Joanne O'Riordan from Glenbeigh along with her mother Anne, and her brother John and sister Mary were planning to travel to Rome for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis. Instead, they attended Pope Francis’ funeral. Joanne spoke to Jerry about what it was like to attend the funeral of the late pontiff.

Independent councillor Dan McCarthy has tabled a motion ahead of the monthly meeting of Kerry County Council. He’s calling for the council to consider putting together a fund from the dog licences fees to compensate sheep farmers who have lost sheep from dog attacks.

The GAA/GPA and Movember are urging clubs in Kerry to Break the Silence on mental health as part of Movember Ahead of the Game.The GAA and GPA alongside Movember, the leading men’s health charity have launched the second phase of the Movember Ahead of the Game 2025 programme directly addressing the critical issue of mental fitness and resilience within Irish society. Facilitator in Kerry Martin Stackpoole, he explains what the campaign is all about

Fianna Fáil councillor Bridie Collins wants the Adare Bypass to be extended by another 3km to further alleviate traffic in the area. She believes the current plan will cause even further tailbacks in the area as motorists travelling from the Limerick side will need to stop on a single-carriageway and make a right turn to access the bypass. She wants the Government to look at extending the bypass a further 3km to eliminate this right turn:

A Departement of Transport spokesperson says Limerick City & County Council (LC&C) are currently progressing construction of the 7km long bypass of Adare Town, as approved by Government.

At the recent contract signing for this scheme, the Minister for Transport requested that LC&C assess the possibility of extending the scheme by 3kms east to the M20 at Attyflin and to prepare a report on same. This work is currently underway, a number of factors need to be as considered as part of this assessment including funding, deliverability, progress and programme and risk, to what is already a very tight timeline for completion.

LC&C are currently in detailed discussions with the Contractor and hope to be in a position to submit a report to TII in approx. 3 to 4 weeks. TII will then review and forward on to the Department of Transport for consideration.

Fine Gael TD Barry Ward is urging Transport Minister to speak to Ryanair about customers allegedly being forced to pay to bring suitcases on board

A voter registration drive will take place in Garvey’s SuperValu, Listowel on Wednesday, April 30th. Leadership Officer at National Women’s Council (NWC), Liliana Fernandez explains why it’s important to be registered to vote and what the event will involve

Ireland South MEP Seán Kelly, who is from Kilcummin, is still considering whether he’ll seek a nomination to run for the Presidency for Fine Gael. He spoke to Treasa Murphy about if he’s any closer to making a decision:

Treasa Murphy spoke to former cold case detective and author Alan Bailey, as the search for missing Kenmare man Mike Gaine, who has been missing for five weeks now. He was last seen in Kenmare on March 20th and a missing person investigation has been ongoing since with searches continuing in South Kerry. Alan Baily has worked on numerous high-profile cases about which he has written in his books ‘Missing Presumed’ and ‘the Grangegorman Murders’. He told Treasa that it’s never too late to come forward with information to help Gardaí in missing person cases

The SME Clinic is brought to you in association with Xeinadin and on this month’s clinic we are speaking about maximising value for business owners and valuing your business with Keith McDonagh, who is head of corporate finance at Xeinadin:

Treasa spoke to Tralee-based auctioneer Ger Carmody about the Government missing their own targets on the delivery of social housing and about the housing market here in Kerry: