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Extra.ie
4 days ago
- Extra.ie
Indian woman celebrating Kerry victory in All-Ireland brutally beaten in racist attack
An Indian-born woman experienced a racist attack while celebrating Kerry's All-Ireland win, says she has 'never ever experienced something so horrific'. Sonali Flynn, who has lived in Ireland for 26 years, said the racially motivated attack left her traumatised and afraid to leave her home. She had been celebrating her home county's All-Ireland win in this year's football final before stopping at a local takeaway in the early hours of July 28. It was here that a woman began to verbally abuse her, calling her 'a foreign b****'. Ms Flynn told Radio Kerry yesterday how the verbal attack seemingly came from nowhere, saying: 'The next thing I knew, was this woman just verbally started abusing me with the most heinous of words.' She had been celebrating her home county's All-Ireland win in this year's football final before stopping at a local takeaway in the early hours of July 28. Pic: Getty Images Ms Flynn went on: 'I decided to walk out straight away, and that's exactly what I was doing when she grabbed me from behind and a very, very vicious assault took place with onlookers watching.' During the attack, Ms Flynn was kicked, punched and dragged along the ground by her hair. And her head was slammed against a window. She was left traumatised. 'I actually didn't sleep that night because I was sobbing, I was crying, I was hurt,' she said. A video of the incident surfaced on social media later. Ms Flynn highlighted how this had further traumatised her family, adding: 'My children are going through a lot of distress after having watched that video; it has impacted my children in such a negative way. Ever since the incident, I've actually not been able to move out of the house.' An Indian-born woman experienced a racist attack while celebrating Kerry's All-Ireland win, says she has 'never ever experienced something so horrific'. Pic: Supplied She said she had never experienced racism in Ireland before the attack. 'I belong to this town, I believe I'm Irish. I believe I'm from this county. I have lived here for 26 years. My two children were born here in Tralee… I have never ever experienced something so horrific,' she said. She noted that she believed the attack was 'an extreme', saying: 'I still strongly believe the majority of Irish people are the most welcome and loving people'. I am overwhelmed with the kind support that I have received from the finest of people in Kerry.' The attack on Ms Flynn comes amid an increase in racially motivated attacks in recent weeks. She said this rise in violence is worrying: 'It's really such a pity that there could be one sector in a society that can have such hateful thoughts for another human being because of his or her skin colour.' She added that she would be sitting out the upcoming Rose of Tralee festival as a result. 'It's a pity, this is my town.' The increase in violent attacks caused Dublin's upcoming India Day celebrations to be postponed. The event was due to take place at Farmleigh House in the Phoenix Park on Sunday. Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan met representatives of the Ireland India Council yesterday to discuss the rise in violence. He said in a statement: 'Attacks on individuals because of their inherent characteristics, including race, are abhorrent to the values of our republic and are condemned by any right-thinking people. 'What I find most concerning about these attacks is that the majority appear to have been carried out by young people. I have been informed that Garda Juvenile Liaison Officers are engaging with the respective communities and youth groups on the matter,' he said.
Irish Independent
11-08-2025
- Irish Independent
Ep1: The Downfall of Nathan McDonnell
One haul destined for Australia catches the eyes of the authorities. When officials take a closer look, they make the most extraordinary discovery: the biggest crystal meth seizure in Irish history. But who was behind this multi-million euro drug operation? The answer would shock detectives and lead authorities around the world on a manhunt, that ultimately led them to a local family-run garden centre in the rural setting of Ballyseedy, a small town near Tralee in Co Kerry, with a population of 449. This week on The Indo Daily, we are revisiting some of our favourite mini-series we produced in 2025 so far. First up is Breaking Ballyseedy, first released on March 3rd. In this episode Ellen Coyne is joined by Ralph Riegel, Southern Correspondent at the Irish Independent, and by Jerry O'Sullivan, Presenter of Kerry Today on Radio Kerry, to look at a story steeped in family, money, and an international drugs cartel, that would rock a tiny town in the south west of Ireland.
The Irish Sun
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘My voice is gone' – Listen to ecstatic Radio Kerry commentary of David Clifford's best All-Ireland final moments
DAVID Clifford was a joy to watch on Sunday and Radio Kerry's commentary was almost as enjoyable to listen to. The Fossa phenom may not have been on the ball much for he was deadly accurate in making his touches county as Advertisement 2 Tim Moynihan embodies why local commentary is so often the best form of the art Credit: @radiokerrysport 2 Clifford scored three two-pointers to help fire them to their 39th crown Radio Kerry have released a near five-minute highlights package of their commentary duo Tim Moynihan and Ambrose O'Donovan calling the action from The whole video flies by with our personal favourite line describing the Kingdom's frenzied press being akin to "like wasps on cowdung". A close second is him branding the 26-year-old a mixture of a ballerina and a warrior owing to his balance as he rapidly sidestepped two despairing Donegal men before firing over with his right foot. There's also a nice additional bit of colour provided by Moynihan noting that Clifford's two-pointer on the cusp of half-time left Off the Ball double-act Paddy Andrews and Advertisement Read More On GAA For as much as the soon to be three-time Footballer of the Year was in God mode on the pitch, there was an amusing example of him still Paudie Clifford may have to look up to make eye contact with David but he very much lives up to the older brother stereotype. The older Clifford is the more verbose of the two and drove most of their Burlington Hotel interview Some of the highlights included him noting that they were on the same teams growing up despite the age gap as their community of Fossa is so small that playing numbers were often tight. Advertisement Most read in GAA Football The playmaker also joked about his 76 possessions over the course of Harking back to the widely lauded Football Review Committee, he quipped: "Jim Gavin and Eamon Fitzmaurice probably didn't envision me soloing the ball on the spot about 100 times when they drew up the new rules!" Paudie Clifford teases David over childhood nickname during hilarious RTE interview after All-Ireland heroics The best moment, however, was a classic case of a big brother slagging his younger sibling. Asked if they'd always had an innate on-pitch chemistry, Paudie shot back: "The chemistry wasn't great now, we fought every day for about two years straight! Advertisement "Mom was just sick of of dealing with David crying every two minutes. They actually used to call him 'Watery eyes' because he used to cry so much! So that was the chemistry now." AT THE RIGHT PITCH While Paudie was all smiles and in relaxed form by that stage of the day, his immediate post-match interview He vented: "I suppose as a team, we would feel disrespected because we were in three of the last four All-Irelands and we've won two of them now. "And to be called a one-man team when I see myself some of the work that our lads put in… Advertisement 'Like, Joe O'Connor, the turnovers, winning balls, scoring, Jason Foley, Brian Ó Beaglaioch, Gavin White – I'm only naming a few. I see the work that they put in every day. 'To be called a one-man team then, it's nearly like it's disrespectful. It's kind of personal. I suppose that's the angle we were coming from. 'We were close against Armagh last year and we'd be our own worst critics as well. We admitted that we've under-performed definitely as a team over some of the years. 'But I suppose with the work we put in and the players we have there, for them things to be said, it's not nice to hear it." Advertisement
Irish Daily Mirror
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
'It wouldn't go down well' Tyrone closing in on unique 50-year Kerry GAA record
Next Thursday evening, Mickey Ned O'Sullivan will share a platform with two men with whom he shares a unique link going back 50 years. In 1975, Kerry completed the treble of All-Ireland senior, under-21 and minor football titles, the first, and only, time that it has been done. It is worth noting that the under-21 grade was only introduced in 1964, so it's not a feat that counties had been striving for since the formative years of the GAA, but the fact that it hasn't been done in the intervening five decades affords Kerry's achievement increasing prestige. O'Sullivan captained the senior team, albeit he didn't get to lift the cup in the Hogan Stand (more on that later), Kevin O'Donoghue skippered the under-21s, while Robert Bunyan lifted the Tom Markham Cup for the minors, who beat Tyrone just before O'Sullivan and Co led the seniors out on the same afternoon in Croke Park. O'Donoghue's club, Glenflesk, are getting the three of them together in Barraduff to mark the achievement 50 years on. 'They obviously decided to bring the three captains together with Radio Kerry just to have an interview and to reflect on the year and that's on next Thursday. Robert Bunyan will be there, Kevin O'Donoghue and myself. We wouldn't have met in the intervening years, you know. Everybody goes their own way.' The treble was completed a fortnight after the senior and minor finals, as the under-21s beat Dublin in the All-Ireland final in Tipperary town, with Mick O'Dwyer managing both sides, who trained together given the considerable overlap of players. Páidí Ó Sé, Tim Kennelly, Denis 'Ogie' Moran, Mikey Sheehy and Pat Spillane were starters for the seniors and under-21s. Another under-21, Ger O'Driscoll, scored a goal in the senior final after replacing O'Sullivan. Others would graduate to the senior team in time. From the minor team, Jack O'Shea, Sean Walsh, Mick Spillane, Charlie Nelligan would each win seven All-Ireland senior medals. Essentially, what unfolded over that period set Kerry football in good stead for more than a decade afterwards. 'It was a reflection, I suppose, of the work that was being done at underage level, probably in the previous maybe five or six years, and it just all came together and as it turned out, that the minors won, the under-21s and the seniors,' says O'Sullivan. 'It's a significant thing if it can be done because I was just looking, in the under-21 team, 10 of those went on to play with Kerry, and five of the minors did. 'There was a big celebration at Christmas for the three teams and it was a reflection of what had been done for Kerry football during the course of the year.' There is, however, a possibility that O'Sullivan, O'Donoghue and Bunyan could be emulated by Mattie Donnelly, Joey Clarke and Pádraig Donaghy this year. Under-21 became under-20 and the minor grade shifted from under-18 to under-17 in 2018, and Clarke and Donaghy have already captained Tyrone to those respective titles, beating Kerry en route in both. If they were to beat them in the senior semi-final today, they would become just the second county, after Cork, to lower the Kingdom's colours in the three grades in the one year, while leaving Donnelly on track to lift the Sam Maguire Cup and emulate Kerry's feat of 50 years ago. 'It wouldn't go down well,' O'Sullivan acknowledges. 'Because the track record in the past 25 years against Tyrone isn't great. So I think that's the incentive for Saturday.' With '75 in mind, it's been a poignant week with the passing of Seán Doherty, the former Dublin captain with whom O'Sullivan shared a close friendship. Famously, Doherty poleaxed O'Sullivan in the 1975 final while he was on a weaving run towards goal, leaving the Kerry captain concussed and in hospital for the evening. But there was never any lasting rancour between the pair, who were in contact only last week. 'We had a great friendship and we would meet a number of times every year, and we'd either go for lunch or a drink, so we kind of kept up the friendship and, as a result, the teams kind of kept up the friendship as well. 'And it was all about friendship and respect rather than what they'd achieved or didn't achieve. We had similar journeys and we enjoyed each other's company and only two months ago we had a reunion to celebrate the 50th here in Kenmare for two days. 'We all stayed in Sheen Falls and played golf, went on boat trips and everyone had their partners. So it was exceptional. It was great to have done it and Seán and Alan Larkin organised the Dublin side of it, I organised the Kerry side. 'I was speaking to him last week. So we had a chat and we had arranged to probably meet next week and, obviously, things didn't work out and it was very sudden and everyone was shocked, really, because he was in great form.' In 2005, Doherty came to Kenmare to present O'Sullivan with the Sam Maguire Cup, an acknowledgement of how his intervention had robbed him of the opportunity to accept it from Donal Keenan, the then GAA president, 30 years earlier. 'We had a fundraiser in the club in Kenmare and the fundraiser was titled 'Play It Again, Sam'. We had 1,300 people sitting down. We made 80 grand for the club on the night. 'It was developing a whole new sports hall and everything at the time. And it was a continuation of the friendship and the bond that existed between the two groups.'
Irish Examiner
04-07-2025
- Irish Examiner
Garda appeal after vandal damages Rose of Tralee monument
A vandal has caused extensive damage to a glass monument in Tralee Town Park which lists the names of women who have taken part in the Rose of Tralee Festival since its inception 66 years ago. Gardaí say the damage was deliberate and have described the main suspect as a male, aged in his late teens or early 20s. Gardaí say he was at the Rose Garden in Tralee and was captured on CCTV throwing stones until the glass shattered. The incident occurred at around 5.40pm on Tuesday. The suspect was with a group of young people in the town park. Public appeal Sergeant Lynda Brosnan said gardaí are viewing CCTV footage and are appealing for anyone with further footage to come forward. 'Obviously the intention was to damage the glass panel. It wasn't by mistake. When the glass shattered all four left,' the garda said. In particular, gardaí are looking for the young male, aged between 18 and 21. An estimated €9,000 of damage was done to a panel in the monument, which is part of a series of glass panels surrounding the principal festival monument in the Rose Garden. Deputy mayor of Tralee Angie Baily has strongly condemned the damage which she said struck at the heart of the town and its culture. The monument is 'a cornerstone' of the town's identity and this was an attack perpetrated by 'a thug', she said. 'They are not just names but the stories of generations of women who have left our shores,' she said. 'Call him what he is, I am going to call him a thug, trying to shatter this glass without any thought of the meaning behind this,' she said on Radio Kerry. There has been outrage locally at the vandalism of the monument which is set in the Rose Garden of the 35-acre Tralee Town Park. The series of glass panels, where names are inscribed each year, surrounds the bronze life-sized statues of Mary O'Connor, the original Rose of Tralee. The panels contain the name of every Rose who participated in the festival since 1959 as well as the history and story of the Rose of Tralee. Read More Eight men jailed after record €157m cocaine haul on MV Matthew off Cork coast
