Some of the candidates running in the Killarney Local Electoral Area for the June 7th local elections took part in today’s debate. They are the Greens’ Diarmaid Griffin, Fianna Fáil councillor Niall Kelleher, Caroline Kenneally of Sinn Féin, independent candidate William Leen, and Dermot McGuckin who’s also running as an independent. The other declared candidates so far are independent councillor Brendan Cronin, independent councillor Martin Grady, Fine Gael’s Dermot Healy, independent councillor Maura Healy-Rae, Cllr Marie Moloney of Labour, independent councillor Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan, Cllr John O’Donoghue of Kerry Independent Alliance, and Damien Switzer of Sinn Féin

A letter before cabinet regarding a posthumous pardon for Sylvester Poff and James Barrett, who were hanged in 1883, after they were convicted of the murder of Thomas Browne at his farm in Dromoultan. The Castleisland District Heritage group has maintained the two men were innocent, and have led the campaign to get them pardoned. Jerry spoke to Deputy Brendan Griffin and John Roche, chair of Castleisland District Heritage group.