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Labour leader pays a visit to Killarney

By Sean Moriarty
Labour Party leader Alan Kelly was in town on a meet and greet yesterday (Thursday) during the spell of glorious sunshine.
He was a guest of Killarney Municipal District Mayor Marie Moloney who is also a member of the party.
Together with a number of local party activists, they visited several community and business organisations during the whistle-stop tour of the town.
These included the Slánú Stroke Rehab clinic and a Clúid social housing project off Rock Road.
Chair of the Kerry Branch of the Irish Hotel Federation, Bernadette Randles, met with the party to discuss issues facing the hospitality industry locally.
They also visited the Killarney Brewing & Distilling Company which is currently under construction in Fossa.
“There is a great vibrance around the town,” Mr Kelly told the Killarney Advertiser. “Domestic tourism has taken off in a big way this year.”
Politically, Mr Kelly said he has two ambitions for the Labour Party in Kerry.
The first is to win back the Dáil seat last held by Dick Spring. The party did not field a Kerry candidate in the 2020 General Election – the first time in over 30 years that local ballot papers did not include a member of the Labour Party.
He also wants to reverse a 2014 decision to abolish town councils and merge them with County Councils.
“You will be seeing a lot more of me in Kerry,” he added.
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Massive Park Road housing development given green light
A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road. The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near […]

A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road.
The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near An Post’s sorting office, will include a variety of properties from five-bed houses to single apartments, along with a crèche and over 500 car spaces and over 300 bike spaces.
The development has been welcomed by local councillor Martin Grady.
“Killarney has a massive housing shortage so this is very positive. It will retain young families in the area, stimulating economic growth,” he said. “After 17 years of different planning applications it’s finally coming to fruition.”
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Ballydribeen residents living in fear due to anti-social behaviour
Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate. Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits […]

Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate.
Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits in the last week.
Local councillor Martin Grady told the Killarney Advertiser that residents are “living in fear” as a result of very serious incidents in the last week alone.
One house in the estate was badly damaged when fire crackers were placed inside a letter box.
Another house had its windows smashed in over the weekend.
“It’s a major problem,” added Grady after meeting residents there earlier this week.
One of the most serious incidents occurred on Tuesday night.
A passing motorists had rocks thrown at his car while driving along the bypass whch is adjacent to the estate.
Taking to social media, local primary-school teacher Pádraig O’Sullivan posted:
“Travelling home tonight, at 11.05pm on the Killarney side of the bypass our car was hit by a rock – not a pebble – from the Ballydribben side , which hit the passenger door.
“It was centimetres away from hitting the window where my father, who is visually impaired, was sitting.
“This could have caused catastrophic permanent injury to him.
“The Killarney Garda were on the scene within three minutes.
“They can’t be patrolling the bypass all night.
“It comes down to parenting. You should know where your children are at this hour and be able to teach them what’s funny and what ruin a person’s life or cause a fatal crash.“
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