KERRY'S EYE THIS WEEK - Published Thursday 8th. May


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Driver to face homicide charge

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By Con Dennehy

A Spanish man who was arrested by police in Alicante following the horrific death of a popular Caherciveen couple, John (46) and Mary O'Connell (45), is to face charges of reckless homicide in a Spanish court. 

A judge ordered on Tuesday that the man be sent to prison, with bail…

Castlemaine man at Cabinet table

imageCastlemaine native, Pat Carey was appointed as Government Chief Whip by the new Taoiseach, Brian Cowen last night. Though Kerry will be disappointed that the county has no senior minister in the latest re-shuffle, Deputy Carey will sit at the Cabinet table and will have the important job of…

You’re never too old to rock and roll

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by Owen O’Shea

You’re never too old to rock and roll, according to two of Killorglin’s most active senior citizens, who this week were busy shooting a new RTE show on their adventures at a major rock festival last summer. 

by Owen O’Shea

Eileen Murphy and Eileen McGillycuddy feature in One…

Listowel man weeps as bail refused

A Listowel man, charged with robbing an elderly woman in the town 24 hours after a Circuit Court judge suspended a jail sentence for him last week, wept in the witness box at Tralee District Court this Wednesday when the State refused to release him on bail.

Inspector Martin McCarthy…

OPINION By Padraig Kennelly

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New Taoiseach for hard times 


The old order changeth and Bertie Ahern ended his 11 years as Taoiseach, with the biggest ballyhoo since the foundation of the State.

The things that were credited to him included ending the hostilities in the North and being the master-brain behind the…

EYE ON POLITICS By Con Dennehy

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FG call for cabinet return for O’Donoghue

New Taoiseach Brian Cowen is being urged to reconsider the appointment of South Kerry TD John O’Donoghue to the role of Ceann Comhairle. The new Fianna Fail leader is to take over as Taoiseach this week when it is expected he will reshuffle the…

THE FEEL OF THE FEALE By Christine Allen

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Glin priest returns to the well after 25 years

“There is something special about going back to the well from which we drank in our most impressionable and formative years.” A Glin native who was ordained 25 years ago celebrated with family and friends on Sunday last and remembered Glin where…

EYE ON TRALEE By Anne Pullen


Birthday land for Joe

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Well known Tralee man, Joe Flaherty was ready to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday last Friday night at the Austin Stack’s Clubhouse but he got the surprise of his life when he arrived to find all the family waiting to celebrate his own 80th.

Joe’s son, Mike of Fla Cabs,…

THE VIEW FROM KILLARNEY With Breda Joy

Susan marks a milestone

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Birthday greetings to Susan Murhill, Muckross, who celebrated a milestone birthday over dinner at the Silver Fox Restaurant in O’Riains on Saturday night with a party of relatives and close friends. Susan’s birthday actually fell on May 1st.

Relatives celebrating…

BUSINESS NEWS Edited by Colin Lacey

Skillnet opens in Dingle

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An Gaeltachtaí na Mumhan Skillnet Training Initiative was officially launched by an Ceann Comhairle, John O’Donoghue at the Dingle Skellig Hotel on Friday. The launch formed part of the annual Féile na Bealtaine which was taking place for the fourteenth year in the…

KERRY DEATHS

COSTELLO QUIGLEY Maureen, Ardshanavooly, Killarney and formerly of Boolteens, Castlemaine. Removal took place on Saturday from O’Shea’s Funeral Home, Killarney to St. Church of the Resurrection, Park Road, Killarney. Burial took place on Sunday in Keel Cemetery, Castlemaine. 

  

DALY Maurice…

SPORTS

Cadbury U21 All Ireland Football Championship Final


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Young Guns target senior places

By Sylvester Hennessy

Kerry’s All Ireland u21 final on Saturday night has thrown a renewed spotlight on a number of Kerry’s rising stars.

Killian Young’s seamless transition from underage star to senior tour de…

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