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When she was 18 months old, Miriam Moriarty Owens was sent to Tralee’s Pembroke Alms Industrial School, later known as Nazareth House, in 1959. After years of campaigning, a plaque is going to be unveiled on the grounds of the former Nazareth House orphanage in Tralee tomorrow, 25 years after a State apology was issued by the then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern

Radio Kerry News journalist Breda Forrest was in Killarney last night when a dumper came off a lorry and blocked Park Road in the town for a number of hours

Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue discusses the worrying TB spread in the national herd – it’s the highest level in over a decade. He also discusses new dog welfare regulations that he’s bringing in and he speaks about criticism of the Government’s migration policy

Shannon estuary Taskforce Chair Barry O’Sullivan is critical of Minister Eamon Ryan over what he describes as a lack of urgency for an offshore-windfarm. Mr O’Sullivan says other countries are being allowed to steal a march on offshore wind

Businesswoman Michelle Keane is running as an independent candidate in the Castleisland Local Electoral Area.

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