Three-way contest for Assistant Treasurer of Kerry GAA

THERE will be a three-way contest for the position of Assistant Secretary to the Kerry GAA County Committee with outgoing Munster Council delegate Joe Crowley up against Derry Murphy (Dingle) and Pat McAuliffe (John Mitchels). The nominations were confirmed on Monday evening with the passing of the declaration deadline for nominations for the seven vacant officerships that arose, five outgoing officers - Christy Killeen and Joe Crowley (Munster Council delegates), Leona Twiss (Cultural Officer), John O’Leary (PRO) and Ger McCarthy (Hurling Officer) - having to vacate their positions due to the ‘5-year rule’ - as well as Assistant Secretary Stephen O’Sullivan, who did not seek a nomination for re-appointment, and Assistant Treasurer Paudie Dineen will vacated his current position.

Dineen has been nominated unopposed as the new Hurling Officer and will succeed Ger McCarthy in that role at Convention next month. Ger McCarthy, meanwhile, will be one of Kerry’s two Munster Council delegated, along with out-going PRO John O’Leary, with Leona Twiss succeeding O’Leary as PRO.

As the musical chairs continue, Twiss’s vacant Cultural Officership will be taken over by out-going Munster Council delegate Christy Kileen.

There will be at least one new face on the Executive for next year as Fionán Fitzgerald from the Ballymacelligott club takes over as Assistant Secretary from Paudie Dineen.

The other six outgoing officers have been returned unopposed, Chairman Tim Murphy, Vice-Chairnan Diarmuid Ó Sé, Treasurer Dermot Lynch, Central Council John Joe Carroll, Development Officer Eamonn Whelan and Coaching Officer Terence Houlihan.

The County secretary, Peter Twiss, is appointed on a seven-year term by Croke Park on the recommendation of the county executive and the Childrens Officer (currently Bernie Reen of Rathmore) is appointed at Convention on the recommendation of the outgoing County Committee.

Cou8nty Convention takes place in the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney on Monday December 11.