Jerry spoke to Jim Finucane, chair of the Tralee Regional Sports and Leisure Centre, about the complex which was badly damaged following a partial roof collapse in January.

Cathal Walshe of the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle gave details of everything you need to know for the event which takes place this Saturday, July 5th. Cathal also gives details about parking, traffic and road closures.

Last night, ‘The Phone Box Babies’ documentary aired on RTÉ One. David McBride, Helen Ward, and John Dowling were all found by strangers after being left by their mother for others to look after. It turned out their mother was a Catholic from Kerry who had a relationship with a married man who was a Protestant. Jerry spoke to Helen and David.

Every Wednesday, Tony gives his perspective on listeners’ dilemmas.

What may be found about Kerry in the newly released Virtual Treasury Project which was established to try to recover as much as possible documents that were lost in the 1922 fire at the Public Records Office. That blaze during the Civil War destroyed almost 700 years’ worth of records. Jerry spoke to historian Dr Owen O’Shea from Milltown. https://virtualtreasury.ie/

Yesterday, Jerry spoke to Ciara O’Mara, who made an appeal to find the woman who saved her husband’s life as she wanted to thank her personally. On June 17th, her husband, Terry, suffered a cardiac arrest while out on a run on the Fossa Way. Teresa Clifford from Faha was the mystery woman who performed CPR on Terry.

Jerry spoke to Kerry Independent Alliance councillor John O’Donoghue about two pilot schemes being introduced by Kerry County Council. One is a detection and alert system, which is to be rolled out in the coming weeks subject to GDPR approval. The second is a deterrence system using noise to discourage the deer from crossing roads when vehicles are present on the R569 and at Ballydowney.

A sunny day in West Kerry ended in tragedy after a 16-year-old boy died following a fall near the Conor Pass yesterday. The boy and his parents were visiting from their home in North Cork. A major multi-agency operation took place last evening after the boy fell near Pedler’s Lake. This operation included gardaí, the ambulance service, paramedics, the Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter 115, Dingle Coast Guard and Kerry Mountain Rescue Team. Jerry spoke to Gerry Christie of the Kerry Mountain Rescue Team.

This Friday, July 4th, a fundraiser in memory of Lily Anna Šebestová, who died from cancer at the age of 10 last November, will take place. Bikers from Eastbound and Down will cycle 24 hours non-stop across Ireland — from Dunmore Head to Malin Head, Burr Point, Mizen Head, and back to University Hospital Kerry. The event will raise funds for Kerry Hospice Foundation and the Cashel Ward Palliative Care Suite at University Hospital Kerry. Jerry spoke to Lily’s mother Lorraine and to Russell Aslett of Eastbound and Down. For more: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553809324496 and https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/32in321

Fianna Fail councillor Niall Kelleher is the new postmaster of Dingle.