This week came the very sad news out of Gneeveguilla in Kerry that the renowned accordion player Jimmy Doyle, famed as much for his endless fun as his masterful musicianship, had died.
Second Desmond Rebellion
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Heaven forbid!
Killarney is now a “rent pressure zone”, which means, amongst other things, that it is illegal to engage in short term lettings to tourists.
According to The Kerryman: “two-hundred Ukrainian refugees are to arrive in Portmagee in the coming weeks”. The small town of Portmagee, or so the 2016 census records, has a population of 123 people. It is expected that the refugees will live in local holiday homes. The town, named after famed smuggler, Captain Theobald Magee, is […]
Fled to roof to escape
Chances are, of course, that this will just end up being the classic Irish law: broadly ignored
Four young brothers are being supported by a Go Fund Me campaign as they hope to buy their family home in Co Kerry after tragically losing both parents. The boys, ranging in ages from five to 21, lost their mother and father to cancer within months of each other. Pádraig and Elaine Clifford, who were raising their […]
Castletownbere meeting
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Kerry is “not the right investment” for the site. The remarks were made in the Dáil last week, as energy prices continue to surge across Europe. “There is a planning application for an LNG terminal in Tarbert in north Kerry,” said Varadkar, […]
An Independent TD says that Ireland’s energy supply is “very exposed” to the Ukraine conflict, accusing Eamon Ryan of trying to “sabotage” Ireland’s energy security. The remarks were made this week in the Dáil, as Danny Healy-Rae TD asked about the proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on an estuary of the river Shannon. “A […]