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Couple arrested in Kerry Babies case left 'in limbo', solicitor claims
Couple arrested in Kerry Babies case left 'in limbo', solicitor claims
Their South Kerry home is a crime scene and there is no estimated time for the return of DNA results or the preparation of a file for the DPP

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

Gardaí continue questioning of two held over Kerry baby's death in 1984
Gardaí continue questioning of two held over Kerry baby's death in 1984
A man in his 60s and woman in her 50s were arrested in the Munster region 

Fri, 24 Mar, 2023

Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later
Mick Clifford: Cold-blooded Civil War mass murders reverberate around Kerry a century later
Mick Clifford tells the shameful story of the murder by Free State troops of five young men — and how a senior garda and a civil servant helped thwart the subsequent attempt to cover it up

Sun, 12 Mar, 2023

AIB to meet senior Government officials over move to cashless branches
AIB to meet senior Government officials over move to cashless branches
Protests have been sparked in Kerry by AIB's move to halt all cash and cheque transactions at 70 of its 170 branches nationwide

Fri, 22 Jul, 2022

Ukrainians in Kerry: ‘For me it’s a shock. No public transport. It’s too far from everything’
Ukrainians in Kerry: ‘For me it’s a shock. No public transport. It’s too far from everything’
Refugees have received a warm welcome in Co Kerry but they and local representatives say Government must step up services

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Firefighter who set gorse on fire later attended scene to put out the blaze
Firefighter who set gorse on fire later attended scene to put out the blaze
Kerry fireman David Ahern convicted of criminal damage by arson

Fri, 10 Dec, 2021

Archive: Baby John exhumed by gardaí as part of investigation into 1984 death 
Archive: Baby John exhumed by gardaí as part of investigation into 1984 death 
Baby John was exhumed at Holy Cross Cemetery in Caherciveen and taken to the morgue at University Hospital Kerry

Tue, 14 Sep, 2021

Ireland's empty towns: Tackling empty and derelict buildings in The Kingdom
Ireland's empty towns: Tackling empty and derelict buildings in The Kingdom
In the first in a series looking at dereliction across Munster, Neil Michael examines County Kerry, finding empty properties in towns such as Tralee, Ballybunion, and Caherciveen

Thu, 12 Aug, 2021

Family of deceased Kerry woman take legal action against hospital
Family of deceased Kerry woman take legal action against hospital
 The family of a Kerry woman, who believe her death two weeks after suffering a fall was avoidable, have issued legal proceedings against Tallaght University Hospital over its treatment of her injuries.

Fri, 04 Jun, 2021

Watch: Flooded pitch can't stop this young Kerry footballer from his training session
Watch: Flooded pitch can't stop this young Kerry footballer from his training session
While most of Kerry escaped the worst when it came to forecasted flooding, .

Wed, 24 Feb, 2021

Elaine Loughlin: Direct provision has morphed into a permanent unpalatable problem
Elaine Loughlin: Direct provision has morphed into a permanent unpalatable problem
Deputy Political Editor Elaine Loughlin says it's finally time to change the Direct Provision system.

Tue, 23 Feb, 2021

Kerry County Council worried challenges to greenway will affect tourism and health
Kerry County Council worried challenges to greenway will affect tourism and health
The council wants the earliest possible hearing date for the challenges against the South Kerry Greenway

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

High Court to hear two challenges against proposed South Kerry Greenway
High Court to hear two challenges against proposed South Kerry Greenway
One has been brought on environmental grounds with the second centering around compulsory purchase orders for land to be used in the greenway

Wed, 13 Jan, 2021

FILE PHOTO Joanne Hayes received an apology from the State today, including an overturn of any findings of wrongdoing against he
Gardaí renew appeal for information over death of 'Kerry Baby'
The inquiry, headquartered in Caherciveen, and involving a Cold Case review team as well as Kerry Gardaí, is 'very much ongoing' 

Sun, 20 Dec, 2020

Kerry teenager wins €1,500 first place in Texaco art competition
Kerry teenager wins €1,500 first place in Texaco art competition
Leaving Certificate student from Caherdaniel triumphs in longest-running art competition in Ireland

Tue, 03 Nov, 2020

Michael Clifford: Department response on Kerry asylum centre an attack on tenet of democracy
Michael Clifford: Department response on Kerry asylum centre an attack on tenet of democracy
Direct provision, on the way out, appears to be leaving with a bang. The centre, opened in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, last March, illustrates much about what has rendered the system morally bankrupt.

Wed, 01 Jul, 2020

New manager appointed to controversial Caherciveen direct provision centre
New manager appointed to controversial Caherciveen direct provision centre
The Department of Justice has confirmed that a new, fully vetted manager began work there on Monday morning.

Wed, 24 Jun, 2020

Michael Clifford: Two major issues lie at heart of Covid-19 outbreak in Kerry direct provision centre
Michael Clifford: Two major issues lie at heart of Covid-19 outbreak in Kerry direct provision centre
Two issues of major importance at are the heart of the controversy around the setting up of a direct provision centre in Caherciveen in County Kerry.

Fri, 12 Jun, 2020

Michael Clifford: Direct provision facing perfect storm of protest
Michael Clifford: Direct provision facing perfect storm of protest
As calls to end a broken system continue to grow, the pressure of the Black Lives Matter protests could force the end of direct provision as we know it, writes Michael Clifford

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

State has responsibilities to human rights of ‘at-risk’ people
State has responsibilities to human rights of ‘at-risk’ people
Deirdre Ní Cheallacháin says there is a clear need for us to ask whether the care of at-risk across the State people should be for profit

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

€33,000 ruling for pastry chef dismissed due to pregnancy
€33,000 ruling for pastry chef dismissed due to pregnancy
A Kerry patisserie has been ordered to pay a former pastry chef €33,600 after ruling she was dismissed from her job as a result of her pregnancy.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

Caherciveen revelations undermine public apology
Caherciveen revelations undermine public apology
The controversial direct provision centre in Caherciveen was originally scheduled to open on November 4 last and was to accommodate 300 asylum seekers rather than 150, the figure given to local people.

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Michael Clifford: Trust has been eroded in how State operates
Michael Clifford: Trust has been eroded in how State operates
The mishandling of the Caherciveen centre has been exacerbated by misinformation, deflection, and at its most charitable, a deficit of knowledge, writes Michael Clifford

Thu, 28 May, 2020

Covid was 'transported by bus to Kerry', says TD
Covid was 'transported by bus to Kerry', says TD
Covid-19 was "transported by bus" from Dublin to Kerry, a Fianna Fáil TD says.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

HSE was aware of Covid-19 case at Dublin hotel from which residents were moved to Kerry
HSE was aware of Covid-19 case at Dublin hotel from which residents were moved to Kerry
The HSE says it was aware of a Covid-19 case at a hotel in Dublin whose residents were later moved to the former Skellig Star hotel in Caherciveen, but representatives told the Oireachtas they do not believe this case and the first case at the Kerry hotel are linked.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Impact of Covid-19 on Direct Provision centres to be raised at Oireachtas committee
Impact of Covid-19 on Direct Provision centres to be raised at Oireachtas committee
The impact of Covid-19 on Direct Provision centres will be raised at the Oireachtas Covid-19 committee tomorrow.

Mon, 25 May, 2020

Complaint made over Healy Rae link to direct provision hotel
Complaint made over Healy Rae link to direct provision hotel
A complaint has been lodged with the clerk of the Dáil over the failure of Michael Healy Rae to declare his interest in the company that ran the hotel in Caherciveen, Co Kerry at the centre of the controversy about a direct provision centre.

Sat, 23 May, 2020

Irish Examiner view: Time to end inhumane system of Direct Provision
Irish Examiner view: Time to end inhumane system of Direct Provision
If anyone still doubts the conclusion reached by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights that our system of direct provision in Ireland is ‘a severe violation of human rights’, all they need do is consider what is happening in Kerry.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

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NO HEADLINE
The Justice Minister should apologise to the Dáil following his apology to the residents of Caherciveen, Labour's justice spokesman has said.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Many Caherciveen direct provision staff not Gardaí vetted; Minister's statements - fact or fiction?
Many Caherciveen direct provision staff not Gardaí vetted; Minister's statements - fact or fiction?
More than half of the staff at the controversial direct provision centre in Caherciveen, Co Kerry, had not been Garda vetted by May 7, almost two months after the residents moved in, the Irish Examiner has learned.

Thu, 21 May, 2020

Michael Clifford: Residents right to hold out for the full facts
Michael Clifford: Residents right to hold out for the full facts
There are still more questions to be answered about the Caherciveen Direct Provision centre - and the Department's handling of it, writes Michael Clifford

Wed, 20 May, 2020

'Where is the solution?': Caherciveen locals reject minister's public apology
'Where is the solution?': Caherciveen locals reject minister's public apology
Local residents in Caherciveen have rejected the apology from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan for the way he and his department handled the relocation of asylum seekers from Dublin to the Kerry town.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Resident at controversial Kerry direct provision centre hits out at 'insensitive' letter from Minister
Resident at controversial Kerry direct provision centre hits out at 'insensitive' letter from Minister
Speaking to Drivetime on RTÉ radio, Sne Mkhize said she was unhappy that the asylum seekers weren't mentioned in the "generalised" letter from the Minister.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Two residents at Direct Provision centre in Killarney test positive for Covid-19
Two residents at Direct Provision centre in Killarney test positive for Covid-19
Two residents of a Direct Provision centre in Killarneyhave tested positive for Covid-19.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Fresh calls to close Kerry direct provision centre as Healy-Rae rejects Flanagan's apology
Fresh calls to close Kerry direct provision centre as Healy-Rae rejects Flanagan's apology
A Kerry TD is rejecting the Justice Minister's apology for the opening of a direct-provision centre in Caherciveen.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Michael Clifford: Minister’s apology fails to address key issues in Caherciveen
Michael Clifford: Minister’s apology fails to address key issues in Caherciveen
The letter of apology from the Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan concerning a Direct Provision centre in Cahirciveen avoids the real issues that have left people “angry and upset” and harbouring “suspicion and worry”.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Charlie Flanagan: 'We simply did not feel we had a choice' but to move people to Kerry direct provision centre
Charlie Flanagan: 'We simply did not feel we had a choice' but to move people to Kerry direct provision centre
Open letter from the Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan to the people of Kerry, in particular those of Caherciveen

Wed, 20 May, 2020

Graham Clifford: Getting the message across to all in our society
Graham Clifford: Getting the message across to all in our society
Misconceptions about Covid-19 are rife amongst migrants but a new video service will provide clear and accurate information, writes Graham Clifford.

Tue, 19 May, 2020

Michael Healy-Rae had shareholding in hotel at centre of Direct Provision controversy in Caherciveen
Kerry TD Michael Healy Rae had a shareholding in the company that sold the lease in the hotel in Cahirciveen to the businessman now running it as a Direct Provision (DP) centre.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

'Trapped' asylum-seekers can isolate in Dublin hotel - NPHET
'Trapped' asylum-seekers can isolate in Dublin hotel - NPHET
Asylum seekers who say they are "trapped" in Covid-19 infested direct provision centres can isolate at a Dublin hotel instead, the National Public Health Emergency Team said.

Sat, 09 May, 2020

Suitability of Kerry Direct Provision centre questioned after a quarter of residents test positive for Covid-19
Suitability of Kerry Direct Provision centre questioned after a quarter of residents test positive for Covid-19
The central heating system in the Kerry direct provision centre where at least 25 people have tested positive for Covid-19 has been in disrepair since last December.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Letters to the Editor: Caherciveen people could end direct provision
Letters to the Editor: Caherciveen people could end direct provision
Direct Provision since its inception in 1999, under the Minister for Justice, John O' Donohue has been a documented disaster.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Victoria White: Caherciveen and Covid-19 could consign direct provision to history
Victoria White: Caherciveen and Covid-19 could consign direct provision to history
We have a history of contracting out 'social problems' and then swear our hands are clean when abuses emerge, writes Victoria White

Thu, 07 May, 2020

Direct provision settings may be unlawful
Direct provision settings may be unlawful
EU and Irish human rights laws require own-door accommodation.

Mon, 04 May, 2020

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