Hoteliers from all over Ireland will gather in Killarney for two days and nights early next month for the annual conference of the Irish Hotels Federation. It will be held in the Great Southern Hotel on Monday and Tuesday, March 6 and 7 with more than 400 hotel and guesthouse owners or managers expected to… Read More…
Author Archives: John O'Mahony
Killarney-based Ukrainians host film premiere
To mark the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the premiere of the Ukrainian documentary, Life to the Limit, will be screened in the Great Southern Killarney, Hotel on Wednesday next, February 22, at 6.00pm. Admission is free to all but donations would be welcome on the night. The documentary is the first film… Read More…
Movie star got his passion for poetry and history from former principal
He may not even have known it but former school principal Tom Long, who will be laid to rest in Killarney this Thursday, was one of the greatest influences in the life of Hollywood A-lister Michael Fassbender. Tom, who wore the green and gold of Kerry with distinction in the 1950s and 60s, was the… Read More…
Celtic land plum home tie in FAI Junior Cup
Killarney Celtic’s reward for overcoming a fancied Tallaght United in Dublin in the last 16 of the FAI Junior Cup is a quarter-final home tie against Ballynanty Rovers of Limerick on the weekend of March 4/5. That game should attract a bumper crowd to Celtic Park and the hoops will be quite familiar with the… Read More…
Saharan dust leaves homes and vehicles coated
Householders and motorists in Kerry, particularly in the greater Killarney area, woke up this morning to find their windows and windscreens covered with a thick layer of dust, almost red in colour, which is sticking to the glass. Many members of the public were left mystified by the bizarre development but it appears it has… Read More…
