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Castleisland homes furthest from fuel stations in Kerry study

A central statistics report shows residential homes in the Castleisland electoral area are the furthest from petrol stations in County Kerry.

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Residential dwellings in County Kerry are located an average of 2.3 kilometres away from the nearest petrol station, radiokerry.ie reported. The data comes from the Central Statistics Office distance to services report for 2026. [1]

The report shows that homes in the Castleisland Local Electoral Area face the longest travel distance to fuel stations in the county, with a median distance of 5.4 kilometres. Dwellings in the Corca Dhuibhne Local Electoral Area sit an average of 4.0 kilometres away from fuel services, while Listowel records a median distance of 3.7 kilometres and Kenmare measures 3.3 kilometres. [1]

Households in Tralee are the closest to petrol stations in County Kerry, with an average distance of 1.0 kilometre. Dwellings in the Killarney Local Electoral Area recorded a median distance of 1.4 kilometres from fuel services. [1]

The Healy-Rae family is a political and business family based in the Kilgarvan area of County Kerry. [2]

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In short

  • County Kerry homes are an average of 2.3 kilometres from a petrol station according to the Central Statistics Office report.
  • Castleisland Local Electoral Area dwellings are the furthest from petrol stations in Kerry at a median distance of 5.4 kilometres.
  • Tralee householders live closest to fuel pumps in the county at an average distance of 1.0 kilometre.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Report finds homes in Castleisland LEA are furthest average distance from closest petrol stationradiokerry.ie, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)

Background

  1. [2]Healy-Rae family on Wikipedia
  2. [3]Bali fuel supply delays spark long station queues and panic buying FTMQ News, 22d ago
  3. [4]UK government failures spread Covid in care homes inquiry finds FTMQ News, 17d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 4 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

Earlier reports of ours on the same people and subjects.

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