Shane Phelan from Ballybunion is legal affairs editor with Mediahuis, the company that owns Independent newspapers. He spoke to Jerry about the High Court hearing yesterday relating to a shareholder oppression case against the Kerry Rose Festival Ltd. The case had been initiated by American businessman Dick Henggeler who died earlier this month.

Survivors of industrial and reformatory schools say they will continue their hunger strike outside Dáil Éireann. The four protestors, who range in age from 57 to 73, have been picketing outside Leinster House since September 21st. Maurice Patton O’Connell, Miriam Moriarty Owens and Mary Donovan were child inmates of Pembroke Alms Industrial School, Tralee and Mary Dunlevy Greene attended an industrial school in Limerick. Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae met with the protestors to discuss their demands for enhanced medical cards and contributory pensions.

On the last Tuesday of the month, solicitor Miriam McGillycuddy answers your legal questions. If you’ve a query for Miriam, email in confidence to [email protected]

Kerry County Councillors Tommy Cahill and Niall Kelleher spoke to Jerry about the fall-out from Fianna Fáil’s disastrous presidential election.

The Kerry TD is celebrating a very good Presidential election for Sinn Féin which along with other left and left-leaning parties backed Catherine Connolly.

Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O’Donovan of Fine Gael spoke to Jerry about his party’s dismal performance in the Presidential election.

Dingle GAA celebrated a historic win over Austin Stacks on Sunday to win the County Senior Football Championship for the first time since 1948. Tom MacDonnell has been out of Dingle for more than 50 years and has lived in Kilgarvan since the early 1970’s, but he is still Dingle through and through. His joy at his club winning was not even dampened by someone burning the Dingle flag he put out in Kilgarvan over the weekend.