Kerry's Eye
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Webprint |
| Founder(s) | Pádraig and Joan Kennelly |
| Editor | Ger Colleran |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 22 Ashe Street, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland {Currently up for sale |
| Circulation | 25,000 (as of 2010) |
| ISSN | 1393-5682 |
| Website | Official website |
Kerry's Eye is a weekly local newspaper in County Kerry, Ireland. It is published every Thursday and, as of 2010, had a claimed circulation of approximately 25,000.[1][2]
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] As of 2017, the editor was Ger Colleran who succeeded Colin Lacey in 2017.[3]
On 3 November 2022, it was announced that the owners of the Kerry's Eye newspaper are considering moving the paper's production from its current base in Tralee.[4]
In April 2026, the Kennelly family sold the Eye to Webprint which had been printing the paper in Mahon, Cork since 2017.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lucey, Anne (23 May 2011). "Former editor of 'Kerry's Eye' dies". The Irish Times. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ↑ "Made in Kerry". 25 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009.
- ↑ Lucey, Anne (31 October 2017). "Former Star editor Ger Colleran to take reins of Kerry's Eye". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
- ↑ "Kerry's Eye building in Tralee put on the market". Radio Kerry. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ↑ O'Sullivan, Jennie (22 April 2026). "Kerry's Eye sold to Webprint for undisclosed sum". RTÉ News.
External links
- Nationwide Interview – RTÉ interview, Nationwide, 6 October 2006.
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