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Plunkett St to remain closed to traffic until October
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By Sean Moriarty
The controversial 'Safe Streets' town plan - introduced last summer to allow pedestrians walk the streets of Killarney in a socially-distanced manner - is set to be further extended until October 31.
It involved the widening of footpaths on High St, New St and College St as well as the permanent closure to traffic in Plunkett St and Kenmare Place.
The closure of Plunkett St has divided the opinion of politicians and residents for years.
Some agree with the full-time closure of the street, while more are completely opposed to it and the current 'Safe Streets’ plan overrides a previous compromise where the street was closed to vehicles every day between 7pm and 7am.
The closure was introduced in July last year and was set to run until October. That was extended to allow for anticipated high footfall during the Christmas rush. It was further extended in the New Year as Ireland entered a prolonged Level 5 lockdown and to cover the Easter holiday period.
With the current closure due to expire next week, Killarney Municipal District has further extended the closure until October 31 to allow for a predicated boom in the ‘staycation’ style tourism.
“It is considered prudent to extend the temporary road closures on Plunkett Street and on the section of Kenmare Place to the end of the tourism season in Killarney, which will assist businesses in reopening and ensure that pedestrians can manoeuvre with the recommended social distancing advised,” a Council official told the Killarney Advertiser.
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.
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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