Rotary celebrates International Women's Day

It was a day for celebrating women all over the globe and Killarney Rotary Club did that in the Great Southern on Wednesday.

| By Michelle Crean

The day was about recognising women's achievements, challenges, and focusing greater attention on women's rights and gender equality. At the Rotary's lunch they did that and more as Rotary President Rayla Tadjimatova addressed guests while Abbie O'Sullivan from St Brigid's Presentation Secondary School, winner of the Rotary Youth Leadership Competition, spoke about her recent Rotary trip to Stormont, Dáil Eireann and Strasbourg and the experiences she had and the lifelong friendships she made with 23 other students from all over Ireland who won their places on this trip.

"Killarney Rotary Club extended an invitation to their own family members and friends to join them for lunch," Ciara Irwin Foley told the Killarney Advertiser.

The gathering was welcomed by Rotary President Rayla Tadjimatova and all were