The Nine Daughters - An Irish Story retold
This is my first podcast, where I take an oral story and retell it. It is a story about nine sisters who are remembered in the beautiful coastal town of Ballybunion, in North Kerry. They are remembered but there is not much detail attached to that collective memory. This is a story I grew up with...
Kerry Cathaoirleach Attends Birthday Party for King Charles – June 12th, 2026
Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Michael Foley was at a birthday party in King Charles’s honour in Dublin yesterday.
The Fine Gael councillor who lives in Ballylongford, North Kerry has strong views on the controversy over Aughinish Alumina’s Russian links. The factory is one of the b...
Bryan MacMahon, *The Great Famine in Tralee and North Kerry*. Cork, Ireland; Mercier Press, 2017.
In this study, Bryan MacMahon prioritizes human stories over simple statistics, as he depicts the remarkable occurrences, upheavals, and challenges of the famine years through the eyes of those who lived through them, revealing insights that have remained concealed and unexplored for 170 years.Th...
Titan-Sized Turbine Arrives in Tarbert for New Power Station – August 14th, 2026
A turbine, weighing the equivalent of 19 double decker buses, has arrived in North Kerry, from Foynes Port, following a journey from Italy.
Its arrival is described by the company behind the redevelopment of the Tarbert Power Station site as a milestone for the project.
Multinational SSE has in...
Opposition to Major Solar Farm Plan for North Kerry and West Limerick – August 31st, 2026
Jerry spoke to Jerry Scanlon from Tarbert about the public meeting in Tarbert Community Centre which will take place at 8 o’clock this evening.
Organisers have concerns about a major solar farm development proposed for North Kerry and West Limerick, encompassing Tarbert and Glin.
Bus Troubles in Listowel - September 14th, 2026
Sinn Féin councillor Tom Barry is urging for more capacity for evening bus services from Tralee to North Kerry. It’s after a dozen passengers were left stranded over 30Km from home after the 272 bus service was full last week. Cllr Barry is also urging for the council and Gardaí to be proactive a...
The Kerry National is wide open | Listowel Harvest Festival Preview | Inside Track: Ireland Ep27
Listowel takes centre stage on the latest episode of Inside Track: Ireland as Jane Mangan is joined by Barry Geraghty for a look ahead to the Harvest Festival, the Kerry National and a week that marks the changing of the seasons in Irish racing.
Barry looks back on his own Listowel memories, incl...
North Kerry: Solar Farm HQ? – September 22nd, 2026
Jerry spoke to Fine Gael councillor Michael Foley, who is calling on Kerry County Council to formulate a policy regulating how much development – including solar energy - can be in one area.
A Dr Crokes-Kenmare County Football Final Next Sunday – October 19th, 2026
It was a remarkable weekend for sport in Kerry. On Friday evening, Kerry FC made it to the First Division playoffs after drawing with Cork City.
Radio Kerry GAA commentator Tim Moynihan spoke to Jerry about the two county senior football semi-finals on at the weekend – Kenmare Shamrocks versus N...
