A Kerry TD says Tralee Courthouse won’t be renovated. Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly says he understands that the buildings unit in the Courts Service decided this week not to refurbish the Tralee facility. He says the Courts Service has written to Kerry County Council, seeking information on two possible relocation sites: Ballymullen and the […]
Kerry people are being warned about an email scam, purporting to be from a couple seeking a wedding venue in the county. Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly received an email in recent days from a woman claiming to be recently engaged and in the process of planning her wedding. The name used by the sender […]
A Kerry TD says his party will be seeking clarity on the reported reopening of SouthDoc’s Listowel centre. Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly says the reopening of the centre is a misrepresentation because, as he understands, no doctor will be based in the North Kerry hub. SouthDoc’s Listowel centre was one of four bases that […]
Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has said the increasing number of COVID-19 patients in University Hospital Kerry is putting serious strain on staffing levels there.
Deputy Daly said a second COVID ward has now been opened at the hospital and nursing staff have been redeployed there from other wards.
The Kerry TD said the move has left many wards short staffed and is causing huge concern among personnel at UHK.
The Minister for Justice says sentencing in criminal cases will be heard in Tralee Circuit Court.
This was in response to a question from Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly, who’s condemned a lack of imagination and flexibility on the part of the Courts Service and the Department of Justice in relation to current operations in Tralee Courthouse.
Following the onset of COVID-19, trials and sentencings in Tralee Circuit Court were moved to Limerick, to facilitate social distancing.
The Courts Service says there is not enough capacity in Tralee to accommodate jury trials; the capacity of the circuit court is 19, when a capacity of 25 is required for jury trials.