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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| 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] Kerry's Eye is still owned and run by the Kennelly family.
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]
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