In the 1950s, John B Keane and his friends created a fictional election candidate called Tom Doodle. Jerry plays a clip of the late author and playwright discussing this with another North Kerry writer and poet, also sadly passed, Brendan Kennelly. All this hasn’t been lost on Stephen Murphy who lives in Glenbeigh who’s behind the wannabe presidential candidate, Barry Wheely Row.

A story that began 13 years ago on an island off Newfoundland had another chapter written yesterday in Spillane’s Bar and Restaurant in Castlegregory. It was there that Brad and Anita Squires, who wrote a message in a bottle and threw it into the sea off Bell Island, got to meet the couple who found the bottle, Jon and Kate Gay, as well as the community. Jerry went there to catch up with the Canadians, now married with children and talk to them about the journey the message in the bottle has taken them on.

Jerry spoke to Frank Coffey of Frank Coffey Shoes, High Street, Killarney.

Ireland South MEP Sean Kelly from Kilcummin has withdrawn from the contest to become the Fine Gael presidential candidate.

Jerry spoke to Ray Crowley from Laharn and Johnny Porridge O’Connor from Ardmoniel in mid-Kerry. This month, the two men along with John O’Connor from Caragh Lake will join the 23rd aid convoy organised by Scottish charity Pick Ups For Peace (P4P). The charity supports humanitarian efforts in defence of Ukrainian independence. If you’d like to support: https://www.justgiving.com/charity/pickupsforpeace

This Wednesday, September 3rd from 5 to 7pm, members of the Indian community are invited to the Tom Crean Brewery in Kenmare. Aileen Crean O’Brien and Bill Sheppard who run the brewery have organised the event in response to racist attacks carried out on members of the community across the country. Aileen and Bill met and fell in love while travelling in Goa. They said they were always treated so well by the residents in the Indian state. Aileen spoke to Jerry.

Jerry spoke to Ireland South MEP Billy Kelleher who’s hoping to win the Fianna Fáil nomination to contest the presidential election.

Jerry spoke to Sean Murphy, CEO of Murphy’s Ice Cream, about their expansion into China.

David Walsh from Cordal is the Kerry Person of the Year as chosen by the Kerry Association in Dublin. He is a successful businessperson who established The Beatrice Pembroke Walsh Foundation, to fund research into LMS (leiomyosarcoma) an extremely rare and aggressive cancer which affects just six in one million people and mainly women. The Kerry senior football team, management and Kerry GAA have been selected to receive the Laochra Chiarraí award, which recognises exemplary leadership in community activity in the county. Jerry spoke to Mary Shanahan, chair of the Kerry Association in Dublin, David Walsh and Patrick O’Sullivan, chairperson of Kerry GAA.

Fine Gael councillor Teddy O'Sullivan Casey is a school caretaker. He supports the industrial action taken by school secretaries and his fellow caretakers.