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# ballybunion

This year
2023
Ballybunion beaches closed to bathers after 'elevated levels of bacteria' found in the water
The prohibition against swimming and bathing is in place at Ballybunion North and South beaches.
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Jun 28th 2023, 1:56 PM
Last year
2022
Siblings who died off Kerry beach 'looked after each other in life', funeral hears
Mourners were told of Dessie Byrne’s ‘wicked sense of humour’ and Muriel Eriksson’s ‘loving, caring’ nature.
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Aug 9th 2022, 3:03 PM
Brother and sister who died after getting into difficulty in Ballybunion named locally
The two people who died were siblings – a man in his 50s and a woman in her 60s.
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Aug 5th 2022, 4:18 PM
Man and woman die after getting into difficulty off Ballybunion beach in Kerry
The incident happened around 6pm this evening.
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Aug 4th 2022, 8:52 PM
All time
How Bill Clinton's Kerry statue owes its roots to a visit by Dick Spring to Martha's Vineyard
Newly released State Papers show that the round was four years in the making.
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Dec 30th 2021, 5:00 AM
Appeal for witnesses after man in his 70s dies in single vehicle collision in Co Kerry
The incident happened on the Lartigue Road, Ballybunion shortly before 12pm yesterday.
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Feb 6th 2020, 1:13 PM
Major rescue operation launched last night after two swimmers get into difficulty off Kerry coast
Units from the Coast Guard and RNLI joined in the operation as the pair safely reached the shore.
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Jul 14th 2019, 10:59 AM
Windsurfer who went missing off Kerry travelled 25 miles before making it ashore
The man spent seven hours at sea and has been taken to University Hospital Limerick for examination.
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Nov 12th 2018, 11:00 AM
Kerry's Eye has outdone itself with the ultimate 'only in Ireland' headline
Check the pub.
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Jan 14th 2017, 11:30 AM
Body found in search for elderly farmer in Co Kerry
Jim Keane, aged 70, had been missing since Monday.
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Nov 3rd 2016, 7:38 PM
Another wonderful tribute to Anthony Foley appeared on Ballybunion beach
A Munster send off.
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Oct 22nd 2016, 2:27 PM
'I'll never get over it': Wife of Jerry McCabe worried gardaí will be hurt in gangland feud
A plaque was unveiled at the murdered garda’s childhood home in Ballylongford today.
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Jun 12th 2016, 9:00 PM
This café in Ballybunion has shut up shop for a very Irish priority
And who can blame them?
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May 30th 2016, 9:32 AM
Three gardaí in hospital after garda car crashed into wall while responding to a call
Their injuries are described as non-life threatening.
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Nov 16th 2015, 12:32 PM
Two youths stranded on rocks airlifted to hospital
The incident happened at around 4pm this afternoon on Nun’s Beach in Co Kerry.
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Jul 18th 2015, 6:39 PM
Motorcyclist killed after colliding with car
The accident occurred just before 10pm last night on the Tralee to Ballybunion road.
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Apr 19th 2015, 7:24 AM
Six arrested after bust-up at wedding in Kerry hotel
They will appear in court next week.
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Nov 28th 2014, 8:26 AM
Ballybunion's incredible coastline has everyone pretty "Happy"
Move over Donegal.
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May 5th 2014, 8:53 AM
We thought that earlier pothole was big but then we saw this one...
Step aside, Tramore. Ballybunion has had a rough day.
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Jan 6th 2014, 8:21 PM
Search & rescue crew distraught after storm causes ‘tens of thousands’ in damage to centre
The beach-side boat-house of Ballybunion Sea & Cliff Rescue took a battering in the stormy weather overnight.
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Jan 6th 2014, 11:34 AM
Woman rescued from semi-submerged car in Kerry
She was visiting friends and was unfamiliar with the area, becoming stranded on shore.
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Jan 3rd 2014, 6:55 AM
Body of a man found on strand in Ballybunion after two-day search
The discovery was made by the Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter off the Long Strand in Ballybunion.
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Dec 31st 2013, 1:55 PM
Two children rescued after inflatable toy floats out to sea in Kerry
Irish Water Safety, the coast guard and gardaí have renewed their appeal for people to be extra vigilant when in the water.
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Jul 21st 2013, 8:10 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: The news from the Department of Finance is even worse than we thought; an artist’s fingers cut off during a savage attack and everything you need to know to bluff your way through the day’s cricket chat.
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Mar 3rd 2011, 8:44 AM
Search for body of a man who went missing off Kerry coast continues
Stephen Godson-Ukiwo is believed have jumped off a cliff, hours after his girlfriend was found dead at her home in Tralee.
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Mar 3rd 2011, 7:48 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Garda Ombudsman to investigate circumstances of man’s suspected suicide in Kerry after negotiations with gardaí; Galway West count finishes 73 hours after it begun, and the future of Slane is under threat.
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Mar 2nd 2011, 8:35 AM