Cllr Patrick O’Connor Scarteen

Well done students, great work.

Yesterday, Kenmare TY students sent off the 1500 physical submissions they have gathered for the government’s public consultation on trawling near the coast. There is one week left for you to make your own submission if you haven’t done so. You can use the ready made template or access the government consultation page for a personal submission on the students’ website https://kenmarebayconservation.godaddysites.com/public-consultation

Wonderful to see extra routes from Kerry Airport. I have asked the airport authorities to explore the feasibility of further routes such as Northern Italy, Southern Germany and Holland.

Kerry Airport has announced that French airline Chalair will fly to three destinations - Brest, Caen and Pau - this summer commencing on 29 th June. Flights to Brest in Brittany and Caen in Normandy will operate for 13 weeks until 28th September while the route to Pau near the Pyrénées will run until 7th September. To book visit https://en.chalair.fr/destinations/kerry . Pictured on the Kerry Airport runway were l-r: Basil Sheerin (CFO), Evelyn O’Connor (Customer Service Agent) and John Mulhern (CEO).

RIP former Taoiseach John Bruton. A great friend of Kerry over the years.

❄️ Update on salting of roads ❄️ All routes set out in the Winter Maintenance Plan will be salted this evening (Monday 15th). For a list of the agreed routes which are salted during freezing conditions, click here https://www.kerrycoco.ie/kerry-county-council-2023-24-winter-maintenance/ Please travel with care during the icy conditions which are forecast to continue for the rest of the week.

Storm Gerrit / Status Orange Warning / SANDBAGS

Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange warning for heavy rainfall in Kerry which will be in effect from 8pm on St Stephen’s Day to midnight (12am) on Thursday. Intense heavy showers are forecast and there is a likelihood of localised flooding in many areas on Tuesday night and throughout Wednesday.

Kerry County Council’s Severe Weather Assessment Team has alerted crews across the county who will be on standby to any issues which might arise. The Council’s emergency phone number will be available for the duration of the weather warning and can be contacted on 066 7183588.

As a precaution, Kerry County Council is making sandbags available to members of the public at the following locations (from 3.30pm today):

Kenmare Area
The Square Kenmare
Creamery Car park
Pier road at Kenmare
Scarteen Park
Cill Mhuire Estate
Finnihy Banks Estate

Sneem Area
Waterville Road

Di**le Area
Garda station
Di**le Council Depot

Castleisland Area
Depot beside Divane’s garage

Killarney Area
Council depot at Woodlands

Killorglin Area
Council depot at Cromane Cross

Listowel Area
Listowel Fire Station
Ballybunion Fire Station

Tralee Area
Council Depot Rock Street
County Buildings inside main gate

Caherciveen Area
Fair Green in Caherciveen
Waterville Car park
Portmagee Car Park

Kerry will benefit greatly from the Macroom/ Ballyvourney Bye Pass which was officially opened today. The 22 Km duel carriage way will hugely improve travel times and road safety between Kerry and Cork.

The road between the Suspension bridge and the Pier Cross, Kenmare will be closed for quiet a while yet. Driving conditions are still hazardous in places. Take care when traveling.

Spectacular day for Kenmare Regatta.

The draft plan covers Kenmare, Killorglin, Cahersiveen and their surrounding districts. I encourage people to have their say. The successful implementation of the plan will have a positive impact on communities for the next 5 years.

The Draft Kenmare Municipal District Local Area Plan 2023-2029 has been published.
Submissions or observations on the Draft are invited from the public and interested bodies.
Submissions may be made from today until Friday 13th October 2023
For more info: https://consult.kerrycoco.ie/en/consultation/draft-kenmare-municipal-district-local-area-plan-2023-2029

Great turnout for the homecoming for the Kerry Ladies Football Team this evening in Killarney. It wasn’t to be this year but their drive and determination will no doubt result in success in the future. Ciarraí Abú!

Come along to cheer and celebrate Ayla’s fantastic performance representing Ireland at the U19 2023 World Rowing Championships in Paris. 7:30pm at The Pier, Kenmare

Second phase of Macroom bypass likely to open in early August The second phase of the Macroom-Baile Mhúirne N22 bypass could be open in early August and the full bypass of the mid Cork town and Gaeltacht Mhúscraí village is likely to be opened in October.

Got these signs yesterday, they will be erected by KCC at Kenmare pier today.

Kerry Social Farming is a wonderful initiative for people with physical and intellectual disabilities to help out and learn on host farms and which provides long term opportunities for participants Well done to Michael Joe and Brid Murphy for hosting an open farm day which was attended by hosts, participants from all over Kerry as well as international guests. Great to see an appearance by Sam Maguire !! Well done to SKDP and all involved in Kerry Social farming.

Happy Europe Day. Being part of the EU has greatly enhanced our communities.

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A lovely morning and a great turnout for darkness into light.

Well done to the Kerry Ladies, a mighty result. 🏆🙌💪

Lidl Ladies NFL D1 Final Ladies Gaelic Football Lidl Ireland Galway Ladies Football
Full time
What a team. What a performance 💚💛🏐. Commersations to Galway

There is always a welcome in Kenmare for Sam 🏆🙌😊

Shamrock from Ballinskelligs is sent all over the World, including the White House on St Patrick’s Day! Anthos Teoranta is a great employer, has had a fascinating development and it’s wonderful to see them diversifying and expanding.

There was a lot of jobs on offer today in a wide variety of sectors - at the South Kerry Jobs Fair.
Wishing all those who secure jobs the very best.

Opportunity to meet a large range of employers with a wide variety of jobs available throughout South Kerry.
10.30 - 1.30 Thursday 2nd March, Great Southern Hotel, Killarney:

Great turnout for the Killorglin Energy Master Plan. Great to learn about some wonderful initiatives by the Community.

We are lucky to have wonderful services in our Community such as Libraries and the South Kerry Social Prescribing Service. There is a huge range of health and wellbeing activities that people can engage with.

🅿️ Contactless payments 🅿️

All forms of contactless payments (debit/credit card) are now accepted at Kerry County Council car parks in:

🚗Tralee
🚗Di**le
🚗Listowel
🚗Ballybunion
🚗Killarney

Initiatives being undertaken by Min of State Jennifer Carroll McNeill TD in terms of additional services provided by Credit Unions should add greatly to Communities.

Best of luck to Fossa and Rathmore in their All Ireland Club Football Finals today in Croke Park.
Ciarrai Abu💪🤞👍

Nice to see the Kerry Senior Football & Management honored with a Civic Reception by The Mayor at County Buildings.