Kerry Today

Jerry spoke to Pheilim Molloy, national president of the Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association (INHFA. His organisation is concerned that the new CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) post-2027 could be overhauled in such a way that it will benefit big farmers over smaller operators.

Over 40% of people have reported issues with car hire according to research by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. Jerry spoke to Grainne Griffin, director of communications with the CCPC.

Jerry spoke to independent senator Michael McDowell, who says people should be allowed to live in one-off rural housing if they wish to.

Jerry spoke to Fine Gael senator Mike Kennelly, from Listowel, who has sharply criticised the decision to place key championship football fixtures behind the GAA+ streaming paywall, calling it “a disgrace” and urging the Minister for Sport to intervene on behalf of supporters in Kerry, Donegal and across rural Ireland.

20-year-old Noah Jake Woolley with an address at New Road, Belper Amber Valley, Derbyshire, UK, appeared before a special sitting of Killarney District Court charged with attempted theft and deception. Jerry spoke to journalist Anne Lucey, who was in court.

On Wednesday, Billy Horan was looking forward to listening to the All-Ireland under 20 football semi-final match involving Kerry and Roscommon on Radio Kerry. He and his family were also going to watch the match online. But when he went online, he found something suspicious.

John Downing reviews the week in politics.

Comment line caller Richard Fitzgerald gives his opinion in light of the news this week that the number of roadside breath tests has fallen between 2010 and 2025. Sixteen years ago, more than 500,000 tests were carried out while in 2025, under 190,000 breath tests were conducted.  Jerry also returns to the controversy of the €127,000 bike shed built for staff at University Hospital Kerry.

A man who's running 32 marathons in Ireland to raise awareness of a rare, early onset dementia will be in Killarney this Sunday. Jordan Adams' late mother Geraldine was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia when she was 47 years old. Jordan and his brother Cian carry a family mutation which means they have a 99.9% chance of contracting the brain disorder. Frontotemporal dementia often starts between ages 45 and 65.

It’s the centenary of the establishment of Fianna Fáil. Leonard Hurley from Cahersiveen has been a  party member since the mid-1960s. He’s a former chair of the Kerry Comhairle Dáil Cheantair. Maria Buckley is president of Fianna Fáil’s Women’s Network. 26-year-old John Crowley from Ardfert is the national president of Ógra Fianna Fáil. You’ll also hear a vox pop from Kian O’Gorman and Katelyn O’Brien from the Kerry College journalism, podcasting and radio course.