Suggestion The Kerryman newspaper rebrand to be gender-neutral is 'balderdash'

Michael Healy Rae said the suggestion 'is really political correctness gone mad'

Mr Healy Rae said that he has been selling the newspaper in his shop for 30 years and women have never complained about the title. File picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins

A suggestion that The Kerryman newspaper be renamed 'The Kerrypeople' has been described as “balderdash”, with Michael Healy Rae quipping that manholes will soon be called 'person holes'.

Josepha Madigan has called for an end to gender titles such as ‘chairman’ and ‘spokesman’ and suggested the Kerry paper’s title be changed.