Selector Mikey Sheehy and coach Pádraic Corcoran stood with Éamonn Fitzmaurice for all six of his years as Kerry senior football manager. In a turbulent last 12 months, they weren’t spared much rod but it’s the players they feel most for.

A couple of years ago, Ronan O’Gara wrote in these pages that: “The more I am learning, the less I take for granted what I savoured in the Munster dressing room every day as a player. A club’s culture is an unspoken language. The trademark. You can’t see it or hear it. You feel it.”

The annual Ring of Kerry charity cycle is gearing up for a phenomenal 35th year.

A Kerry-based charity is to build a €10m respite care centre for sick children near Tralee after winning a four-year battle for planning permission for the facility.

There’s no point in being sorry when another traditional business in another Irish town closes down — support it when it’s still open instead, writes Clodagh Finn.

Plans to build a respite care centre for sick children near Tralee, to honour the memory of two Kerry children who died of an incurable degenerative condition, have been put on hold following objections from a GAA club.

Coláiste Chríost Rí 1-18 Tralee CBS 1-18 (AET): Coláiste Chríost Rí had to score the final four points at Mallow on Saturday to send this Corn Uí Mhuirí semi-final tie to a replay, but it was difficult to argue against a draw being the fair outcome.

Rare images of Tralee in the 1860s, believed to be the earliest-ever of Kerry’s county town, will form part of a two-day conference to explore the complex and “eventful” 800-year-old history of the Anglo-Norman settlement.

Friday, July 22

Over one dozen lots are expected in Wednesday next’s DNG Munster auction of mainly residential investments, in Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Waterford, along with a number of holiday home investments, some guided from just €10,000 in East Cork.

Millions of sprat and hundreds of mackerel are dying, trapped in Tralee’s ship canal and basin close to the town centre, amid fears of a risk to public health.

She misses him and “everything about him” every day. But Donal Walsh is still inspiring people, his mother Elma tells Clodagh Finn.

Crosshaven’s sixth annual Redhead Convention finished in high spirits with music from red-headed performers, the launch of a book on the history of redheads, plus flowing red locks aplenty.

It’s “a Tralee Rose, the pick of the bunch,” says estate agent Ger Carmody about this well-put together, all-singing, all-dancing Kerry home - and, as a former Rose of Tralee escort himself, he’s entitled to the assessment.

Ireland’s rugby captain Paul O’Connell has spoken about how teenager Donal Walsh is an inspiration to him

This spacious and comfortable Tralee house with sea views stands out with stunning interior features, writes Trish Dromey.

The 10 men who graduated as the navy’s newest officers yesterday handed over a cheque for more than €7,000 to a charity set up to prevent suicide among young people.

The world’s largest festival of juggling and circus skills continues this weekend, as fireworks light up a harbour festival in west Cork, and the country’s oldest horse race meeting goes ahead in Co Kerry.

The hum of excited voices swirling in the background leaves little to the imagination as to Peter Keane’s whereabouts.

PJ Reidy took over the Keel job a year ago and 137 training sessions later the Castleisland native has the Mid Kerry team 60 minutes from an All-Ireland final.

The family of Donal Walsh has called on young people to remember his message against suicide as they face their first Christmas without the Kerry teenager.

The family of Donal Walsh has called on young people in Ireland to remember his message against suicide as they face their first Christmas without the brave teenager.

Some people are entering 2014 because of teenager Donal Walsh’s exhortation to live life to the maximum, a coroner has said.

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has been signed — lining out this time for an Irish charity.

RTÉ broadcaster Dáithí Ó Sé has revealed how he spent a fun-filled four years as a circus ringmaster before he became a weather forecaster with TG4.

The 5,000 sq ft Beau Fort, in Blennerville, near Tralee, has been built to the highest specifications, says Tommy Barker

For four years the parents of Donal Walsh helped him fight cancer not just with medicine, but with love, courage, and humour, and yesterday they proved their armoury is far from empty.

St Brendan’s District 1-10 Finuge 0-11(After extra-time)

St Brendan’s District1-10 Finuge 0-11(After extra-time)

A Limerick rugby club aims to continue with young cancer victim Donal Walsh’s plans for fundraising for a children’s hospital.

AT the end of a short life marked by the warrior spirit, it was only appropriate Dónal Walsh’s passing was sealed with a haka.

It was the young people among the mourners that seemed most affected by the death of the inspirational and rugby-loving Dónal Walsh.

A coroner who frequently highlights the high level of suicide in the country believes appeals by the late Dónal Walsh to his peers not to take their lives will have a lasting impact.

A 16-year-old anti-suicide campaigner who died after a long battle with cancer had more of an impact than any politician, a Government minister has claimed.

Dónal Walsh, the inspirational Kerry teen who urged his peers to appreciate life as cancer drained his own away, has died.

Kerry teenager Donal Walsh has passed away after losing his battle with cancer.

Gravely ill teenager Donal Walsh has donated a €15,000 personal injury award to aid his elder sister’s education.

A leading psychiatrist has commended the bravery of a terminally ill teenager who has agreed to have his anti- suicide message recorded in an effort to deter young people from taking their own lives.

A coroner has pleaded with young people to heed the words of the brave Kerry teenager Donal Walsh, who is battling terminal cancer, and think twice before taking their lives.

Cancer-battling Kerry teen Donal Walsh has already been cited as an inspiration by rugby stars including Paul O'Connell, but his latest fan hails from none other than the All Blacks.