What happened in Kerry this week
A Killarney teenager is making a name for himself in the health and wellness business after getting his own sleep products stocked in more than 35 health stores and pharmacies around the country.
South Kerry runner Brigid Dennehy won the Auckland Marathon on Sunday - racking up an amazing third victory in a row at the New Zealand event.
A local schoolgirl will be stepping onto the red carpet at Dingle Film Festival this weekend along with fellow cast members and the production team at the screening of their film, ‘52, in front of a home audience.
A Tralee family who launched an appeal for help to save their home after being left facing an inherited debt of €90,000 say they are delighted after more than €21,000 was donated by members of the public.
Killarney man Eddie Sheehy has received the 2026 Hugh O’Flaherty International Humanitarian Award for his work with disadvantaged children in Embulbul, Kenya, through the Kenya Education Project, which he founded with his late wife Carmella in 2003.
Tralee resident Damian Dargan has completed the colossal challenge of running four miles every four hours for almost a week - all while stationed in war-torn Lebanon - to raise awareness and funds for suicide prevention.
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From deli counter to world podium
YOU USUALLY see him serving your sandwich at the deli counter in Der O’Sullivan’s on The Mall, Tralee, but, in his spare time, Danny Roche is an international champion of his sport.
The Rock Street native is a familiar face to everyone in Tralee who might only know him from Der O’Sullivan’s for the past 40 years.
But last week Danny was on the podium at the European Veteran Judo Championships in Porto Maoio, Portugal where he won a bronze medal in Judo for Ireland.
Danny’s history with Der’s goes back almost as far as his passion for martial arts that he developed after the sudden death of his father, also Danny, when he was only nine years old.
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From deli counter to world podium
A DINGLE schoolgirl will be stepping onto the red carpet at Dingle Film Festival this weekend along with fellow cast members and the production team at the screening of their film, ‘52, in front of a home audience.
Emily Claire Grogan (12) stars as ‘Orla’ in the short film, an aquatic drama filmed in Dingle, about a father (played by Josh Whitehouse) and daughter (Emily) searching for the legendary ‘52-hertz whale’ as a way to mend their relationship.
It’s a pretty big deal too to be playing opposite Whitehouse, known for his previous roles in the BBC One series ‘Poldark’ and the Amazon Prime series ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’.
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Uisce Éireann agrees to crisis meeting
ALMOST a month after water in Ballyheigue was found to be unsafe to use, Uisce Éireann have agreed to meet locals to discuss concerns over the ongoing crisis.
Over 3,300 people in the popular coastal village and surrounding areas have been without safe drinking water for four weeks - following a 'do not consume' notice issued by Uisce Éireann on October 7th.
The notice was issued after saltwater was detected in the raw water source supplying Ballyheigue’s water treatment plant.
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Plan to save Kerins home is €21k closer
A Tralee family who launched an appeal for help to save their home after being left facing an inherited debt of €90,000 say they are delighted after more than €21,000 was donated by members of the public.
Martin Kerins and Sandra Foran were overwhelmed by the response to their GoFundMe appeal, which has raised €21,304 and brought them considerably closer to securing their family home.
The couple had turned to the public after exhausting a number of avenues in their efforts to deal with the debt attached to the house, which belonged to Martin’s grandparents.
While the family still has approximately €20,000 to find, Martin is now hopeful they will be able to raise the remaining amount themselves, provided they can secure some additional time to put their plans in place and approach the bank.
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Percivals set course back to the South Pole
THE ICONIC South Pole Inn in Annascaul has been sold to local man Tadhg Kennedy and is expected to reopen next March, almost exactly 150 years after the birth of Antarctic explorer Tom Crean who was the pub’s original owner.
Mr Kennedy also confirmed to Kerry’s Eye that Gary and Jane Percival and their family, who ran the popular pub for 30 years before it was put up for sale last year, would be reinstated as managers.
“Gary will be going back in there to run the place and the Percival family will be reinstated but it will probably be around March 1st before it’s open again,” Mr Kennedy said.
The planned reopening date comes almost exactly 150 years after the birth of Tom Crean, on February 16th, 1877.
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Nine medals at World Champs event
Blackbelt Martial Arts Academy in Tralee returned from the WKC World Championships in Seville, Spain, with an impressive haul of nine world championship medals after its students represented Ireland as part of the Irish team.
The championships took place on October 24th with more than 4,500 competitors travelling from across the world to take part.
The students were members of the academy’s BBMA Elites Performance Team, coached and trained by Master Alan Guilfoyle, head coach and master trainer at Blackbelt Martial Arts Academy, based at Units 3 and 4, Pembroke Street, Tralee.
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