''Kerry's Eye'' is a weekly local newspaper in

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. It is published every Thursday and, as of 2010, had a claimed circulation of approximately 25,000.Made in Kerry
. Husband and wife,

Pádraig Kennelly Pádraig Kennelly (10 February 1929 – 21 May 2011) was an Irish journalist, editor, photographer, cameraman and publisher, who co-founded and edited the '' Kerry's Eye'' newspaper. Kennelly originally began his career as a pharmacist. His inter ...

and

Joan Kennelly Joan Kennelly (died 2007) was an Irish photographer, photojournalist and founder of the regional newspaper, ''Kerry's Eye''. Kennelly and her husband, Pádraig Kennelly, took more than 500,000 photographs of daily life in County Kerry between 1 ...

, founded the newspaper in the

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on their home on Ashe Street in Tralee in 1974. 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

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respectively. Pádraig Kennelly retired as the newspaper's

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in 2010 and ''Kerry's Eye'' journalist Colin Lacey replaced him. Kennelly was the longest serving

of a

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in Ireland at the time of his retirement. He continued to write a weekly newspaper column until his death on 21 May 2011. As of 2017, the editor was Ger Colleran who succeeded Colin Lacey in 2017. ''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.

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''Nationwide'' Interview
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