David Walsh from Cordal is the Kerry Person of the Year as chosen by the Kerry Association in Dublin. He is a successful businessperson who established The Beatrice Pembroke Walsh Foundation, to fund research into LMS (leiomyosarcoma) an extremely rare and aggressive cancer which affects just six in one million people and mainly women. The Kerry senior football team, management and Kerry GAA have been selected to receive the Laochra Chiarraí award, which recognises exemplary leadership in community activity in the county. Jerry spoke to Mary Shanahan, chair of the Kerry Association in Dublin, David Walsh and Patrick O’Sullivan, chairperson of Kerry GAA.
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