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“Incompetent” Minister Ryan delaying N22 road project

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Transport Minister Eamon Ryan is refusing to engage with local councillors in relation to the proposed new road between Killarney and Farranfore.

The revealing of the preferred route corridor for the construction of the new Killarney to Farranfore road has been delayed – again.

Four potential routes for the N22 Farranfore-Killarney project were identified and were put out to public consultation in May 2021.
It was previously promised that the preferred route would be published late in 2022.

This dragged on and on and by November last year, local councillors were growing increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress,
They wrote to the minister seeking an urgent meeting with him but it was revealed this week that he has not yet replied to the November letter.

“To date no response has been received from the Minister's Office,” a council official told this week’s Killarney Municipal District meeting.
The matter was raised by both Cllr Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan and Cllr John O’Donoghue.

“The problem here is not at Council level, it is at Governmental level where either a gross incompetence, or gross negligence on behalf of the Minister for Transport, has resulted in the current impasse whereby Kerry County Council must carry out feasibility studies in order to select the route, and the Minister for Transport appears to be obstructing them accessing the necessary funding to carry out these studies,” O’Donoghue told the meeting.

“He now absolutely must allow the route selection studies to progress as a matter of extreme urgency. I will continue to fight for this impasse to be resolved for as long as is necessary as the current situation is unfair, untenable and unsustainable. I propose we write to the Minister, not asking, but demanding funding so we can take action on the issue. The ball is firmly in Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan’s court and we can’t play until he hits it back to us.”

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Gardaí appeal for witnesses in Castleisland crash

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A woman in her 70s was critically injured following a single-vehicle car crash at Lisheenbaun, Castleisland.

The accident occurred at 11.40pm on Wednesday, December 10.

The female driver and sole occupant of the car was removed from the scene to Kerry University Hospital.

She remains in critical condition.

The road is closed pending a technical examination to be conducted by Garda Forensic Collision Investigators.

Local diversions are in place via Currow Village.

The N21 Castleisland–Tralee and N22 Tralee–Farranfore roads are not affected.
 
Gardaí are appealing for anyone who witnessed the collision to come forward.
 
Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling on the N23 in the Lisheenbaun, Castleisland area between 11:20pm and 11:50pm are asked to make it available to investigating Gardaí.
 
Anyone with information is asked to contact Killarney Garda Station on 064-6671160, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
 
Investigations are ongoing.

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New sports kit presented to Knockaderry National School

Knockaderry Farranfore National School received a new set of football and basketball jerseys and shorts this week, sponsored by the Manor West Hotel in Tralee and produced by MFC Sports. […]

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Knockaderry Farranfore National School received a new set of football and basketball jerseys and shorts this week, sponsored by the Manor West Hotel in Tralee and produced by MFC Sports.

The presentation was made by Manor West Hotel General Manager Ruth O’Sullivan and Senior Kerry footballer Joe O’Connor, who is Munster Area Development Manager with MFC Sports.
Pupils decorated the school hall in green and gold for the occasion and were excited to meet the visitors. The school thanked Manor West Hotel for its generous support and said the new kit will be well used in upcoming games.
“The children enjoyed the visit and decorated the hall in green and gold in anticipation of the presentation. The BOM and staff wish to thank Ruth and Manor West Hotel for their very generous sponsorship. The kit will certainly be put to good use,” said school principal Áine Daly.

Manor West Hotel said it was pleased to support the school and promote children’s sport and wellbeing. Knockaderry Farranfore NS, founded in 1888, now operates beside Farranfore GAA facilities, which the school uses regularly for training and matches.
“I would like to thank Joe and the MFC team for their incredible assistance in designing the kit. Who knows, we might even have a future Kerry All Ireland winner among us,” said Ruth O’Sullivan, General Manager, Manor West Hotel.

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