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Council to examine condition of trees on New Road

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By Sean Moriarty

Kerry County Council is to employ tree specialists to examine every tree on New Road after one was blown over during Tuesday’s Storm Barra.

The busy street is home to several national and secondary schools. The tree fell close to the entrances to both The Mon and St Brendan’s College and the street was blocked for most of Wednesday as a Council crew made the area safe again.

Cllr Donal Grady is concerned that more trees could fall in further storms putting the public, particularly school goers, at risk. He contacted the relevant department in Kerry County Council and has been assured that the trees will be examined as soon as possible.

“We can ill afford to have something happen there – we have four schools on that street,” Cllr Grady told the Killarney Advertiser. “We had it done before but that was about 10 years ago and it is time to do it again – find the weaker trees and trees that may be rotten. There are lime trees growing there and tend to be not as strong as others.”

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KIFF Film Club to screen Gerry Adams documentary

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KIFF Film Club to screen Gerry Adams documentary

KIFF Film Club to screen Gerry Adams documentary


The Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) Film Club continues its monthly series next week with a screening of the award-winning documentary, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man.


The screening will take place on Wednesday, April 22, at 8:00pm at Cinema Killarney. Supported by Screen Ireland, the film club aims to bring modern Irish cinema to local audiences in a relaxed and social environment.
Directed by Trisha Ziff and winner of the Best International Documentary award at the 2025 Galway Film Fleadh, the film offers an intimate and uncensored portrait of the former Sinn Féin leader. Filmed over five years, it traces his journey from a teenage activist in Belfast to a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, featuring previously unseen archival footage and personal reflections.

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Members of the Killarney Racegoers Club pictured at Linehan’s Bar for the presentation of a €2,000 cheque to the Kerry Hospice Foundation

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GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION: Members of the Killarney Racegoers Club pictured at Linehan’s Bar for the presentation of a €2,000 cheque to the Kerry Hospice Foundation, following their successful Cheltenham preview night. Front from left: Jimmy Coppinger, Pat Doolan (Chairman, Killarney Hospice) and Joan O’Leary. Back from left: Cathal Walshe, Ita Looney, Tom Tobin, Maura O’Riordan and Dermot O’Reilly. Photo: Eamonn Keogh

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