Healy Raes suffer setback in Killarney municipal district

The eldest daughter of the Kerry Independent TD Danny Healy-Rae has lost out in her bid to take over the chair of the municipal district of Killarney.

Maura Healy-Rae, 25, was co-opted onto Kerry County Council and the Killarney municipal district in March following the election in February of Danny Healy-Rae to the Dáil.

Ms Healy-Rae, a teacher at St Brogan’s in Bandon, Co Cork, had been expected to take over as mayor of Killarney, which the meeting in Tralee heard was one of the most important and busiest cathaoirleach functions of any municipal area in the State.