Mayor to seek city status for Tralee with motion

Tralee, the county town of Kerry, looks set to seek city status, with a formal motion seeking city designation by the current mayor being put before the Municipal District of Tralee meeting on Monday.

Fianna Fail Cllr Thomas McEllistrim, who is the current cathaoirleach or mayor of Tralee, said city status for Tralee was one of his priorities when elected as mayor and there was no good reason, as far as he was concerned, why it should not be effected.

“On population grounds alone why shouldn’t Tralee be designated a city when Kilkenny is?” Cllr McEllistrim said.