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Council agrees speed limit changes

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By Anne Lucey

All 425 housing estates in Kerry - including Killarney town - are to have a maximum limit of 30kms per hour - in what is the first revised speed limits agreement in over a decade.

Dozens of roads and locations will be subject to changes in speed limits under the special speed limit bye-laws adopted at a Kerry County Council meeting on Monday.

The changes are due to come into effect in four month’s time.

Several sections of the Ring of Kerry will see speed limits fall from 100kms to 80kms an hour and less, and the maximum speed approaching all national schools on this and all other routes, will be 50km.

Submissions on the need to revise sections of the Ring of Kerry centred on safety and included concern about the narrowness of the carriageway of the N70, N71 and N72 Ring of Kerry Road which is heavily trafficked for several months of the year with bus coaches and cars.

Beaufort Bridge is to be reduced to 60km. A section of the Port Road from the New Road to the Castlerosse is to increase to 60kms. Glenflesk village on the N22 will have a speed limit of just 60kms, as agreed by the TII after submissions by councillors and the public.

There are also limits of 50kms in the vicinity Kate Kearney’s Cottage area of the Gap of Dunloe, down from 80kms.

“The most significant change is to the speed limit at schools,” Charlie O’Sullivan, Director of Services said.

Currently, some 48 of the 135 national schools in Kerry were in rural areas where the default speed was 80kms. The new 50km will apply now.

These are the first new limits since 2006 the meeting was told, and include measures by both Kerry County Council, for local and regional roads as well and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for the national network.

However, councillors were very critical of the refusal by the TII to reduce the speed limit on the N22 at Poulgorm Bridge, the turn off from the Killarney/Cork road to Kilgarvan, Kenmare and west Cork.

There have been seven accidents at the junction in 2018, Cllr Johnny Healy-Rae added. At the very least lighting and road marking were needed, the councillor said.

The junction was “highly dangerous” and while he was glad to have been allowed to make several submissions to them, the approach by the TII in their reply to the council was either to refuse or allow.

This was a “take it or leave it” attitude that diminished the role of the councillor even further than it was already.

His sister Cllr Maura Healy-Rae criticised the refusal of the TII to reduce the speed from 80km to 60km from the Lissivigeen Roundabout to Pike Hill, a busy approach road to Killarney with junctions for industry as well as housing.

The new speed limits and the various schedules will be available to view online at www.kerrycoco.ie.

 

 

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Chamber pays tribute to late Dick Henggeler

Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce has expressed condolences following the death of Dick Henggeler, the well-known owner of The Rose Hotel in Tralee. Mr Henggeler passed away peacefully at […]

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Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce has expressed condolences following the death of Dick Henggeler, the well-known owner of The Rose Hotel in Tralee.

Mr Henggeler passed away peacefully at his home in Baltimore, USA surrounded by his Aghadoe-born wife Eibhlin (née Moriarty), their son Franz, and other family members.
Dick and Eibhlin purchased The Rose Hotel in 2015 in tribute to their late daughter Dorothy, who represented Washington DC in the 2011 Rose of Tralee Festival.
The Chamber said Mr Henggeler would be remembered for his warmth, good nature and positive approach, as well as for being a forward-thinking and knowledgeable businessman.
“He knew how to run a good hotel and that was and still is very obvious at The Rose Hotel, which is a great success story,” the Chamber said.
It added that continuity of ownership will remain in place, with Eibhlin, Franz, daughter-in-law Amber, and grandchildren Conrad and Rowan continuing to honour Dick’s legacy and vision for the hotel.
“Dick took enormous personal pride in Tralee and all of Kerry and he was always available to generously support any community initiative or endeavour undertaken in Killarney,” the Chamber said.
“He will be greatly missed by all that knew him but he leaves a wonderful legacy.”

He will repose at O’Shea’s Funeral Home, Killarney, on Friday (October 17), from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. The funeral will arrive at St Mary’s Cathedral on Saturday morning at 10:00am for Requiem Mass at 10:30am, with burial afterwards in Aghadoe Cemetery. The Requiem Mass will be live streamed at https://www.churchservices.tv/killarneycathedral.

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Beaufort Film Night returns with French drama-comedy

Beaufort Film Night will return on Friday (October 17) at Cullina National School, with a screening of the French drama-comedy The Marching Band. The film tells the story of Thibaut, […]

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Beaufort Film Night will return on Friday (October 17) at Cullina National School, with a screening of the French drama-comedy The Marching Band.

The film tells the story of Thibaut, a successful conductor recently diagnosed with leukaemia. A search for a bone marrow donor reveals that he was adopted and has a brother, Jimmy, a cafeteria worker.
The two meet, discover a shared love of music, and form a strong bond through an unexpected collaboration with Jimmy’s workplace band.
The Marching Band (French title En Fanfare) will screen at 8.30pm. Admission is €7, cash only, and will cover the motion picture licence fee.
The film has a 12A rating and is in French with English subtitles.
Beaufort Film Night is a non-profit community group that screens cultural English and international films that usually do not receive general release in Kerry.
The event is supported by Kerry County Council Arts Office and Access Cinema. Cullina National School is providing the venue.
Further details are available on Beaufort Film Night’s Facebook page @BeaufortFilmNight.

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