultural link for Ukrainian refugees

Homeowners urged to preserve bird and other wildlife habitats while retrofitting

Farmer who installed 40 swift nest boxes on his house has attracted 15 pairs of birds

The Irish Times view on place-names: the word on the street

The urban map should be a palimpsest, each layer capturing its own moment and its preoccupations

‘Total attitude change’ needed around land access for walkers in Ireland

Legislation required to ‘copper-fasten’ rights of ordinary citizens, says Keep Ireland Open

Fish shop loses challenge to traffic calming measures

Court dismisses ‘opportunistic collateral attack’ after rules lifted temporarily due to coronavirus

Dog-owners bite back at beach rules

An Taisce’s Ian Diamond clarifies issues around criteria for blue-flag status

Kerry County Council fireman gets suspended sentence for setting fire to gorse land

Judge said there was ‘a serious breach of trust’ by David Ahern (37)

Court places stay on investigation into Kerry county councillor

Breandan Fitzgerald from Dingle faces allegations over vote on draft local area plan

The fight for a modern court complex in Tralee: ‘All we want is a functioning court’

Since March 2020, no jury trials have been held in Kerry, and local frustration is growing

High Court grants limited stay on some works for Kerry greenway

Stay allows objectors 21 days to consider seeking an appeal to the Supreme Court

Decision to limit development on scenic Dingle road challenged

Council contends case is an ‘impermissible collateral attack on Local Area Plan

Q&A: Why did gardaí exhume the remains of ‘Baby John’?

Murdered infant at centre of Kerry Babies case buried 37 years ago in Cahersiveen

Gardaí urge mother of baby killed in Kerry 37 years ago to come forward

Locals volunteer DNA samples after body of ‘Baby John’ is exhumed in Cahersiveen

Kerry Babies: Garda appeals for mother of ‘Baby John’ to come forward

Officer leading review of case says exhumation was considered ‘absolutely necessary’

Remains of baby found dead on Kerry beach in 1984 exhumed by gardaí

‘Baby John’ discovered with stab wounds on White Strand beach in Cahersiveen

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