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. Independent.ie – News …

Pieta House in Tralee is €700 better off this week thanks to the generosity of Dingle native and teacher Siobhán O’Connor. Independent.ie – News …

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. Independent.ie – News …

New Year’s Day was an historic occasion in Tralee with the official opening of the country’s newest university. Independent.ie – News …

‘The worker picked up Pakhom’s spade, dug a grave, and buried him – six feet from head to heel, exactly the amount of land a man needs.’ Independent.ie – News …

The Covid-19 crisis is deepening in Kerry with case number soaring across the entire county. Independent.ie – News …

Emotions have been running high in Cork University Hospital in the past week as the vaccine roll-out for staff began, and among the first to receive the vaccine in Cork were, in fact, two Kerry women. Independent.ie – News …

Despite the long and arduous hours spent in lock-down, when seemingly everyone craved the great outdoors, the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) has reported fewer incidents on the mountains in 2020 compared with 2019. Independent.ie – News …

Education Minster Norma Foley is widely expected to announce the closure of most schools this afternoon (Wednesday) in a bid to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Independent.ie – News …

The first nursing home residents in Kerry are due to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations on January 13. Independent.ie – News …