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Could it be you?
2.2m Lotto win remains unclaimed a week later
A full week after last Wednesday night’s Lotto draw, the winner still hasn’t made it to National Lottery headquarters in Dublin to claim the cash.
The delay is prompting suggestions that the mystery winner does not even know he or she is now a millionaire two times over, and that the ticket could be lost or thrown away.
As of this Thursday, there are only 81 days left to claim the jackpot.
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‘Forever in Daddy’s arms’
Hero dad died trying to save little girl
“They were always together and they were found together - we don’t want to separate them,” said the devastated family of tragic fire victims Nadine (5) and her father Anthony O’Brien (29), who will be buried together today in a single coffin.
by Michelle Crean
“Anthony died a hero and never would have left Nadine behind,” said Sabrina O’Brien, Nadine’s aunt and sister-in-law of Anthony. …
€9k drugs raid leads to court
Two men appeared at Tralee Circuit Court on Wednesday in connection with a drugs seizure in Killarney, in which one of them was “caught red-handed” with almost €9,000 of drugs he intended to sell to feed his own habit.
Adam Cooper (21), Tiernaboul, Killarney, pleaded guilty to having possession of cannabis resin, 90 tablets of LSD, 19 relaxant tablets, and a trace of cannabis resin on January 28th, 2010, with the intention to sell them.
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK By Colin Lacey
Local control is key to Kerry's future
Sometimes you just can’t argue with the facts. Like the fact that, at the last count, there were just under 16,000 people in Kerry classified as jobless.
Or the fact that when the Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation, Richard Bruton, stepped up to the microphone in Tralee on Monday, he had absolutely nothing to offer in terms of detailing how the problem of joblessness is to be tackled in this county.
THE FEEL OF THE FEALE
Family and friends join Tom and Mary
A night of fun and laughter surrounded by family and friends is how Mary Houlihan from Ballybunion spent her 60th birthday party. The surprise party was organised by her husband Tom and three children, Caroline, John and Diane.
“We had a great night, all of mom’s friends and family were there and of course she got an awful shock when we surprised her with all of her close friends as well as her pride and joy, her four grandchildren, Caomhie, Rachel, Aoibhin and Chloe”, said Diane, Mary’s daughter.
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THE VIEW FROM KILLARNEY With Breda Joy
Double christening for Lexie and Noah
Born within a few weeks of each other this spring, Cousins Lexie Cronin-Griffin and Noah Keogh were christened together by Fossa PP Fr Brendan Harrington at the Prince of Peace Church last Sunday, May 13th, at 3pm.
Baby Lexie Grace is the daughter of Frances Cronin, Narrow Road, Fossa, and Brenton Griffin, Saint Brendan’s Terrace, and is a little sister for Charlie(2). …
EYE ON TRALEE By Anne Pullen
Big night for taxi man Liam
A Donegal man who has well and truly adopted Tralee since he arrived into Fenit in his fishing trawler almost twenty years ago, celebrated his 70th birthday with a big bash at Kerins O’Rahillys clubhouse last Saturday night.
Liam Duffy, married to Anne Harris, switched careers when he settled in Tralee and is now a well known taxi man in the town, and is partner with Anne in LA Cabs.
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THIS WEEK IN KERRY BUSINESS
Kerry hoteliers look forward to The Gathering
The government initiative to be known as The Gathering, devised to encourage members of the Diaspora to call back and enjoy a holiday in Ireland has received an enthusiastic welcome from the hospitality sector in Kerry.
A series of events, festivals and other social gatherings are being arranged to develop the project on the basis of continuing throughout 2013 to bring people back to Ireland, or to visit the country of their forebears for the very first time.
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KERRY DEATHS
BRENNAN Phil, Ahaneboy, Castleisland and formerly of Clonmany, Donegal and New York on May 16. Reposing at his residence today (Thursday) from 12 noon. Requiem Mass on Friday at 11am in St. Stephen & St. John’s Church, Castleisland. Interment afterwards in St. John’s Cemetery, Castleisland. Donations in lieu of flowers, to The Palliative Care Unit, Kerry General Hospital, c/o Gleasures Funeral Directors, Tralee.
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SPORTS
Fitzmaurice Returns
Eamonn Fitzmaurice is set to fill the void left by Donie Buckley’s departure from the Kerry Senior backroom team.
The former selector will return to the fold after Kerry’s Championship opener in Tipperary on May 27. Fitzmaurice was in charge of the Kerry U21s this season and in the past he performed a key role as a selector in Kerry’s All Ireland triumph in 2009.
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