Kerry Today

Show us your Kerry colours, and you could win a €100 Kerry GAA Store voucher. Luke Quinn is manager of the Kerry GAA Store in Killarney.

Here's how to enter:

Snap a photo of yourself wearing your Kerry colours.

Either:

• Text or WhatsApp your photo to 083 300 3 300, or

• Post it on your social media and tag @radiokerry and @kerrygaastore

We'll be sharing some of our favourite photos across Radio Kerry's social channels, and one lucky supporter will win a €100 voucher for the Kerry GAA Store.

Between 2021 and 2024, the Bon Secours private hospital in Tralee received almost €25 million under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. The figures were released to Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly by Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. Treasa spoke to John Magee from Killarney, who’s been a frequent public patient and says he’s not surprised as he has been sent to Bon Secours Tralee on a number of occasions from UHK.

Breda O’Shea of Radio Kerry Sport analysed the Kerry ladies’ win over Dublin - the reigning All-Ireland champions – on Saturday. She looks to their chances against Galway in the All-Ireland final on August 2nd.

Jonathan and James Merrick of Merrick's Hardware, Ballina spoke to Treasa about their poster featuring David Clifford and Mayo’s Kobe McDonald. They say it’s only banter.

A Lotto player in Kerry has become the National Lottery’s latest millionaire, after winning the Lotto Plus 1 top prize of €1 million in Saturday night’s draw. The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on Thursday last, July 16. Treasa spoke to Emma Monaghan from the National Lottery Press Office.

Rural communities across the country face challenges including isolation, reduced access to services, and stigma around mental health. To address these issues, IRD Duhallow Community Project – which serves parts of East Kerry as well as areas of North and mid Cork - brought together community groups and speakers from across policy, research and frontline services to explore practical approaches that can improve mental health outcomes for people living in rural settings. The IRD Duhallow Rural Mental Health Conference took place in Newmarket on Friday, July 17th. Sari Houlihan spoke to:

Minister of State with responsibility for mental health Mary Butler

Shane McHale, rural community health worker with IRD Duhallow

Dr Eve Griffin who is CEO of the National Suicide Research Foundation

Catherine Borgan, chair of the Sharing the Vision National Implementation Committee – Ireland’s policy on mental health. She is CEO of Suicide or Survive.

To access the free online men's counselling service - go to www.yourmentalhealth.ie/men; online services for young people include https://mymind.org/ and https://spunout.ie/ Connect Counselling https://connectcounselling.ie/ is a freephone counselling service available 7 days a week from 5 to 9pm on 1800477477. The Samaritans may be contacted any time https://www.samaritans.org/ireland/samaritans-ireland/

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Public consultation on the county’s first local community safety plan will be launched tomorrow, Tuesday, at Kielduff Community Centre from 11am to 2pm. Cllr Niall Kelleher is chair of the local community safety partnership

Thousands of homes and businesses in parts of the county were without water for the weekend following a burst mains on the main Tralee-Killarney road. Some were still without water this morning. Independent councillor the Castleisland area, Charlie Farrelly spoke to Treasa Murphy.