This year’s local elections see a significant increase in the number of candidates of a migrant background running and a record number in Kerry. In the 2019 local elections there were 56 migrant candidates. However, the Immigrant Council of Ireland has identified over 100 candidates of a migrant background running in the upcoming local elections on 7th June. Five people of migrant backgrounds are contesting local authority elections in Kerry. Jerry spoke to Teresa Buczkowska of the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

Maida McQuinn Sugrue is from Ballymac. She moved to Chicago at the age of 19, where she lives to this day. She recently published her memoir, which was inspired by her grandchildren asking her about her story of crossing the sea. She is a talented traditional musician, and she was a student of Slaibh Luachara legend, Pádráig O’Keeffe.