What happened in Kerry this week
A Tralee family who have been through more than most could handle over the past five years now find themselves fighting to keep their home.
Read their story in this week’s Kerry’s Eye\
Seven local women who had an absolute ball going nude for a charity calendar can’t wait for the people of Kerry and beyond to get an eyeful of what they have produced.
In this week’s Kerry’s Eye - Ladies bare all for the very best of reasons
After being diagnosed with thyroid cancer last year, Joanne Joy took comfort, solace, and healing from growing pumpkins for her children in her beloved garden. And now she is using the pumpkins to give something back to the very charity that helped her through her remarkable recovery journey.
Read Joanne’s story in this week’s Kerry’s Eye
Budget help welcome,
but not enough to save our rural pubs
KERRY publicans are warning that the €15 million plan promised in Tuesday’s budget simply isn’t enough to keep the doors of rural pubs open and rescue them from total wipe-out.
During his budget speech in the Dáil on Tuesday, Finance Minister Simon Harris said he’d be working alongside enterprise minister Peter Burke to develop a scheme to assist publicans.
The announcement comes against a backdrop of the massive crisis facing pubs in Kerry – a county that has lost over 100 licensed premises since 2005.
Minister Harris told the Dáil as he unveiled Budget 2027 that "rural pubs are at the heart of many local communities, providing a place where families, friends and neighbours can come together".
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Retracing historic march for farmers’ rights
THE HISTORIC march to Dublin during the Farmers’ Rights campaign of the late 1960s is going to be commemorated at the Square in Listowel on Saturday at 11am - the exact hour that 15 Kerry farmers began their 170-mile march 60 years ago.
Only four of the original 15 are still around, including Castleisland man Johnnie Roche, who led the farmers that morning on their march on the capital.
They were joining 30,000 other farmers on the National Farmers’ Association (NFA) march led by Rickard Deasy in October 1966.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Ladies bare all for the very best of reasons
Seven local women who had an absolute ball going nude for a charity calendar can’t wait for the people of Kerry and beyond to get an eyeful of what they have produced.
Leading the campaign is Siobhan Collins from Firies, who put an appeal out on Facebook looking for women to join her in the calendar project to raise funds for Palliative Care services in Kerry.
Six other women answered the call, with Clair Kelly, Jo Arbon, Agnes Keane, Therese Regan, Siobhán Kelliher and Barbara O’Connor joining Siobhan for the project.Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Dallas sweethearts inspire cheerleaders
Ireland’s very first cheerleading team with the launch of the Munster Celtic Cheerleaders, who are already busy preparing for their first practice.
Hayley Murphy and Katrina Galvin have come together to form the team, and they are set to meet for their first practice shortly.
The team takes inspiration from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, who are the stars of the Netflix documentary ‘America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’.
The documentary proved a massive success worldwide and has now inspired the formation of an adult cheerleading group in Kerry.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
€500k boost for local services
BALLYBUNION Sea and Cliff Rescue Service are one of 10 community groups in Kerry to receive a share of over half a million euro for community vehicles.
The €535,534 CLÁR programme funding for Kerry forms part of a national allocation of €2.5 million for 44 vehicles and will provide transport supports for a range of vital purposes, from helping people access cancer treatment to supporting Meals on Wheels and mobility services and community first responders.
An allocation of €69,295, set aside for a new first responder vehicle for the Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue Service, has been welcomed by rescue service PRO and volunteer helmsman Omar Fitzell.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Native tree scheme taking root in South Kerry
AROUND 10 farmers in South Kerry are involved in a new tree planting scheme where they’re paid for planting and maintaining native woodland on their land.
The Iveragh Woodlands European Innovation Partnership (EIP) was launched at Kerry Colleges Killorglin campus at Cappanalea on Thursday.
The project is led by Hometree, a charity dedicated to establishing and conserving permanent native woodland in Ireland.
It’s also committed to encouraging land regeneration and biodiversity through afforestation, restoration and education.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
