Rose of Tralee 2025: What does the winner get and what must she do during her year’s reign?
Winning Rose can expect prize bundle worth tens of thousands of euro including a top-notch car
Kerry County Council
Kerry County Council: Corca Dhuibhne, Castleisland, Kenmare, Killarney, Listowel, Tralee local electoral areas LEAs
How the Dingle Peninsula is modelling a new way for rural Ireland to thrive
Kerry community is embracing innovation with mix of local energy projects, nature-positive farming and sustainable tourism
Fending off coastal erosion: one Co Kerry community’s story
Having the right approach to local engagement is a key part of protecting the unique ecosystem of the Maharees
Cost of pedestrian bridge linking bus and railway stations in Killarney could reach as much as €5million
Projected price is nearly double estimate put forward in 2019, says NTA
Owning its own home pays for Fine Gael when it comes to funding elections
Plus: Rose of Tralee’s ongoing financial troubles; Dermot Desmond’s club advocacy; and rugby publicans’ qualified grand slam
Senior counsel behind debt advisory group snaps up gorgeous Georgian mansion
Plus: Mary Hanafin called to the Bar, Danny Healy-Rae’s quarry quarrel, and Damo and Ivor’s pigeon pursuits
‘My main goal is that it is very comfortable, but with a strong design aesthetic’: Giving Valentia Slate a new lease of life
A furniture designer is crafting furniture, or 'storytelling artifacts', out of this heritage stone
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
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