TRANSITION Year students from St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary School have participated in a novel Dare to Care fundraising challenge in association with Today FM. The objective was to dare someone to do something in order to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. The students’ dare involved donning costumes of their choice for the duration… Continue Reading
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New phone scam warning issued
GARDAI and ComReg officials have reiterated their warning to mobile phone users to beware of an elaborate scam that could cost them a small fortune. Numerous people in Killarney have been targeted by the opportunist con artists calling from numbers showing international dial codes +231 (Liberia) or +235 (Chad). The calls, which are being received… Continue Reading
Kilcummin project gets the go ahead
FOLLOWING a complex and protracted process, An Bord Pleanála has upheld a decision by Kerry County Council to grant planning permission for a new sewerage scheme in Kilcummin. The development, announced today, will involve the construction of a wastewater pumping station in the townland of Clashnagarrane to include a below-ground peak-flow holding tank and pump… Continue Reading
€90,000 and counting for Ian’s fund
Spa News Submitted by Anne Holland Spa GAA Club held a very special lotto drawn to raise funds for 16-year-old juvenile player Ian O’Connell who suffered serious spinal and neck injuries in a fall from his bicycle and is currently receiving treatment in a Dublin hospital. A large crowd gathered to watch the draw taking… Continue Reading
Bricín serves up a victory
Killarney Legion GAA Club News Submitted by Enda Walshe The annual Legion Golf Classic was a resounding success with participants taking full advantage of the unseasonally mild Autumn conditions on the Mahony’s Point courset. When all the scores were in it was the trio from Bricín Restaurant that fared best. The day ran like clockwork… Continue Reading
