Last week, the HSE apologised in the High Court for failings in the care of a 17-year-old Kerry girl who took her own life while in the care of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The HSE settled the action taken by her parents over the death of the girl. Jerry spoke to Cian O'Carroll of Cian O’Carroll Solicitors, who represented the girl’s parents. If you’ve been affected by anything you hear, you may contact the Samaritans on 116 123.

A boy was killed following a traffic incident involving a tractor in mid-Kerry last evening. Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene at Beaufort Bridge at around 7.30pm. Jerry spoke to councillor John O’Donoghue, South Kerry Independent Alliance for the Killarney Municipal District. The boy was later named as 14-year-old Michael Coffey. Our deepest condolences to Michael’s family.

Students from the Kerry College's Journalism, Podcasting and Radio class of 2024 received five nominations for this year's National Student Media Awards (SMEDIAs).

In addition to the Kerry College students, Radio Kerry’s Emma McCarthy, who is a student at the University of Limerick, has been nominated in the Journalism Related to Health category for her articles on the University Hospital Limerick trolley crisis in the Limerick Voice.

Jerry spoke to Siobhan Brosnan, Mikey Whelan, and Eimear Nagle from Kerry College. Cian Doherty was also nominated for his work.

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Jerry spoke to Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Leane about a major gorse fire that broke out in Kerry Head, Ballyheigue on Saturday evening.

June O’Connell is the founder and director of Skellig Six18 Distillery, Cahersiveen.

Fr. Tim Hazelwood from the Association of Catholic Priests, spoke to Jerry about priests being sitting ducks for accusatory and even defamatory letters from parishioners who are unhappy about there being fewer church services as a result of dwindling numbers of priests.

Dr Tricia Keilthy of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office is urging the government to set up a statutory mechanism for reviewing child deaths to help grieving families get answers. If you have been affected by this, you may contact The Samaritans on 116 123.

Fianna Fáil MEP for Ireland South Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has got updated regional crime figures from the CSO. Whilst recorded shoplifting offences did drop by 10.7% between 2023 and 2024 in Kerry, the trend over the past 20 years has been upwards with a 108% in the number of recorded incidents of shoplifting in the Kerry Garda Division between the years 2003 and 2024, going from 340 in 2003 up to 707 in 2024. 2023 and 2024 are the years with the highest recorded incidents of shoplifting in Kerry since 2003. Kerry had 707 incidents of shoplifting recorded by the CSO in 2024 but Donegal, by comparisons, had 384 incidents of shoplifting recorded in 2024.

John Downing was away this week and Ireland editor with the Irish Independent, Fionnán Sheahan reviewed the week in politics.