Council pays over €250,000 to Healy-Rae Plant Hire Ltd

Almost €6.5m was paid out to 52 plant hire and haulage contractors and rental car companies by Kerry County Council in 2023

Danny Healy-Rae, owner of Healy-Rae Plant Hire Ltd. Picture: Dan Linehan

Healy-Rae Plant Hire Ltd, Main St, Kilgarvan, the company owned by TD Danny Healy-Rae and operated by his sons Johnny Healy-Rae, a Kerry county councillor, and Dan Healy-Rae earned over €250,000 from Kerry County Council in 2023.

The figures were released on request from Independent Killarney councillor Brendan Cronin.