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Driving test backlog challenged in Dáil

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Local TD Danny Healy-Rae raised the backlog of Driving Tests, Driving Lessons and Theory Tests in the Dáil on Thursday.

There are an estimated 3,000 learners waiting for driving tests in Kerry alone as a result of the backlog created by pandemic-related shutdowns.

He also raised concerns that the Car Theory Test is not available online but they are available for truck and bus candidates.

Deputy Healy-Rae challenged Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and the Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan on the matter.

“Why can’t the Theory Test be set up online for all vehicles? The Government are supposedly working with the RSA to get the Theory Test online for over a year now – I ask why it is taking more than a year to get this off the ground?” he said.

“Traditionally farmer's sons and daughters could do their Theory Test when they became 16 years of age, get their provisional license and drive a tractor to help out on the farm or get a job locally for the summer – this is not possible now.

Now, young drivers cannot do the Theory Test, cannot get their provisional license, and can’t get on the road. It is essential for everybody to have a licence in rural Ireland. I am asking you Tánaiste to ask the testers to work on Saturdays and Sundays to deal with the backlog, and to ensure that the Theory Test can be applied for online for all learner drivers to get on the road.”

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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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