Around 46% of Kerry is either in a Special Area of Conservation or Special Protection Area. Sinn Féin councillor Deirdre Ferris says there is a lack of knowledge around the status and significance of such areas. She says these places are vulnerable to anti-social behaviour such as illegal dumping, lurching and the use of scramblers […]
A Kerry County Councillor is calling for a mass COVID-19 vaccination centre in Tralee. At the recent Tralee Municipal District meeting, Cllr Mikey Sheehy raised an emergency motion for the council to request a mass vaccination centre in the town. Cllr Sheehy says there is likely to be 15 mass vaccination centres around the country, […]
A Kerry County Councillor is calling on the council to impose levies on derelict and vacant sites in Tralee. Cllr Deirdre Ferris made the call at the recent meeting of Tralee Municipal District. Cllr Ferris says the imposition of the levies would encourage property owners to rent or develop them. In response to Cllr Ferris’ […]
A proposal to increase the parking charge at Bray seafront has received the green light from members of the local authority. Separately, a motion to increase the hourly parking charge at Bray seafront while leaving the day rate unchanged has been rejected by Wicklow County Council.
During their December meeting, councillors were asked to consider a motion to vary the car parking charges and extend the paid parking period in the Bray Municipal District at the Bray seafront. These changes would increase the hourly parking charge from 30 cent to 50 cent and the day rate from €3 to €5 and extend the parking period to include Saturday in parking zones D and H, which are the Strand Road from Martello Terrace to Fontenoy Terrace and Quinsboro Road - east of the railway to Strand Road and the North Beach Car Park.