Yesterday, a majority of Kerry County Councillors voted to sell a section of the Island of Geese site in Tralee to the Courts Service. The Courts Service plans to build a new courthouse for Tralee on this site. The decision is controversial as the Island of Geese site was given to the people of Tralee by its former owner, Kerry Group. Those who voted against the sale argue that the majority of people in Tralee don’t want a new courthouse on the site and want to see the existing courthouse on Ashe Street be renovated. The Courts Service says it’s not possible to bring the Ashe Street building up to the necessary standard. Jerry speaks to Canice Walsh of the Kerry Law Society and to Councillors Deirdre Ferris and Patrick O’Connor-Scarteen.
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