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Locals plan Council protest over battery storage compound

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By Sean Moriarty

East Kerry locals fighting the construction of a wind turbine battery storage site in their locality are set to protest outside Kerry County Council offices in Tralee tomorrow (Monday).

Last week the Killarney Advertiser reported that the Council had given planning permission to Redfaze Limited to build the battery storage site at Ballynahulla, Ballydesmond.

The development will house 40 battery units, transformers and associated equipment.

Battery storage compounds store excess electricity generated by windfarms when the wind is high - and release it back into the grid when the turbines are slack.

Up to 300 angry and frustrated locals from the Gneeveguilla, Knocknagree, Scartaglin, Kiskeam and Newmarket areas say that they fear that the batteries are potentially at high risk of going on fire which could lead to an evacuation of a 10 mile radius in the area.

This week they lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanalaagainst planning permission for the facility on health and safety grounds.

Their next step is to protest outside County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee at 10am tomorrow.

“An Bord Pleanala received our appeal,” Anita O’Sullivan, who is opposed to the development, said.

“We are timing our protest outside the County Buildings as the councillors attend their monthly meeting. We anticipate a good turn-out.”

Their main concern is the risk of fire which could result in toxic smoke.

 

 

 

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Young entrepreneurs spot match-day business opportunity

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Two young local girls showed great business initiative on Saturday ahead of the Kerry v Donegal match at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin set up a sweet stall outside a house on Lewis Road, catching the thousands of football fans walking towards the grounds.

The enterprising pair did a busy trade selling soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates to the passing crowds before throw-in.

Their match-day venture also caught the attention of the national sports media, with a photograph of the girls at their stall captured by Sportsfile photographer Stephen McCarthy ahead of the game.

23 May 2026; Local vendors Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin, right, before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Kerry and Donegal at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, Kerry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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Conor Pass photo captures top spot in Camera Club competition

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Noel O’Neill has claimed first place in the Unrestricted category of the latest Killarney Camera Club competition, which focused on the theme of the ‘Kerry Landscape’.

His winning photograph, titled ‘Conor Pass Lake and the Three Sisters’, features a detailed study of Mullaghveal located beneath the Conor Pass.

The image captures the wide sweep of the valley, utilizing an elevated viewpoint that allows the glacial landscape to unfold toward the Atlantic horizon. The composition highlights the quiet lakes in the foreground against the dark, rocky slopes of the valley, with the distant outline of the Three Sisters adding further depth and scale to the scene.

The judges praised the photograph as an outstanding example of landscape work, noting its effective balance of composition, light, and perspective to capture the vastness of the West Kerry terrain.

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