A Kerry County councillor is calling for a commercial rates waiver for 2021. Cllr Breandán Fitzgerald raised the matter at the local authority’s month meeting where he called for the waiver to be extended for all businesses impacted by COVID-19 restrictions. The Fianna Fáil councillor says tourism related businesses are still feeling the impact of […]
A Kerry county councillor has hit out at rumours that turf cutting will be banned. Fianna Fáil councillor Fionnán Fitzgerald says there’s a sense that turf cutting could be banned in the near future, following the announcement that peat briquette harvesting has ceased. Cllr Fitzgerald says he would stand strongly against any threat to turf […]
The Mayor of Tralee is calling for the closure of the National Driver Licence Service office in Tralee during Level 5 COVID-19 restrictions. Labour councillor Terry O’Brien says people are coming from as far as Dublin to renew their driving licences in Kerry because the office is open. He added that people are also arriving […]
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’ […]