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Kerry's Eye Newspaper Information

Kerry's Eye is a weekly local newspaper in County Kerry, Ireland. It is published every Thursday, with a circulation of approximately 25,000. Husband and wife, Pádraig Kennelly and Joan Kennelly, founded the newspaper in the basement 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 Independent News & Media and Thomas Crosbie Holdings respectively.

Pádraig Kennelly retired as the newspaper's editor in 2010 and was replaced with Kerry's Eye journalist Colin Lacey. He was the longest serving editor of a regional newspaper in Ireland at the time of his retirement. He continued to write a weekly newspaper column until his death on May 21, 2011. Kerry's Eye is still owned and run by the Kennelly family.