John Sheahan
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Mick O’Dwyer gets his hands on Sam Maguire yet again
- Gaelic Football
- March 12, 2018, 17:09
Kerry footballing legend Mick O’Dwyer was presented - once again - with the Sam Maguire trophy at a civic reception to honour him in Tralee on Monday.(...)

Kerry Cathaoirleach apologises to councillor over blond remark
- Politics
- February 20, 2018, 13:32
Kerry County Council chairman John Sheahan has apologised to a Fine Gael colleague for telling her to” dye the hair blond” if she wanted to be notice(...)

Kerry councillor told to ‘dye the hair blond’ to get speaking time
- Politics
- February 19, 2018, 17:58
A Fine Gael councillor was told on Monday she should “dye the hair blond” if she wanted to be noticed in order to get speaking time at Kerry County Co(...)

‘There are very few songs about the famine. It was skipped over’
- Music
- October 30, 2017, 05:00
Some 15 years – or in reality – three generations in gestation, Declan O’Rourke takes another bold step along his picaresque creative path with the re(...)

Kerry council seeks meeting with judge over poor box policy
- District Court
- September 13, 2017, 15:44
Kerry County Council is seeking to persuade a judge to allocate more of the money that has been raised by the court poor box to local charities rather(...)

Radio silence: Stations which play the least Irish music revealed
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 27, 2016, 05:00
One of the hardy annuals of the Irish parliamentary year is the regular debate about the amount, or lack of, Irish music played by Irish radio station(...)

Cultural greats honour Edna O’Brien’s life and writing
- Culture
- April 25, 2016, 01:00
A happy gathering of the great and the good of contemporary Irish culture assembled at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin last night to pay tribute to the (...)

Thousands defy Luas strike for Reflecting the Rising events
- Irish News
- March 28, 2016, 21:34
The Reflecting the Rising Easter Monday event was billed as the biggest public event in Irish history and it was already a success before it even sta(...)

Mrs Brown’s Boys d’highlight of RTÉ Christmas schedule
- Irish News
- December 2, 2015, 19:07
RTÉ One is turning to a perennial ratings favourite Mrs Brown’s Boys to underpin its Christmas schedule. The commercially successful but critically (...)

Our Wedding Story: a plane with a banner saying “Kate – Will you marry me?”
- People
- August 8, 2015, 01:00
Kate Moran and Richie Fitzmaurice Kate (30), fundraising manager at St Patrick’s Mental Health Foundation, and Richie (35), a director of B&G Cons(...)