Pieta House in Tralee is €700 better off this week thanks to the generosity of Dingle native and teacher Siobhán O'Connor.

The IDA has defended it's record in rural Ireland and outlined plans for Kerry that included the construction of a new turnkey building for potential investors in Tralee.

The roll-out of the Covid vaccine in Kerry is slightly ahead of schedule with hundreds of medical staff receiving the vaccine since last Tuesday.

The brutal treatment Tralee woman Catherine Coffey O'Brien suffered in institutions will live with her forever. She is one of more than 56,000 women who were incarcerated in Mother and Baby homes across the country.

Education Minister Norma Foley remains determined that schools will reopen for special needs students as soon as possible.