Kerry's Eye

Kerry's Eye is a weekly local newspaper in County Kerry, Ireland. It is published every Thursday, with a circulation of approximately 25,000.[1][2]

Kerry's Eye
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)Pádraig and Joan Kennelly
EditorGer Colleran
Sports editorSylvester Hennessy
Founded1974
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters22 Ashe Street, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
ISSN1393-5682
WebsiteOfficial website

Husband and wife, Pádraig Kennelly and Joan Kennelly, founded the newspaper in the basement on their home on Ashe Street in Tralee in 1974.[1] Its headquarters are located in Ashe Street, Tralee. It is now the only independent newspaper in Kerry with its main competitors, The Kerryman and The Kingdom, being owned by Independent News & Media and Thomas Crosbie Holdings respectively.

Pádraig Kennelly retired as the newspaper's editor in 2010 and Kerry's Eye journalist Colin Lacey replaced him.[1] Kennelly was the longest serving editor of a regional newspaper in Ireland at the time of his retirement.[1] He continued to write a weekly newspaper column until his death on 21 May 2011.[1] The current editor is Ger Colleran who succeeded Colin Lacey in 2017.[3] Kerry's Eye is still owned and run by the Kennelly family.

Features and supplements

The newspaper has a number of features that appear in each issue.

  • Time Past – a page featuring stories and photographs from past editions of Kerry’s Eye, 27 July 2017
  • Eye on Tralee – a page featuring local interest stories and events in Tralee. It is written by Anne Pullen
  • The Feel of the Feale – a page featuring local interest stories and events in Listowel. It is written by Audrey Galvin
  • The View from Killarney – a page featuring local interest stories and events in Killarney. It is written by Breda Joy.
  • Business News – a page looking at business related stories in Kerry. It is edited by Colin Lacey.
  • Sports – a weekly pull-out sports section is included in each issue of the paper.
  • Kerry Property News – a monthly supplement which appears in the paper and is also distributed through estate agents in Kerry.

References
  1. Lucey, Anne (23 May 2011). "Former editor of 'Kerry's Eye' dies". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. Made in Kerry Archived 25 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Lucey, Anne (31 October 2017). "Former Star editor Ger Colleran to take reins of Kerry's Eye". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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