Wednesday, September 08 2010

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Drink drivers avoid jail in Kerry courts

A KERRY court district is the only jurisdiction in the country in which no one was sentenced to jail for drink driving offences last year, The Kerryman can reveal. Not a single offender was imprisoned on a drunk driving conviction in the Kerry Court district covering Tralee, Castleisland, Dingle, Killarney, Kenmare, Killorglin and Cahersiveen during 2009, according to statistics released by the Court Service of Ireland under a Freedom of Information request.

Rescue team names €180k craft

A PROUD day for the members of Ballybunion's Sea and Cliff Rescue Unit brought scores of townspeople to the unit's station on Sunday for the official launch and blessing of their brand new craft. Now named the Tommy C, the €170,000 boat was built to rescue specifications by the Royal Naval service in Cowes in the UK. Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue is the first private, voluntary rescue service in Ireland to have bought one of these high-spec boats.

Battling Kilcummin join the club

KILCUMMIN upset both the odds and the history books last Wednesday night claiming their first County Minor title, becoming only the fourth club side in the history of the competition to win it and in the process inflict a third straight loss in a County Minor Final on a heartbroken South Kerry side. It did not look good for them 18 minutes into the match as goals from Barry O'Dwyer and Eanna O'Connor gave the divisional side a seven point advantage and it looked like they were going to push on considerably from there.

WEST KERRY: Dingle Marathon 'kicked my butt'

ONE of the most telling comments by a runner in The Kerryman Dingle Marathon on Saturday came from Sergeant Stacey Gustafson of the NYPD. "I've competed in the New York marathon seven times and I thought that was tough but Dingle kicked my butt!," she told The Kerryman after crossing the finish line of the full marathon. Sgt Gustafson and three other members of the police force had flown to Ireland for the event and were staying with relatives of one of the officers in Duagh.

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In Pictures

  • Chef Martin Bealin (left) Eithne Ní Chatháin and chef Noel Enright at the launch of the Dingle Food and Wine Festival grand prize extravaganza in the town's farmer's market on Friday.
  • Dylan Fermore (Tralee Celtic) and Jonathan O'Sullivan (Classic FC) in action during their Premier A clash played at Mounthawk Park Tralee.
  • Huge achievement for Kieran Kennelly, Ballybunion, competing in his first World Masters Mountain Race on the Peak of the Beskid Zywiecki Mountain Range, Korbielow, Poland, this week. Kieran completed the race in a time of one hour and 28 minutes.

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