'Our towns need serious investment': Tralee faces serious challenge due to pandemic

Provincial towns face significant challenges due to Covid-19. Aisling Kiernan examines how Tralee is responding to the pandemic.

The Mall St in Tralee, Co Kerry, the main shopping area of the town. Picture: Domnick Walsh

Encouraging businesses to provincial towns, attracting the skilled workforce needed, and maintaining the vibrancy of town centres are just some of the challenges that counties across Ireland have been endeavouring to address in recent times.  

In Munster, the situation is no different and, in many ways, these challenges have been compounded by the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly in counties where there has been a high dependency on tourism.