Publication

Dead for 60 minutes, emergency services lead miracle recovery

Emergency service workers in Kenmare are being hailed as heroes this week for saving a man’s life after his heart stopped for an astonishing 60 minutes. Thanks to their sustained actions, they managed to bring Serhii Shvets, originally from Ukraine,...

Iveragh comes alive to the tunes at annual Cahersiveen Music Festival

● Cahersiveen girls Aisling O’Sullivan, Faye and Sarah Lil O’Sullivan-McGill blasting out the tunes in the busking competition as part of the Cahersiveen Music Festival.

Jordan has option of holding trial over killing of American

Jordanian authorities have the option of sanctioning a prosecution in their country over the death of US mother-ofone Jamey Carney (43), despite the fact her killing occurred in Ireland. It is understood two senior gardaí travelled to the Jordanian...

C’mon Kerry!

Siblings Bobby, Bella and Noah Brosnan of Dr Crokes showing their support for their Kerry heroes ahead of the All-Ireland final on Sunday. Photo by Tatyana McGough.

DPP file on killing of Jamey Carney expected in six weeks

Gardaí hope to have a file ready for the DPP within six to eight weeks as part of their ongoing murder investigation of the killing of American Jamey Carey at her home in Killarney. CCTV is expected to play a significant role in the investigation and...

Gardaí launch probe after American mother found dead in bedroom

GARDAÍ fear an American mother discovered with horrific head injuries at her Kerry home was the victim of a brutal assault. The woman – named as Jamey Carney – was discovered in the bedroom of her home in the Homeland estate off the Muckross Road in...

A century of stories at Bridie’s

When you enter the front door of Bridie’s pub in Derrynane, it is like stepping back in time. Retaining the history of the pub with its many photos of years gone by is something the Keating family is very proud of. It is what makes the place so...

Together we’re stronger...

Enjoying the Kerry Mile in Memory Walk in aid of the charity, FirstLight, at Rossbeigh Beach were Róisín O’Neill from Dooks and Zoe Kelly, Glenbeigh.

Boy (5) left with serious burns in fire pit blaze

A mother and son have suffered life-changing injuries following a horrific blaze at a social gathering in a Kerry estate at the weekend. They suffered severe burns after a fire pit in a garden of a house in Loreto Convent went out of control. Mom...

Creativity flows at Cruinniú na nÓg

Illustrator Amy Louise O’Callaghan with Saoirse O’Donoghue at the Kerry International Film Festival’s animation workshop in Killarney Library for Cruinniú na nÓg on Saturday.

On top of the world: Fossa man Frank summits Mount Everest

Fossa man Frank McCarthy pictured on top of the world - literally - as he summited Mt Everest in Nepal on May 25. Inside, he tells the Kerryman about his ordeal which included a crew member’s broken arm and an oxygen crisis.

Splashin’ around as summer has lift-off!

Kamilla and Zsombi Vida, Killarney, making a splash while enjoying the sunshine at Dundag Beach, Muckross, Killarney, on Tuesday.

‘You learn more from defeat than victory’

Former GAA star Billy O’Shea has spoken for the first time about his bruising General Election campaign of 2024 which divided the Fine Gael party in Kerry and caused him a level of personal hardship. The Killorglin publican said while he has no...

‘Keep our children safe on their way to school’

Chairperson of Lissivigeen Parents’ Association Michelle Barrett (back row third from left); Fiona Ashe (Parents Association); School Principal Ellen Cagney and School Warden Catherine Duggan with students from Lissivigeen National School.

Wan force to be reckoned with!

May The 4th Sci-Fi Film Festival attendees celebrated cinema, cosplay and the Star Wars franchise on the Skellig Coast over the May Bank Holiday Weekend. The festival set in Portmagee village and on nearby Valentia island was attended by heaps of...

‘My new neighbours were all from Kerry!’

Kerry roots run deep in one small part of Kildare. A roughly four-mile loop in the townland of Turnings near Straffan village became the home of so many migrants from the Kingdom in past decades that it was dubbed ‘The Ring of Kerry’. And some of...

Hotels start to return as Ukrainian contracts end

A significant number of hotels and holiday homes across south Kerry are returning to their original use as contracts for housing Ukrainians come to an end. Silverspruce Accommodation Centre in Killarney and the Ring of Kerry Hotel in Cahersiveen both...

Michael ‘Níl’y-Rae

Deputy Michael Healy-Rae’s vote of ‘no confidence’ in the government sent a political shock wave from Dáil Eireann to Kerry on Tuesday as the long-anticipated government project involving the Healy-Raes came to an abrupt end after just 15 months. The...

Revellers enjoy Easter trip down memory lane

● Evelyn de Vries and Suzanne Smyth enjoying the pop nostalgia at Revelles at the Killarney Avenue Hotel on Saturday in a fundraiser for Raheen NS.

Killarney schoolkids get crafty with bonnets

Holy Cross Mercy Primary School in Killarney was awash with colour and creativity this week as pupils from Junior Infants to Sixth Class stepped out for the school’s much loved Easter Bonnet Parade. The annual tradition once again brought a burst of...

Oscar, meet Jessie

Bernard and Laura sealed it with a kiss!

Newlyweds, comedian Bernard Casey and his wife Laura, pose for a kiss as they walk down the aisle.

Widower battles to save wife’s daffodils

A Killarney man is clinging to hope that a cherished daffodil field, planted by his late wife 30 years ago, can survive the town’s intensive rezoning plans. Michael O’Shea, from Cleeney on the outskirts of Killarney, is surrounded by an acre of...

Dawn call to re-arrest Gaine murder suspect

The American man previously arrested for questioning in relation to the murder of Kerry farmer Mike Gaine, was re-arrested early on Tuesday morning. Michael Kelley (53) was subsequently detained in a garda station in Kerry, under Section 4 of the...

Man falsely claimed to be son of murdered South Kerry woman

A MAN with no links to Ireland has pleaded guilty to charges relating to his obtaining of an official Irish passport by claiming to have been the son of a Kerry woman who was murdered in the UK. Caherdaniel native Catherine Corridan disappeared from...

‘We’ll fight tooth and nail to save our SNAs’

Parents at Fossa National School are outraged at a departmental decision to cut four mainstream Special Needs Assistants from the school’s staff. They have said they will ‘fight tooth and nail’ for their children’s future following the decision which...

Would €6m be enough to save Rossbeigh’s dunes?

Protection works to save Rossbeigh Beach and its world famous spit could cost in the region of €6m, it has emerged this week. The figure has been revealed by both Deputy Michael Cahill and Cllr Tommy Cahill this week as residents plea to save their...

Brain-stormers from Beaufort

● Scór na nÓg All-Ireland Quiz Champions from Beaufort, Calum Galvin, Cormac O’Sullivan, Fionán O’Sullivan and Darragh Doyle, all students at ISK. Photo by Mark O’Sullivan.

Woman claims former judge touched her private parts

A woman has claimed in High Court proceedings that she was sexually assaulted by a sitting judge at the launch of the autobiography of Gaelic football star Colm ‘Gooch’ Cooper. James O’Connor (pictured right) ,who has since retired as a district court...