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I would like to thank all my customers for their support throughout the years but especially through these trying times of the Covid 19 crisis.

It’s great to see a lot of restaurants, hotels and other businesses reopening throughout our community.

I would like to wish all of these businesses the very best of luck and would encourage everybody to support all these local businesses.

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Chamber launches campaign Kerry TD calling for to help rebuild local businesses

As Killarney town moves from the restrictions of the COVID-19 lockdown with Phase 2 of the Government’s easing of restrictions introduced this week, Killarney Chamber has launched not one – but two campaigns – to help businesses emerge from the crisis somewhat unscathed. | By Michelle Crean With the majority of businesses closed for up to two months, there’s no doubt that most have suffered an enormous impact – but that’s all set to change as the Chamber has launched a high profile ‘Shop Local’ campaign and is also appealing to the public to engage with an online survey ‘Let’s Talk About Town’ to find out what is needed for business recovery.

Last March, at the start of the lockdown, the Chamber erected a giant banner over Main Street with a very direct message to the people ‘Take care of yourselves and each other. #Love Killarney’.

Now, more than ever, ‘shop local, whenever possible’ is the key message from the Chamber, explained President Paul Sherry.

“During lockdown, we assured the people that we were with them every step of the way and that anything that could be done to assist them would be done,” he said.

one metre distance | By Michelle Crean A Kerry TD is calling on the Government to reduce current social distancing measures from two metres down to one as soon as possible to help more businesses to reopen.

SUPPORT LOCAL: Paul Sherry (President of the Chamber of Commerce) and Eileen O'Donoghue (Killarney Municipal District) pictured launching a high-profile Shop Local campaign. Photo: Michelle Crean

“Our message now is that we are getting through this together and, with everybody’s support, there will be better days ahead in this wonderful town,” he added.

“The shops, restaurants, hotels, pubs and everybody in business in Killarney are creating jobs and ensuring families are looked after. Online shopping played a part during the COVID lockdown, but our appeal now is for people to think local and to shop local as we will all get through this together, side by side, working to make Killarney a better place to live in and to shop in.”

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Meanwhile, he’s asking for people to share their views on how to better help Killarney town via the survey.

“The aim is to engage with local people living and working in Killarney about what's

New safety measures to be implemented in Killarney | By Michelle Crean Killarney town is to implement a 'Safe Streets and Safe Destination Programmes' mobility plan as part of a major new countywide campaign to ensure that Kerry is a safe place to visit and stay as COVID-19 restrictions continue to be phased out over the coming weeks.

The goal is to make Kerry the safest and cleanest of destinations to visit and stay in and at a Killarney MD meeting yesterday (Thursday) at 2pm in Killar-

ney Sports and Leisure Centre Town Manager Angela McAllen said that "all measures are temporary during what is still a pandemic".

The COVID-19 crisis has resulted in restrictions which have understandably created numerous challenges for retailers and businesses locally.

Kerry County Council is putting the measures in place to make town centres safe and welcoming for shoppers, local residents and staff, to support the wider return to commercial and economic activity as soon as possible.

important to them, what they need from the business community and measures they would like to see implemented as we move towards creating a safe, progressive and inclusive Killarney. The survey will be open for two weeks; please spread the word as much as you can,” he said.

“Towns and businesses must rebuild and we want the changes in Killarney to reflect a collective and inclusive voice so that we do it mindfully and with strength.

Therefore, we are encouraging as many of you as possible to please engage with us and complete the survey. We all need to rebuild together and this survey will serve as a starting point in changing the way we do business and how to better satisfy the needs of our customers, locals and visitors."

The survey can be found on www.surveymonkey.com/r/7NXCT99.

Hub towns which include Killarney and Tralee, regional towns with significant commercial activity have been examined, so too have 14 district towns, whilst villages will be examined having regard to any site-specific risks, such as tourist attractions, which may have a significant footfall.

In Killarney, measures being put in place by the Council include a footpath width of approximately 2.5m to facilitate social distancing where there is a high level of footfall, significant level of vehicular traffic flow and increased potential for close contact.

Proposed interventions include signage and stencilling as appropriate in areas, Plunkett St to close full-time from July 8 to September 2, while parking on High St was a big concern at the

Danny Healy-Rae said that many hotels, pubs and restaurants in Killarney and along the Ring of Kerry may not be able to open their doors until it is changed.

This week, speaking to the Killarney Advertiser, Mr Healy-Rae said he met with the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on Wednesday.

"I am glad to have got an assurance from An Taoiseach that he will do his best to reduce the two metre distance down to one metre as soon as possible," Mr Healy-Rae said.

"The Taoiseach was strong in his answer that it could be possible in the next few days.

"This would help businesses who wish to reopen. I have met with many in the Killarney area who have indicated that they won't reopen if it's going to be two metres as the amount of people will be greatly reduced."

meeting as it was proposed to remove a number of parking spaces and widen footpaths.

"We need to help business every way we can," Cllr Donal Grady said at the meeting. "A lot of people, as many as 25 percent, won't open their doors I am hearing. We are in deep deep trouble.

We are totally dependent on tourism."

Niall 'Botty' O’Callaghan very passionately said that what is needed is “positivity”.

“We need to send out the message Killarney is the best value for money town in all of Europe. We are spoilt in this town for value, this is the best town in the world, with the most beautiful National Park. "Shop with your feet not with your finger," he said of need to counter online shopping."

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Up to 200 job losses at Kerry companies | By Michelle Crean Up to 200 jobs have become the victim of COVID-19 fallout with job losses in Killarney, Killorglin and further afield in the county.

SPECIAL LETTER: Country singer Nathan Carter responded to a letter sent by Orlaith Mangan.

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News was announced this week that 87 jobs are to go in JAM Café, which has an outlet in Old Market Lane in the town, Kenmare and Cork, while Killorglin company FEXCO is to cut its workforce in Ireland by at least 150 people, with many of the job losses believed to be hit locally. It’s believed that staff are also being asked to take a 15 percent cut under a voluntary redundancy scheme by the foreign exchange and global finance company.

Kerry Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael Cahill this week expressed his deep disappointment and sadness for FEXCO and its employees following the announcement.

“Employment in FEXCO Killorglin is the life blood of the economy of all of Mid-Kerry and beyond,” he said.

“Families up and down this county are

depending on receiving their income from FEXCO and this news will come as a hammer blow. Where I live, everybody knows somebody who works there and many, including myself, have relatives employed there.”

He added that the McCarthy family have been fantastic employers for many years and their loyalty to the area has been unwavering.

“Their contribution to the local economy is unparalleled and I know they will continue in a similar fashion for many years to come, but for now, this is more bad news for this area already devastated by the close down of our tourism industry through restrictions necessary because of COVID-19. Hopefully FEXCO can offer an acceptable redundancy package that will suit enough employees to fill this unwelcome quota. It is more important than ever now, that the IDA and Enterprise Ireland concentrate efforts on creating employment in Mid and South Kerry so that our young people may have a future where they were born and reared.”

She's one of his biggest fans - so it came as a huge surprise when top Country Music Singer Nathan Carter made contact this week. | By Michelle Crean Orlaith Mangan (25) used the An Post free cards to write to Nathan and was thrilled when he responded via Twitter to say that he had received it.

Orlaith, who has been using the services of Enable Ireland almost all her life, has special needs as she cannot talk or do anything for herself.

However, according to her parents Aidan and Eileen, she is very bright and the joy was apparent when she heard he had

made contact with her.

"She got a Twitter response from him," Aidan explained to the Killarney Advertiser.

"She communicates with her eyes and we could see how happy she was."

Orlaith has met Nathan in the INEC multiple times at his concerts and his latest correspondence is now proudly framed on her wall, he added.

"We have also recorded all his TV series and she watches them a couple of times a week."

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POPE'S LETTER: Tiffany O'Brien from Killarney is thrilled to have received a letter from Pope Francis.

Killarney girl receives letter from the Pope | By Michelle Crean Young Tiffany O'Brien from Killarney may have been disappointed that her communion didn't get the go ahead this year due to COVID-19 - but a very special letter has cheered her up.

The nine-year-old, who is a pupil in St Oliver’s wrote a letter to Pope Frances in January asking him for a blessing for her First Holy Communion. Many months passed and she thought because of COVID-19 that Pope Frances would be unable to return a reply.

However, to Tiffany’s surprise she received a reply from him signed by Monsignor Luigi Roberto Cona.

"A lot of thought went into this letter as it arrived just one day before Tiffany’s holy communion so that I would be able the present it to her," he dad Richard O'Brien told the Killarney Advertiser.

He added that it was a very kind gesture from Pope Frances.

"On the day the letter has brought Tiffany great joy and it shows that Pope Frances is a true servant of God never forgetting any of his flock even in these most strange and difficult times."

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Loreto school pupils clean up their community | By Michelle Crean It had been months since they saw each other – but locals pupils got a chance to meet up on Monday morning – all in aid of their local community.

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS: Killarney Post Office staff Anne Clifford (second from left) and Liam Hartnett were delighted when colleagues surprised them with decorations and treats for their birthdays. From left were: Mary O'Shea, Anne Clifford, Liam Hartnett, Monique O'Sullivan and Margaret O'Connor.

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Although they socially distanced – they still had an opportunity to engage with each other – as they and their families joined Loreto National School teacher Pádraig O’Sullivan for a beach clean-up.

On a recent walk along the lake shore, Padraig noticed a great deal of litter strewn across a wide area of the National Park.

As a teacher of Second and Third Class in Loreto National School, he decided to use the online learning theme ‘Taking Care of Our Environment’ as the basis for his lessons this week.

He gave his class the opportunity, along with their families, to collect some of the litter along the lakeshore stretching from Flesk Valley Rowing Club all the way to Dundag beach.

As Monday was Phase 2 of easing of the lockdown restrictions, people could travel further and the families involved worked within their own group on their assigned section of beach so families didn't mix as to observe physical distancing, explained Principal Brian O’Sullivan.

“There was a wonderful response from the pupils and their families,” Brian said.

“On Monday morning, bags, gloves and litter pickers were provided and each family was assigned a section of the lakeshore to collect rubbish.”

Eight full bags of rubbish were collected in a short period of time, he added.

“Seán Forde, the park ranger, was delighted with the turnout and commended the children and their families for their great work. As online learning continues for all schools, it is fantastic to see pupils and their families out and about in our beautiful National Park working to make it a better place. Huge thanks to Pádraig for organising and to our pupils and their families for taking part.”

Celebrating a birthday during lockdown may not be ideal - but staff in Killarney Post Office didn't let two of their colleagues down as they surprised them with some special treats on Friday last. | By Michelle Crean Anne Clifford and Liam Hartnett both had birthdays in the past week and were thrilled when they turned up to work to find the office decorated with party banners and balloons as well as delicious homemade cakes and treats baked by their colleagues.

Liam celebrated on Sunday (June 7) and Anne's birthday took place on Wednesday (June 10), and both were delighted with the kind gesture of their long-time colleagues who are also very good friends.

"We had a fabulous time," Anne told the Killarney Advertiser.

"When I came in on Friday it was a surprise to see all the decorations. They went to huge efforts. It made it very special, and it turned out to be a tremendous day."

Their colleague Christine Fleming made a homemade cake while their other col-

league Mary O'Shea made Rice Krispie buns and Rockie Road.

"With the shops closed in recent times we're baking a lot of homemade treats ourselves," Anne said.

"People can't celebrate the way they used to at the moment so we said we'd celebrate through these tough times.

You definitely appreciate things more now."

And she added that Killarney Post Office has been as busy as ever since the country went into lockdown, with earlier opening hours to accommodate customers in the first month and they've seen a huge increase in online shopping orders coming through their doors.

However, they are missing some of the regular customers who are still being cautious as the COVID-19 restrictions begin to lift.

"We miss our regular customers but we look forward to seeing them very soon."

CLEANING UP: Third class Loreto NS pupil Martin Vila pictured with his father Marc Vila helping to clean up as part of a school project on Monday.

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SONG: Killarney singer Grace Foley has released her version of the popular song 'Danny Boy'.

Song holds a special place in singer’s heart

A Killarney singer songwriter has released her version of a much loved song which resonates with people worldwide. | By Michelle Crean Killarney’s Grace Foley wanted to record the song 'Danny Boy' for many years and on Friday last launched it by singing at the Europe Hotel & Resort to mark the occasion.

“I don't think I've been so excited to release a song in a very long time,” Grace told the Killarney Advertiser this week.

“After many years of waiting, I finally recorded my version of 'Danny Boy' with Brendan O’Connor at Little Dylan Recording Studio Killarney. I am really proud of what myself and Brendan came up with. I feel this particular song is special. It is so loved all over the world.”

She said she recorded the video on the last day of 'normality', Thursday, March 12.

“We stood by the lakeside at the Hotel Europe Killarney, unaware that decisions were being made about closing all schools and colleges.”

On Friday just gone, she said it was a completely different experience.

“As we left, we got word that Ireland was beginning to open up again. There seemed to be a real sense of balance and serendipity to the whole experience.

I am so grateful to everyone at the Europe for having us, most especially David Cronin who took such good care of us. The hotel also shared the video on their Facebook page and the views were immediately flying up.”

She added that the song has a special way of reaching people.

“There's something even more special about it now, after all the loss our country has experienced in such a short time.”

The song has already been played on Radio Kerry and is going to feature on stations worldwide from Dublin to America to Wales.

See her Facebook, Instagram page and YouTube channel: 'Grace Foley Singer' to see the official video. The song is available to download across all platforms including iTunes, Amazon Music, Google Play, Bandcamp and Spotify.

The Arts Council this week sent its congratulations to six Kerry artists, including Grace, who have each been awarded a €3,000 grant to help them make new and original work during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Government agency for funding and developing the arts said applications from County Kerry artists had scored very highly. Visual Artists Mieke Vanmechelen and Andrew Duggan, musicians Michael Jones and Brendan O’Sullivan, and Neil Flynn involved in theatre, were also successful.

The Arts Council said that across the whole of the country it was encouraged by both the quality of the applications, and the fact that almost two thirds of the successful artists had never before been funded by the Arts Council.

Kerry Friends of Motor Neurone who usually hold their annual flag day in Killarney town on the weekend of June 21 have had to cancel this year due to current restrictions - but are asking the public to support them online.

With international MND/ALS day celebrated throughout the world on June 21 every year - the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association traditionally hosted a 'Drink Tea for MND' fundraiser on this week. However, this year is different because COVID -19 pandemic restrictions means the local and national flag days are cancelled.

All is not lost though because the IMNDA came up with the novel idea of hosting a 'Virtual Drink Tea for MND' and Kerry

Friends of Motor Neurone are happy to lend their support and encouragement to the superb initiative and encourage people to take part.

"All proceeds donated will be very much appreciated as this year many fundraising events had to be cancelled," Christy Lehane, Kerry Friends of Motor Neurone Disease Chairman, told the Killarney Advertiser.

"The IMNDA depends heavily on the generosity of the public to carry out all its vital services and as I have said many times in the past it is the public and supporters of the organisation who generate over 83 percent of its income. KFMN say thanks again to our loyal friends and supporters who never left us down in the past and hopefully this venture will be your cup of tea."

To get involved check out www.imnda.ie.

DRINK TEA FOR MND: Christy Lehane, Kerry Friends of Motor Neurone Disease Chairman, is calling for online support to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association as this year’s flag days have had to be cancelled.

Local playgrounds to open Further to announcements in relation to the Roadmap for the Reopening of Society and Business, Kerry County Council playgrounds around the county will reopen on Monday next, June 15.

The playgrounds are being inspected, cleaned and sanitised this week in advance of their reopening.

Those visiting the playgrounds are asked to adhere to the public health guidelines and advice on social distancing.

Kerry County Council is asking that children be supervised at all times. Parents or guardians are encouraged to bring hand sanitiser with them for use before and after visiting the playground in the interests of public health.

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We should call a halt to all this erasing of history The virus recedes and the statues tumble! It seems we are to continue with a plague of protests now. The parade of statues being moved off their pedestals is just another bizarre episode in a globalised world.

The wave of protests started with the ‘Fridays for Future’ protests, and kids were allowed mitch from schools with full approval.

In a world increasingly unable to cope with the complexities of history and its multiple narratives, everything must be black and white these days, it seems.

We are in grave danger of acting like the Taliban angrily and recklessly smashing all images and records of historicity.

It was no use this week explaining to demonstrators in the UK that matters are not as divided there as in the USA, and they really should stay home to protect the health of a nation.

There is not the same kind of segregation between communities on colour grounds and it is doubtful if there was anything like the same involvement in the slave trade either in the UK or here.

RACISM IN IRELAND

We have had a good stab at racism in this country: bias against Travellers has not gone away. Early deaths, poor health, job discrimination, segregation, poor housing; these are the elements of racism in the USA. In Bristol, the large bronze statue of Edward Colston, a prominent 17th century slave trader was pulled down and dunked into Bristol Harbour. I bet you some of this same crowd would be out

Statues should be left to prompt memory and debate on Fridays protesting against dumping at sea!

The Irish in Britain have suffered much discrimination, historically and there seems to be a strong case right now about removing the statue of Oliver Cromwell from outside the Houses of Parliament - to the Irish - but that is not the whole story.

Cromwell was a divisive figure in the UK, but he was also considered a great one. The statue to him was not erected until 1899 after a lot of opposition by the Irish Nationalist Party. There had to be a vote in parliament to allow it. The statue should be left to prompt memory and debate.

Now we have had our own history of tearing down statues with political and social changes. Plunkett Street is still known as Henn Street in some quarters.

In Dublin, the statue of Queen Victoria was removed from Leinster House in 1947 and in 1986 presented as a gift to Australia. It now stands in Sydney. What a shame we gave it away!

Nelson’s Pillar was blown up in the

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1960s and replaced with the abstract Spire. I would still prefer Nelson as it might prompt a historical lesson about the Battle of Trafalgar.

It could be said Ryan Tubridy’s grandfather tore up the rail tracks to Kenmare out of a fit of spite against the English.

We should call a halt to all this erasing of history.

ARE LOCAL STATUES AT RISK?

I have been taking a glance around the monuments in Killarney to see what candidates are at risk. Is the world plough at risk. How about the Missionary Wheel as that is now dodgy as it commemorates only men. Gender up the marches, and into the well will go the wheel!

Then there is the Republican Solider with the gun at the bottom of the sandpit. There’s definite risk there, especially in the light of Leo’s comments that some Republican statues will have to be looked at.

Monsignor? Not right now I think, but we are talking about a man of the church.

Now how about Mrs Grosvenor’s seat near the Flesk. Oh dear, any review of colonialism and the seat is shaky.

The Munster Fusiliers surely glorifies war, could it be said? And it is Christian so could well be attacked.

After that there is the statue to Our Lady at the Grotto at Rock Road. Even though it almost made the list of moving statues in 1983/84, it is still near the tipping edge, me thinks.

The Sacred Heart over the District was toppled remember, and there had to be a march to have it placed on the ground.

About the only safe bet at the moment, is not the Johnny O’Leary statue because music tastes may well change, and “a set” could be taken against the melodeon - but the Spéir Bhean - this is an abstract woman and ticks all the boxes!

Politics and a new Government There may or may not be a new Government formed more than one hundred days after the election - but will it last?

I cannot see how such a body can hold together. The clear divisions within the Green Party are worrying.

There is extremism within the Greens and little political experience, it seems.

Nine of the 12 Green Party TDs are new and some appear, if you excuse the pun – ‘green’, and uncompromising politically.

While FF and FG may lack vision, they are not blinded by their own light, as

some of the Greens appear to be.

How can you have a leader of a party negotiating when he may well be toppled by his partner like the ­proverbial statue in accordance with party rules?

Then there is no love for the Greens in rural Ireland these days. They are an urban party and a global party in spite of all their talk local. The whole environmental threat by aviation, industry is being heaved on the shoulders of hard pressed rural Irish dwellers in the south and west of Ireland who depend on private transport, tourism and agriculture.

What is emerging, clearly, is how politically clever Leo Varadkar is proving

himself; not only in his handling of COVID-19, but also in outwitting Micheál Martin and FF and at the same time keeping a safe distance from the Green turmoil. It comes as a great revelation to see just how clever politically Leo is.

Fine Gael have to keep the idea of an election on the table as they would storm back with a majority. Their big challenge is to be able to blame the other two for collapsing the talks and they are home and dry! I think Dr Leo may well have a plan in mind. He has already outsmarted FF in opening the country in case Micheál might be able to claim credit should there be a Government!

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Free parking would help The mobility plan for Killarney is to keep Killarney walking.

Tralee too has come up with some innovative plans to get shoppers to use lanes and the Tralee shopping centre. Cars, lanes and streets, particularly in tourist towns, simply do not mix.

The Mayor of Tralee has made a public appeal to the people of Kerry to “switch back” from online shopping which had boomed during the lockdown to local retailers.

“Ambience and atmosphere” are now the most important thing in shopping locally to combat the spread of online, Tralee Mayor, Jim Finucane (FG), said.

He was speaking on Wednesday during the unveiling of ambitious “mobility plans” for Tralee town centre and Ardfert village, post COVID-19.

New pedestrian links, the use of lanes and shopping corridors, as well as provision for people cycling were outlined.

“Online shopping has taken off and I would appeal to people to support local shops and revert back to buying locally,” Mr Finucane said.

The sponsors of prizes, raffles and events are very rarely global companies, and Mayor Finucane said he was extending this appeal to people “throughout Kerry towns” to shop local.

As of July 1, all car parks in Tralee are free from 9am to 11am, he announced. This is an additional way of attracting business and the move is on foot of discussion with businesses in the town centre.

This is something surely that could be imitated in Killarney where car parking is a heated issue, as is pedestrianisation.

Free car parking would solve a lot. Another issue that needs resurrecting in my view is a park and ride system, using electric buses with designated let down and collect areas even in pedestrian zones.

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Killarney teacher's video raises funds for UHK | By Michelle Crean One Killarney teacher didn’t let the lockdown boredom set in once school was over as he and his family recorded a song - social distance style – for charity.

NEW BOOK: Local journalist and writer Breda Joy has released her new book ‘Under a Skellig Sky’ online on Amazon. Photo: Michelle Crean

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A talented fiction writer from Killarney has released a humorous new novel, 'Under a Skellig Sky' centred around an imaginary valley overlooking the Skellig Islands. | By Michelle Crean Due to the lockdown, Breda Joy's latest work can only be released on Amazon and will hit bookshops early next year.

The local journalist tells the funny story of Carol O’Connell who returns to Kerry to recover from a broken relationship and discovers that the sleepy valley of her youth has woken up to a busier reality.

Carol’s plans for a new life before she turns 40 are disrupted by an old lover, a troubled friend, a bingo-loving Fáilte Ireland inspector and sinister outsiders.

This is the second novel from Breda, who has a three-book contract with Poolbeg Books. Her debut novel, ‘Eat the Moon’, was released in 2018. Her previous works include 'Hidden Kerry', 'The Wit & Wisdom of Kerry' and a biography of MEP Brian Crowley.

"Releasing my second novel as an ebook is just one more learning curve in these days of Coronavirus," Breda told the Killarney Advertiser.

"For instance, my friend suggested we go to the Shire Cafe for a cup of coffee outdoors to mark its arrival, so I turned that into a virtual launch with the massive

attendance of three friends and the dog!"

In theses times she said that you need a sense of humour to see you through it.

"Just as well it's a romantic comedy, albeit one with an edge or a bite. I touch on rural crime and State neglect of areas such as South Kerry in between the humour."

However, currently the only way to order the paperback or Kindle version is online on Amazon, she added.

"The publisher, Poolbeg, wants to put it in the shops early next year, but you don't know what will happen. So, Amazon it is for now."

She added that she's been promoting it a lot online herself, and is getting great reaction on Facebook from people who have bought it already.

"Poolbeg is concentrating a lot of its marketing on Irish-Americans which is kind of timely because they can take a virtual trip to Kerry on the magic carpet of 'Under a Skellig Sky' while actual travel is restricted."

Her book is available from www.amazon. co.uk/Under-Skellig-Sky-Breda-Joy-ebook/dp/B088FTSX1K.

Mike Lynch, who has been teaching Maths and PE in Killarney Community College for the last 10 years, teamed up with 15 members of his musical family, including his daughter Emma who has just finished Sixth Year at the school, with each videoing themselves singing at home.

The family chose Michael Jackson’s ‘We are the World’ and re-wrote it to ‘'We are the World - COVID-19', changing the lyrics to suit the present situation so many have found themselves in.

And they also added a GoFundMe page: ‘Lynch Family Support for UHK Tralee’ with a target of €500 to donate as a thank you to staff at University Hospital Kerry who are working on the frontline.

However, with almost 40,000 views and hundreds of shares online, the video, individually posted up online by the family members, has so far raised ap-

proximately €1,400 with donations still coming in.

“It was my brother Jerry who came up with the idea, he was the brains behind it all,” Mike, speaking to the Killarney Advertiser this week, said.

“My sister’s wedding last year was when we all sang together as a family for the first time and Jerry wanted us all to record a couple of lines for this. Then we started writing our own lyrics, there was 15 of us in total including my parents John and Lena and their grandchildren.”

Mike, who lives in Tralee, comes from a very musical family with many of them members of Tralee Musical Society.

He said that they’re overwhelmed with the response to the five minute-long project.

“It wasn’t easy doing it individually as Jerry had to learn new editing skills! It was great craic."

For the end of the video the family are united to complete the harmony of the song but remained socially distanced from each other.

"We had a target of €500 to raise and are overwhelmed with the response so far. They’re our own local frontline workers and deserve a bit of a dig out.”

LOCKDOWN SONG: Killarney Community College teacher Mike Lynch recorded a song with his family to raise funds for University Hospital Kerry.

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BUSINESSES REOPEN

Businesses relieved as they finally reopen their doors

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This week more local business finally got a chance to reopen their doors as Phase Two of the easing of lockdown restrictions came into place.

And although relieved to finally be back in business their main message to customers is to support local where possible.

JOHN TRELOAR, KILLARNEY FRAMER

“We’re delighted to be back open. Thank you to all of our wonderful customers who supported us and continue to support us during this difficult time.”

“As part of the second phase we’re back in business and following all precautions. Shop local and stay safe.”

AOIFE MCBRIDE, MACBEES

“We’re really happy to be back open after three months. We’re delighted to see the customers and encourage everyone to support local businesses. We are taking every precaution to make your shopping safer.”

VALERIE COLEMAN AND BARBARA COLEMAN, LYNE'S OF KILLARNEY

“We’re glad to be open and really depending on the local trade,” Elizabeth Lyne said. “Also, it’s great to see customers supporting us.”

Council launches new online portal for business supports Kerry County Council has launched a new web portal, business.kerrycoco.ie, which will serve as an online one-stop-shop for businesses in Kerry which need support and advice as economic activity begins to resume across a number of sectors.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, Kerry County Council has been providing a range of services and supports to Kerry businesses, including a special freephone helpline to provide information and advice.

All of the various initiatives and supports which are in place are now accessible on a new standalone business website, business.kerrycoco.ie and features details of; restart grant details and application form, support helpline and contact details, new #KerryOpenForBusiness Directory,

information on training and webinars, supports available from the Kerry Local Enterprise Office, research and surveys on the impact of COVID-19, details of the Council’s Economic Recovery Team, and details of the Kerry Interagency Business Forum.

In recent days, Kerry County Council has published the new directory of businesses which have reopened in recent weeks and is still accepting submissions from business via its website. The directory includes almost 500 Kerry business, services and outlets which are open or are reopening and that number continues to grow.

The Council continues to operate its Business Support Line on 1800 807 102 which can provide advice and referrals to businesses as appropriate and as the COVID-19 restrictions continue to be amended.

HELPING BUSINESSES: Kerry County Council has launched a new web portal which will serve as an online one-stop-shop for businesses in Kerry

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LOUISE DUGGAN AND DEREK TWOMEY, THE DUNGEON BOOKSHOP

Now more than ever we must support local businesses Since Thomas Cook first brought tourists to Killarney in 1895 with Victorian package tours our town and county has prospered as a result of visitors.

18 percent of jobs in Kerry are dependent on the tourism sector, the highest rate of any county in Ireland.

More than a million tourists come to Killarney every year with over 3,000 employed in our town thanks to the industry. For over a century, our reliance on tourism has delivered jobs, wealth and a great deal of visitors to Killarney.

Undoubtedly, this dependency has been a positive force in Kerry, spurring on investment and development.

However, our reliance on tourism is a double-edged sword that now leaves us uniquely vulnerable to the economic consequences of COVID-19. As a result of travel restrictions, it is unimaginable that Killarney will see anywhere near the usual level of foreign tourists for the remainder of the summer.

Without the regular number of tourists, and if we do nothing, our town’s economy will be in serious difficulty. A report commissioned by Kerry County Council suggested that Kerry’s economy is set to lose €1 billion in 2020. In the face of such stark predictions, it must be asked, what can we, the people of Killarney, do about our town’s fortunes?

Beyond Kerry, it will be important that we can attract Irish visitors to Killarney. In Belgium, the Government is

planning to give all residents a pass entitling them to 10 free rail journeys throughout the country. Such a move could be replicated in Ireland to encourage domestic tourism. The 2019 increase in the hospitality VAT rate should be reversed, providing some relief to struggling businesses. Virtual tours of Killarney’s sites could be made available online to advertise our town to foreign tourists for when travel restrictions are eased.

Speaking on the reopening of Ireland, caretaker Taoiseach Leo Varadkar asserted “summer is not lost”. For Killarney, these difficult times are about so much more than a lost summer – it is about the thousands of families whose livelihoods are on the line. It is about the businesses struggling to reopen in an uncertain economy, it is about our quiet little town endeavouring to return to normal in abnormal circumstances. If we support our local businesses, if our Government acts to aid our tourism industry and if any second wave is suppressed, the summer can truly be saved.

Now more than ever, it is important that we support local businesses, not just because it is the right thing to do, but because if we don’t, nobody else will.

MARY COUNIHAN, ADAMS JEWELLERS

“We’re delighted to be open and grateful to the local people who supported us, and looking forward to seeing them again.”

“We’re glad to be back open,” Geraldine Casey said. “Hopefully things will stay safe. We’re open seven days a week and are accepting booklists now. School supplies, books and stationery are in stock. We would appreciate local support.”

STEPHEN DONNELLY AND CLAIRE DONNELLY, SEODOIRI NA RIOCHTA

“We’re happy and delighted to be back open. Thanks to the locals for supporting us. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone in the future and hoping they’re all well!”

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“It’s great to see Killarney and I’m very pleased. I would be comfortable with public transport and I’ll be visiting everyone now. I’m waiting for the pubs to open to get a drink.”

PADRAIG O’CONNELL

“I am confident of a full recovery. The public have been absolutely marvellous.

The public health advisors and the Government are doing exceptionally well.

Public adherence is primarily an important matter.”

THOMAS COFFEY

“It’s very depressing. Public transport is terrible, you can’t travel on the buses if you’re over 70. I have family in Tralee and would like to visit them. Killarney is lovely and beautiful, but some of the people haven’t come out of their eggshell to accept everybody. I miss the Masses and the church.”

12.6.2020 This week Grigoriy Geniyevskiy was out and about for the Killarney Advertiser asking our readers if they feel like life is getting back to normal locally and if they plan to travel abroad for holidays this year or opt instead for a staycation in Ireland/Kerry.

GARETH O’DONOGHUE

“ haven’t travelled much yet. I would not be comfortable travelling at the moment on public transport. If social distancing is reinforced on public transport, then it’s fine. I’m looking forward to all the shops being opened, big time. Just positive thinking is the way forward now.”

JOHN AND SALLY FILBY

“We would love to travel both in Ireland and abroad after it’s all over. We’re looking forward to having more shops open, restaurants and especially the pubs. I’m happy to have the golf back actually. The social distance should be brought down to 1m to get us back on track and get the restaurants and shops open again. There will be more locals than tourists and it will be more homegrown this year. It’ll be back to normal next year hopefully.”

EILEEN O’CALLAGHAN

“I won’t be going on holidays. I’ll be staying in the country and helping the Irish economy. I would be comfortable with public transport and I’d love to go to Galway to visit my family. I think it will take longer than expected for it to go back to the way it was, hopefully sooner than later. When Killarney is open it’s a lovely town and has a lot to offer, and I’m delighted to see it slowly opening back up.”

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“I will be staying at home. It will be mostly locals in Killarney, I would imagine it being so as people would feel uneasy travelling abroad.”

“No holidays, we’ll be staying here in Killarney. Killarney is picking up slowly and it needs to be slow. Maybe in a couple of months it will be back to normal.”

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“I won’t be really travelling, I will be staying in Ireland most likely, staying around Killarney. It’s a nice spot and it’s a very scenic place. I’m looking forward for normality again and since Phase 2 it has got a lot better. Ireland has come back pretty well.”

“I will be staying in Killarney, just staying at home. We have everything here really. It is great to have the park open, it’s a benefit for the people. I’ve also been more into cycling than driving during this period. The atmosphere is different without the tourism. Killarney isn’t sustainable without tourists.”

“I will be staying in Ireland. I would be nervous travelling abroad. I would like to just go for lunch, meet friends and have it the way it was. If people adhere to the rules, it should be fine. I have noticed that Killarney has picked up a little bit.”

KRISTIAN KRIZAN AND IVANNA DRAGICEVIC

“I actually will be travelling from July 1. I am going to Croatia to visit my family and am just hoping it will be back to normal as soon as possible. In my opinion it’s going too slow. I just want our normal lives back, want to travel more and even just have more socialising around the place. People are scared of each other and the town is quiet.”

WILLIAM CLIFFORD

“I think the social distance should be brought down to 1m as it is beneficial mentally, as it directly impacts loneliness. 1m will suffice. It is just overreacting now which will not help anyone, and it’s time to bring it back and rebuild everything.

The longer it will take to go back, the harder it will be. I am looking forward to the shops being opened for a bit of variety.”

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Killarney NCT centre to reopen later this month | By Michelle Crean It'll be another week and a half before Killarney NCT Centre reopens to the public following its closure due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

WALK FOR HEIDI: Tara Donoghue Laing from Firies, has organised the 'Walk for Heidi' for vital physiotherapy for two-year-old Heidi Patterson. Pictured socially distanced are: Diana Ascenso, Dave, Cailean and Daithi Laing, Tara Donoghue Laing, Romy Birdthistle, Pearl Turner and Siobhan Colborne.

Fundraising walk to help raise vital funds for Heidi

Killarney is the planned finish line for a fundraiser which is currently ongoing to help raise funds for a sick little girl. | By Michelle Crean Photographer Tara Donoghue Laing from Firies, had no options but to cancel a planned March Mother's Day fundraiser for two-year-old Heidi Patterson due to the sudden COVID-19 lockdown.

However, she's since enlisted the help of four others and they're currently walking a total of 1,000km to raise funds to help Heidi, who suffers Cerebral Palsy is partially blind and deaf, get the physiotherapy she needs.

So far, over €2,000 has been raised of the €5,000 goal for the 'Walking 1000km for Heidi' challenge and they're hoping more will be raised.

Those involved include Tara, her husband Dave Laing, Diana Ascenso, Siobhan Colborne and Romy Birdthistle.

"We're walking a combined 1,000kms so it's roughly 200kms each," Tara told the Killarney Advertiser.

"We began on June 1 and we're doing it for 30 days individually. We're going to walk the finish line together in Killarney National Park, somewhere we can meet up and socially distance."

Others, when they heard about the fundraiser, wanted to join, Tara explained, but as there's only five of them she felt with more involved they'd have

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very little kilometres each to do to get to 1,000.

"They're now doing their own walks and raising funds too. We even have people in Australia, England, Scotland and all over Ireland taking part. We're hoping to raise funds for vital physiotherapy for Heidi. She can't crawl or walk. They're trying to build her muscles up to help her walk eventually. It's heartbreaking, and puts things in perspective. We are walking to raise funds to hopefully help her to walk."

June 22 is the scheduled date for the doors to reopen to the public with appointment slots available for customers to book their NCT. This week National Car Testing Service (NCTS) began a phased reopening of the NCT service across the country with the reopening of 15 centres being done in line with the Government’s Roadmap for reopening Society and Business, and in compliance with the National Return to Work Safely Protocol.

In the short term the roadworthiness testing of vehicles will be on a limited basis and restricted only to those vehicles that had a test due date prior to March 28 before the four-month extension to vehicle certificates of roadworthiness came into effect. This will include vehicle owners who were unable to secure a retest date because of the suspension of the service and those affected by the vehicle lifts issue.

To enable the reopening of centres, the NCTS has put detailed measures in place, in each test centre, to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19 and to protect both customers and staff. These measures include the need to make an appointment, customers are required to prepay their tests when booking online for pre-authorisation purposes, the transaction can be completed using the card in the test centre. No cash will be accepted in the centres. Social distancing controls will be in place including notices posted both internally and externally around the test centre and physical distancing floor markers.

REOPENING: Killarney NCT Centre will reopen to the public on June 22.

"The safety of the public is paramount, and we continue to be guided by public health officials and relevant national experts. If information or guidance changes, we will reassess and change our procedures and protocols accordingly," Sinéad McKeon from NCTS said.

"Furthermore, all staff have received mandatory training on COVID-19 safety and hygiene protocols covering social distancing requirements, personal hygiene, and the correct use of PPE equipment."

Any customers who qualified for the four month extension to the period of validity of their NCT roadworthiness certificate are encouraged to log onto www.ncts.ie where they can check their new test due date.

Customers should take note of the Government’s travel restrictions before booking a test and are advised to refer to the NCTS website to familiarise themselves on the protocols that are now in place.

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Noemí is a glamorous debutante, who is also tough and smart with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid of her cousin’s new husband, not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with

visions of blood and doom.

Noemí, mesmerised by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.

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Hinds The Prettiest Curse 'The Prettiest Curse' is the third studio album by Spanish garage rock band Hinds. It was released this week under Mom + Pop Music and follows 2018s 'I Don't Run'. The album was recorded in New York City and produced by Jenn Decilveo, who produced albums for 'Bat for Lashes', 'The Wombats', and 'Anne-Marie'. 'The Prettiest Curse' was preceded by the singles 'Riding Solo', 'Good Bad Times', 'Come Back and Love Me', and 'Just Like Kids (Miau)', along with music videos for 'Good Bad Times' and 'Just Like Kids (Miau)'.

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It's the follow-up to Hinds’ 2016 garage-rock debut ‘Leave Me Alone’ and 2018 ‘I Don’t Run’, this third record sees the quartet shake things up with the indie quartet embracing pop with confidence and singing in Spanish for the first time.

"Everything felt really different and exciting," singer and guitarist Ana Perrote, speaking about the recording of the album, said.

"We worked with different people and there's different instruments, like keyboards or just more Spanish."

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€2m in funding needed to save Olivia's life The parents of one little sick girl are hoping for continued public support to raise €2m for their baby who urgently needs life-saving treatment - which is the most expensive in the world.

Olivia Mulhern is a 9-month-old from Dublin and was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) - the same condition as Dan Donoher a few months ago. Like Dan’s family, the Mulherns need to raise the funds to take Olivia to the States for treatment. Without it, little Livie’s condition will continue to deteriorate and it's unlikely she will live past her second birthday.

Little Livie's condition is a rare genetic neuromuscular condition caused by a gene deletion which results in deterioration of her nerve cells connecting her brain and spinal cord to her body’s muscles.

There is no cure and Livie has the most severe type. Livie’s muscles used for activities such as crawling, walking, sitting up, moving her head, and even swallowing and breathing, are becoming progressively weaker and shrinking. Every child with SMA is different and little Livie’s future is very uncertain.

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Haunting music on the Golden Gate Bridge A ghostly noise or ‘music’ on the world’s most famous bridge is baffling residents in San Francisco.

Olivia’s mum and dad, Karen who is from Dublin, and Keith, who is from Donegal, have been forced to start a massive fundraising drive to raise funds. Since Livie’s diagnosis in April, they have been humbled and delighted with the public’s support - many of whom are strangers including Kerry

Garda Mary Gardiner who is based in Tralee Garda Station.

So far, almost €480,000 of their €2,000,000 goal has been raised for the medication Zolgensma, which can only be administered before the age of two. To donate go to GoFundMe: A Better Life for Livie.

Does Trumpy ever think?

This week local poet Nicky Barry has penned a few thoughts on Donald Trump's latest antics and put them together in a poem.

The Golden Gate Bridge this week began to make the strange haunting sounds after a new handrail was installed in recent weeks.

However, the hum or ‘song’ can be heard for miles all over the city, even across the bay in Berkeley.

It’s believed that the noise is being caused by high winds blowing through the newly installed railing slats along the bike path on the bridge.

The sound is not constant and only happens when the winds are high, as was the case on Friday last.

Local public radio station KQED referred to the bridge as “a giant orange wheezing kazoo”.

I wonder does Trumpy ever think, when in his bed at night, That maybe he’s a little mad, or at least not right?

It must cross his mind from time to time, if he is half human, That the stuff he comes out with, leaves decent people fuming.

That the man is a success, no one ever doubts, If making money is success, and what it’s all about.

He may have brains somewhere in there, underneath his tresses, But I fear he doesn’t use them, or learn any lessons.

He sees folks as commodities, to be manipulated, To put him back as President, even though he’s hated.

With him it’s all about the dollar, and not philosophy, Which you’d think he should have, along with dignity.

Unlike his predecessor, who was brilliant, brave, and black, Trumpy is a bully, devoid of decency and tact.

He uses the Holy Bible, as a prop in his campaign, To get re-elected, so he can do it all again.

The man just has no savvy, and managed to annoy, Most people in America, when he spoke about George Floyd.

As you all know George was murdered, face down on the street, And Trumpy put both feet in it, being madly indiscreet.

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Kerry footballer describes experiencing racism A young Kerry footballer has this week spoken about racist incidents on the pitch while playing for his club.

Kerry childcare providers to singalong for National Childhood Services Week Childcare providers, parents and children are being invited to be part of a 'Sing a Rainbow' singalong, to mark National Childhood Services Week 2020 next week.

Taking place from June 15 - 19, the childcare organisation has chosen the song 'Sing a Rainbow' on account of the rainbow’s symbolism of the peace and calm after a storm, and the opportunity to start fresh.

With over 3,600 Tusla registered service-providers subscribed to the National Childhood Network (NCN), representing over 100,000 families around the country, the singalong is set to be one of the largest ever heard in Ireland.

Web-links are being provided so that the children from the NCN early years learning and school-age communities, accompanied their by parents and families, can loudly and confidently sing the song, together with childcare providers and staff, at 11am every morning from June 15 to 19.

The theme of this year’s NCSW is ‘Connecting with Children and Families’ and it aims to illustrate and celebrate the incredible lengths childcare provid-

ers have gone to in recent months to stay in touch with the children in their charge and their parents.

Many crèches have story-time on Facebook and sing-songs via Zoom on a daily basis, Denise McCormilla, CEO of the National Childhood Network (NCN) says.

“Childcare workers regularly engage with families on different digital platforms, to help entertain and reassure the young ones, and most support parents with play and creative ideas, to help them cope with lockdown and home schooling.”

In recognition of the many positive ways that service providers and staff have connected with children and families during the COVID-19 crisis, the NCN will share photograph and video montages in a collective eBook and YouTube production during the dedicated week, to highlight the creative efforts involved.

A call has gone out this week for Kerry childcare providers to submit digital copies of the activities they have been involved in, as part of this celebration for National Childhood Services Week 2020.

Franz Sauerland was interviewed on An Saol ó Dheas on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on Monday.

The 19-year-old from Ard na Caithne in the Kerry Gaeltacht, spoke of his experience.

Franz’s mother is from Ghana, and his father is from Germany. Franz was born and raised in Kerry. In the interview he said that he had not experienced racism playing on his home turf, but had done so at away games, and recalled the first such incident to Helen Ní Shé.

“I’ve had a few experiences of it while playing for my club ... one in particular stands out. I wasn’t even playing, I was a water steward because I was injured.

I went onto the pitch to give one of my teammates some water, and his marker said something terrible to me; he told me "to go back to my cotton fields”.

“I got a shock. That had never happened to me, that was the first time. I just sat down on the sideline, and I was quiet for the rest of the match. I was embarrassed, I was upset. I didn’t understand why someone would say something like that.”

Franz said that he had not made a complaint at the time, but that the referee had been informed of matter, and the player had received a ban.

Franz also spoke of his experience while working in a supermarket in Dingle, and how he is regularly asked about where he’s from.

“Customers come in and they ask me weird questions like where are you from? I tell them that I was born and raised here. Then they say, tell us the truth, I tell them I’m Irish, but they push and push and push to find out why I’m black. It happens quite often, about once a month. They’re older people, they don’t understand, they don’t mean to be mean to me, but it happens.”

EXPERIENCING RACISM: Franz Sauerland (19), spoke on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta of his experience of racism on the pitch while playing for his club, An Ghaeltacht.

Franz spoke out about his experience on Instagram over the weekend, and said that he had been inspired to do so by Stefan Okunbor, a former Kerry player now playing Aussie Rules, who spoke out about his own experience of racism in the last few days too.

In the interview, Franz described the difficulty of being different as a young boy, when there was only one black family in the area.

“It’s not so hard now because I’m grown up, but it was very hard about 10 years ago as a boy, looking around and realising that I was the only black person here in this area, other than my own family.

It was challenging because I was different, I always felt I had to work twice as hard as my friends even on the football field, to be better than everyone, so that they’d respect me so that they would see me as equal, a good player, that they would look up to me and all that.”

Franz said that it was vital that people of all races were supporting the current protests against racism all over the world.

“It gives us great support if it was only black people, there wouldn’t be as many people, and it wouldn’t be such a big thing but to see people of every race, all over the world, taking part, it’s brilliant.”

New national bereavement support line launched The Irish Hospice Foundation, in conjunction with the HSE, have launched a national bereavement support line - the first of its kind in Ireland.

The freephone support line 1800 80 70 77, which is available Monday to Friday from 10am to 1pm, aims to provide a confidential space for people to speak about their experience or ask questions

relating to bereavement.

Callers will be listened to with compassion and be provided with emotional support and information on any practical issues that may be helpful.

"While we may be seeing reductions in the number of deaths connected to COVID-19, we know that people’s pain and grief does not diminish as quickly," Sharon Foley, CEO of the Irish Hospice

Foundation, said.

"These truly are exceptional times and the IHF wanted to develop a service to provide connection, comfort and support as we know that people can experience grief as isolating."

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IHF established a new 'Care & Inform' hub on its website to provide a series of resources on grief and loss and

to offer supports during the death and bereavement process. The Foundation has also produced a new policy paper on dying, death and bereavement which it has sent to all political parties, the Government formation negotiators and the Dáil’s special COVID-19 committee.

The bereavement support line is being supported by a national advertising campaign.

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HEALTH & FITNESS Advice - By Brian Foley Brian is available for advice and fitness consultations, Call 087 403 0894 or email info@activate.ie • www.activate.ie

How to lose 20lbs When I started writing this column I had a dilemma, and have had one almost every time I put virtual pen to paper.

Everyone wants to know the ‘secret’ to get results, whether that is losing 20lbs or even 50lbs, it could be getting stronger, running faster.

To engage a reader, you want to give them what they are after; in essence 'the secret'. But to stay true to yourself, you have to ensure what you write is grounded in fact.

The fact is; there is no 'secret', no magic pill, no magic tea, no detox shake or fad diet that works.

How do you lose 20lbs?

I often have clients sit with me in our initial consult and say “I have a wedding in six months, I need to lose 20lbs”.

My response?

“You don’t need to lose 20lbs, you need to start by losing 1lb and get really good at doing that.”

You see, consistency in doing things outweighs intensity any day of the week.

So some condensed and simple advice if you want to lose weight and get fitter: Find a way of eating that you enjoy and is sustainable which allows you to get the results you want, if that’s to lose weight, then so be it.

Find a way of exercising that you enjoy and is sustainable. Try to incorporate a bit of strength work into things if you can!

If you haven’t succeeded in this in the past, seek out advice from someone who is qualified to give it. We all have that mate who played county and knows the routine from “Men’s Health” back to front - that won’t help you.

For things to change you must change things.

You can’t continue doing the same things and expect the same results.

A little bit of discomfort might be needed initially.

It will not happen next week, six weeks or maybe 12 weeks - but it will happen.

You have to trust the process and stay the course. It might take some time, but promising you fast results is a sure fire way to lead you to becoming hugely demotivated and giving up.

Be realistic, enjoy the journey and start to love what you can do, rather than what you cannot.

As always, I’m here for advice. When we founded Activate our mission was to make Killarney Ireland’s healthiest town.

Not everyone will be a member, so that wouldn’t help us complete that mission, but everyone can ask a question and get an honest answer if they want. We’re here to help.

Global Irish Festival series 2021 funding announced for Kerry The Global Irish Festival Series, a Fáilte Ireland and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade initiative, aims to harness diaspora links for the benefit of local and community tourism.

Looking ahead to 2021, Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin and Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciaran Cannon have announced funding of up to €100k for Kerry County Council through the Global Irish Festival Series, a joint initiative between Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide funding and support, through relevant local authorities, for events that tap into international diaspora networks to help attract overseas visitors.

The festival series is part of the National Tourism Development Authority’s recovery strategy for the tourism industry which will feed into the work of the Tourism Recovery Taskforce recently established by Ministers Shane Ross and Brendan Griffin.

Kerry County Council will receive funding to develop events to encourage Ireland’s diaspora to visit Ireland once the COVID-19 public health emergency passes.

“This is a hugely difficult and anxious time for the tourism industry, but it is important that we look ahead," Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, said. "The Global Irish Festival Series will enable the local community in Kerry to build on their diaspora networks and deepen connections around the world that will help to generate tourism activity next year.”

The Global Irish Festival Series will support Kerry County Council’s An Turas Mór – The Journey Home festival, with up to €100k in funding. The festival will include a month-long heritage programme of special thematic events designed in collaboration with existing festivals in Kerry, including a series of participative GAA events throughout October 2021.

Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Ciaran Can-

non, added: “In the face of the global challenge posed

by COVID-19, it is important for us to re-affirm our sense of solidarity and common identity. The Global Irish Festival Series is an important part of reinforcing the connections between Ireland and our diaspora. We will work with our partners in Fáilte Ireland and the local community in Kerry to strengthen their deep connection with the diaspora.”

Speaking about the importance of festival series, Fáilte Ireland’s Head of Festivals, Ciara Sugrue, said that they are delighted to work with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade once again on the Global Irish Festival Series as they look at rebuilding the tourism industry and the vital contributions it makes to Irish society.

"The festivals and events supported through the series will help drive tourism to specific locations, including regional areas outside of current hotspots, creating new economic benefits for local communities and this will be hugely important as we move into the recovery phase of the COVID-19 crisis.”

Welcoming the announcement, Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Kerry County Council said Kerry is pleased to be part of the Global Irish Festival Series and will work with the Rose of Tralee network, the GAA and other groups to attract members of the Kerry diaspora back to the county for a showcase festival in October 2021.

"The fostering of linkages with the extended Kerry family overseas is a key goal of the Council and it will help drive tourism and economic growth in these challenging times.”

The Global Irish Festival Series will take place in 2021 on the Wild Atlantic Way in the new locations of Kerry and Mayo, alongside Limerick and Donegal where the festival series has taken place since it was launched as a pilot initiative in 2018.

The Global Irish Festival Series is funded

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Gardening - By Debby Looney

Debby is available for advice and garden consultations, just call 086 6088156 or email barnhillky@gmail.com

Is gardening really a healthy pastime?

Calling Kerry's creative kids Have you ever made your own kite, all you need are some simple items and your own endless imagination!

Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) has teamed up with Creative Ireland to help children create their very own unique kites that they can fly along with other kids on this year’s Cruinniú na nÓg tomorrow (Saturday). Children can fly their lovely vibrant kites in gardens and parks all over Ireland while keeping socially distanced from each other.

Young kite-flyers will have the chance to celebrate this year’s national day of

creativity in their local area by sharing their colourful images and videos on social media. Using the hashtags #GetIrelandMaking and/or #CreativeIreland, they will also have a chance of featuring on DCCI’s and Creative Ireland’s accounts too!

All kids need are a few bits and bobs such as newspaper, string/twine, colourful materials, tape and paper straws!

Follow Design & Crafts Council Ireland on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube and Creative Ireland on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Kerry farmers to save with new trading platform Tradeforus, a new online livestock trading platform officially launched this week, is set to revolutionise the agri sector and enable and maximise efficiencies and revenues for all stakeholders, including Kerry’s part-time and full-time farmers.

Developed by Irish agri-food veteran Michael Broderick, Tradeforus enables farmers and meat processors to buy and sell livestock in a transparent online marketplace that delivers time and cost savings.

The company has secured financial backing from investor and former senior food sector executive, Hilliard Lombard, a partner at private equity food investment firm, Biavest. His executive experience includes senior international and national roles at Aryzta and IAWS Group plc and Valeo Foods Group.

There are currently 47,619 beef cows in Kerry. By using Tradeforus, both farmers and their customers avoid the extensive cost of commission and fees paid to participate in the traditional trading methods.

Tradeforus is securely synced with the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Identification and Movements (AIM) da-

tabase, which provides up to the minute animal movement information. The Bord Bia status of all animals is also recorded on the platform.

With their AIM profiles uploaded, farmers, individually or collectively as part of a formal or informal producer group, offer their animals for sale at a set asking price via the Tradeforus platform.

On the other side of the transaction, purchasers submit a buying order for a specific animal type of a specific age, weight, and grade.

“There’s no question that Ireland’s beef sector is in need of change; there is a complete absence of trust between farmers and processors," Michael Broderick, co-founder and managing director of Tradeforus, said.

"Farmers and processors in Kerry will attest to this. If we want to see the sector flourish, we must look for solutions to these problems now.

“With Tradeforus, our main objective is the delivery of savings for farmers and meat processors alike. For both, we’re providing the means for more transparent transactions, making the whole business of buying and selling livestock more efficient."

It is a given that gardening is great for your health. I am not a doctor or in the health profession in any way, but this is a short simple statement which at first glance seems true.

I think everyone would agree that gardening is a form of exercise. It certainly is tiring - and works all the muscles! It is also inarguably a wonderful way to relax. However, I meet many people who ‘break their backs' after a day in the garden or who are ‘wrecked' or ‘exhausted' these do not sound like the comments of those who are gardening for their health!

Also many people find gardening impossible due to arthritis, genuine back or knee problems, and age related difficulties. Gardening, like any exercise, can cause injuries if done incorrectly, or dare I say it, foolishly! Raking and hoeing can be prime examples of foolish gardening.

How many of us, and I include myself here, have stood, rake in hand, wondering how far it will reach? Then thrown it away from ourselves, bending as far forward as possible while holding the tip of the handle and be chuffed that we can ‘rake' a piece of land which is practically in the neighbours garden? This, let me advise you, is not good for the back, legs or garden. Raking and hoeing should be done in small short motions while standing upright and holding the tool in a comfortable grip at the top and in the middle of the handle. Digging, likewise, is not an exercise in testing the strength of the handle while levering a clod of earth out. We do not have to take out a spade’s depth every time we put the spade into the ground! It can be done in a few attempts. I know that it is difficult to accept limitations, but I feel very strongly about making life easier where possible. For

example, raised kneelers are a gift. For those with bad knees or backs, they are the ideal solution. Not kneeling directly on the ground is much more comfortable for your lower back, putting less strain on it when bending forward, and if the kneeler comes equipped with handles, lowering yourself and getting up again is not too much effort. Also there are lighter tools available these days - Kent and Stowe have a 30 percent lighter range. I have tried some of these tools and they have not compromised on strength or quality. Something as simple as a pair of quality gloves can make all the difference when it comes to blisters. I find polyurethane coated gloves more comfortable and cool than leather or other work gloves. In my experience ‘gardening gloves' for ladies are often more about design than performance!

So, is gardening really a healthy pastime - of course it is! Just accept your abilities and maybe scale down. Do simple stretches before and after working in the garden, ask a health professional for advice as many activities such as weeding require long periods of the same posture.

Use any aids which are available. Make sure you practice mindfulness to be present in the moment. I advise this in two ways; firstly, be aware of your posture and what you are doing, and secondly, take the time to appreciate all you have done and the beauty of nature. And my last piece of health advice; do not forget the sun lotion!

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Nagle WRC return halted by Rally Finland cancellation Paul Nagle's disappointment after learning that Rally Finland has been cancelled was offset by the news that his planned European Rally Championship campaign might resume.

Nagle and his driver Craig Breen were due to contest Rally Finland next month one of a small number of World Championship rallies they were promised by Hyundai Motorsport World Rally Team.

Within a week of the announcement that Breen and Nagle were to contest the next round of the World Rally Championship news broke that the organisers had taken the difficult deci-

sion to cancel the rally – mainly due to the uncertainty surrounding quarantine rules for visitors from outside the country.

“It is very disappointing, but we have to look after our own welfare and the welfare of the people of Finland, we can do nothing only look forward to Rally Finland 2021."

The cancellation of the event means their 2020 WRC remains up in the air with a slight possibility they will get the Hyundai call for Rally GB in late October, but like everything, this event is subject to the same considerations every rally organisers in the world face right now.

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Beaufort couple have a long loyal tradition at local garage Beaufort man Paddy O’Sullivan and his wife Eileen collected their 15th new car from Randles Bros, the county’s main Nissan dealer.

Paddy is one of the family run garage’s longest-serving customers.

His first new car was a Morris Marina, back in the day when Randles Bros were one of the county’s Austin Morris dealers.

The Morris Marina was one of the British Leyland Group’s biggest selling cars in the 1970s.

Later, Randles Bros took over the Datsun franchise for the county and Paddy bought his first Datsun 140 J – sometimes referred to as a Datsun Violet – which was one of the Japanese brand’s best-loved models as it made its early strides in the European market.

When Datsun rebranded as Nissan in the 1980s, the Nissan Bluebird became a popular choice and Paddy owned a share of these in his time – all bought from the Muckross Road garage.

The Bluebird was replaced by the Primera in the late 1990s and Paddy owned five of these cars.

His latest motor of choice is the Nissan Qashqai and he and Eileen picked up the latest version last week.

“It is remarkable to think that Randles Brothers will celebrate one hundred years in business next year and that Paddy has been dealing with my late father Neil, my late brother Con, myself and now my sons,” dealer principal David Randles told the Killarney Advertiser. “I wish Paddy all the best and thank him for the years of loyalty.”

HAPPY MOTORING: David Randles with Paddy Sullivan and his wife Eileen from Beaufort as they collect their '201 Nissan Qashqai' , their 15th car from Randles Bros Muckross Road.

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2020 Blue Flag and Green Coast Awards announced An Taisce has this week announced the International Blue Flag and Green Coast Award recipients for 2020 and it includes Derrynane, Ballinskelligs, White Strand Caherciveen, Kells, Rossbeigh, Inch, Ventry, Magherabeg, Banna, Ballyheigue, Ballybunion South Beach.

The awards were announced by Ian Diamond, Coastal Awards manager with An Taisce’s Education Unit, the national operator of Blue Flag and Green Coast Award programmes in the Republic of Ireland.

77 of the 80 beaches and all eight marinas awarded last year have retained Blue Flag status for 2020.

However, Ballybunion North beach failed to achieve the ‘Excellent Water Quality’ rating necessary to obtain Blue Flag status in 2020. The rating deteriorated slightly to ‘Good Status’ based on the analysis of in-season water quality samples taken between 2016 and 2019.

An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland is responsible for the operation of the Blue Flag programme in Ireland on

behalf of the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE).

In announcing the awards from home via Facebook Live, Ian Diamond, Coastal Awards Manager with An Taisce’s Environmental Education unit said visits to the beach this summer will not be the same.

“While we go to the beach to relax and unwind we still have to be mindful of the need to social distance and bringing hand sanitiser in addition to sunscreen with us will take some getting used to. We must also bear in mind the additional pressure being put on local authorities to manage our beaches in the most difficult of circumstances. I would like to congratulate the Local Authorities, community groups and marina managers on their success in achieving Blue Flag or Green Coast Award status. I would also like to wish everyone a safe and enjoyable summer.”

60 beaches in Ireland were awarded the Green Coast Award for 2020.

There are two first time recipients of the Green Coast Award in 2020: Baginbun in County Wexford and Carrigaholt in County Clare. Mornington

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BEACH AWARDS: Blue Flags have been awarded to numerous beaches in Kerry and across the country this week. Photo: Naoise Culhane

in County Meath has regained Green Coast Award status having last held the award in 2017.

An important aspect of the Green Coast Awards is the involvement of Clean Coasts groups of which there are now over 600 comprised of thou-

sands of volunteers throughout the island.

“Clean Coasts groups contribute significantly to the protection of Ireland’s coastal environment. Over the past year these groups removed over 750 tonnes of litter from our coastline.”

Tesco Fund donates to Killarney group Kerry’s Children and Young People’s Services in Killarney is to receive funding from Tesco Ireland as part its Community Fund in 2020.

Tesco Ireland yesterday (Thursday) announced that it will dedicate the fourth round of its Community Fund in 2020 to support those most in need due to COVID-19.

Tesco stores across Kerry will each donate to three local charities as chosen by local Area Community Champions and customers. Tesco stores will donate to community-based projects who provide mental health support services, supports for victims of domestic abuse, the homeless, and people experiencing food poverty are

among those who will benefit. Others who have received the local good causes across Kerry include Tralee Food Aid, Tralee Square and Adapt Kerry.

“As the impact of COVID-19 runs deep into the communities around Kerry, we want to continue to support those most impacted,” launching the donations, Kari Daniels, CEO, Tesco Ireland said.

“At a time when charitable revenues are experiencing a downturn, we hope that dedicating yet another round of our €120,000 Community Fund will help these good causes to continue to provide invaluable services to those who need it most in our communities.”

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STUNNING: A group of Transition Year students organised a photography competition for all students in St Brigid's Secondary School recently with the theme of 'Quarantine and Social Distancing'. The aim of the competition was to encourage students to get out of the house to do something creative, have a bit of fun and put their photography skills to the test! They received some wonderful entries including the winning image (above), taken by Magdalena Weglarz.

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SUPPORT GROUPS Kerry Positive Option Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Service Free - confidential - non-judgemental services. All options explored. Killarney Southwest Counselling Centre Emmett’s Road, Killarney Tel: 064 6636416. Open: Monday to Friday 9am -5pm. Funded by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme.

Suicide Prevention Helplines Samaritans 1850609090 or freephone 116123 or text 0872609090, email jo@samaritans.ie, Free counselling, freephone 1800247247or call 066-7163660 www.pieta.ie; South West Counselling Centre, Killarney, free suicide prevention and bereavement counselling, 064-6636416/6636100;

Living Links, Kerry, 087-9006300; HSE South: Suicide Prevention Helpline 1800 742 745, Farm & Rural Stress Helpline 1800742645.

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Killarney Al Anon The Killarney Al Anon meetings are held Tuesday nights at 8.30pm in St

Claire’s, Vincent De Paul Building, Tesco Car Park, Beech Road, Killarney.

Contact 086-8616001.

Alzheimer Society National Helpline is open six days a week Monday to Friday 10am–5pm and Saturday 10am–4pm on 1800 341 341. Email at helpline@alzheimer.ie or via Live Chat at www.alzheimer.ie National Council for the Blind of Ireland National Helpline 1850 334353

Kerry Cancer Support Group We would like to reassure our service users at this very anxious time that we continue to keep up to date with all of the guidelines, and will keep our transport to treatment services on the road.

SouthWest Counselling Centre, Killarney In line with current HSE best practice in dealing with the COVID 19 virus, we are unable to provide face to face counselling appointments. We are now offering telephone counselling to clients and employees who need support.

We are currently developing this telephone service along with our online Mindful Parenting Workshops which will be provided to adults and parents.

Please contact SouthWest Counselling Centre on 064 6636416 to make a referral, self-refer or for further information. One to one telephone counselling appointments will then be arranged with an experienced counsellor in confidence.

FALAFEL PITTA SANDWICH BY NOEL ENRIGHT EXECUTIVE CHEF AT THE LAKE HOTEL INGREDIENTS

HARISSA

• • • • • • • • • •

INGREDIENTS

1 tin of chickpeas strained 1 small red onion finely diced 1 clove of garlic crushed 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp coriander powder 50g fresh coriander 50g fresh parsley Pinch of chilli flakes 2 tablespoons of gram flour Sea salt

METHOD

Place all ingredients (except the gram flour) in a food processor and blitz. Once all ingredients are mixed and the chickpeas have been finely chopped, add the gram flour.

Shape the mixture into eight small or four medium sized patties. Place between sheets of parchment paper and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.

To cook, brush or spray lightly with sunflower oil and cook in a pan over a medium to hot heat.

Serve in a toasted pitta bread, cut open and brush the inside with harissa. Put some salad mix in the bottom of the pitta. Place falafel inside and top with some tomato salsa and a spoon of natural yoghurt.

• 3 red chillies • 1 roasted red pepper (available in jars in your local supermarket)

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3 cloves of garlic Half lemon juiced 1 tablespoon tomato puree 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp fennel seeds 100ml rapeseed oil 4 or 5 mint leaves shredded Pinch of sea salt

METHOD

Blitz chillies, garlic and red pepper in your food processor. Add tomato puree and continue blotting, add the spices and lemon juice then the mint. Slowly pour in the rapeseed oil and finish with a pinch of salt.

This can be kept for up to two weeks in your fridge and is a great accompaniment with lots of other dishes.

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How do I know if it’s the right career path for me?

The last four months have been a steep learning curve for everyone in many ways and in particular the realisation that even the best laid and well established plans can be altered dramatically.

We now know better than ever that there are no certainties in life and the same is true with making career choices particularly at a young age. Statistics show that approximately one in six students do not complete the first year of their chosen course and there are several possible reasons for that. Some students don’t settle into the college itself and may not be ready for the move to a new city and away from home and school friends. In other cases there can be financial and other pressures.

In many cases students feel that they have chosen the wrong course in relation to their interests, personality traits and attributes, skills and qualities and their approach to study. While there are no absolute guarantees and indeed the majority of people veer into different careers than then originally planned, by doing a lot of self-reflection and proper research at this stage you can put yourself in the best possible position regarding your plan for the next part of your career roadmap! The following tips will help.

START WITH YOURSELF:

It may sound obvious but you know yourself better than you think. Consider your interests and what you really dislike. For example if you don’t like the idea of being stuck in an office then it goes without saying you choose options

that reflect that. Think about your personality, if it is in your nature to want to help people then consider courses that allow you to progress into careers that facilitate this as you are likely to get personal satisfaction from it. Look at the skills and competencies you have already, for example if you have a natural flair for problem-solving and good numerical skills you may want to consider engineering or finance. Remember you will also develop lots of new skills regardless of what pathway you choose which will open lots of opportunities for you as you progress in your career. A very important thing to consider is the type of learner you are. The good news is that learning in third level is quite different to Leaving Cert and it varies depending on study area. Look at the divide between theory/practical learning and choose what suits you best. There is also a considerable amount of continuous assessment in third level education and training which suits the majority of students. There is a very good selection of self-assessment tools on www.careersportal.ie.

CONSULT OTHERS:

Talk to those around you who know you well - your parents, relations, friends.

They are a very good sounding board when you are trying to make a decision.

Talk to anyone you know who has done the course you are thinking about or working in the area and ask them about the advantages and disadvantages so that you can make an informed decision.

Make contact with the professionals,

you may not have access to your school guidance counsellor at the moment but the college staff in schools liaison offices and admissions offices are all at the end of the phone and email to answer any of your queries. Most colleges are running virtual Open Events or Change of Mind Q&A sessions up to the July 1 deadline and many have recordings of their virtual events up on their websites and social media platforms so check them out.

RESEARCH THE DETAIL:

The saying that ‘the devil is in the detail’ is absolutely true when it comes to researching courses/career pathways. It is not enough to have a vague idea about what is involved and hope for the best.

To make the best and most informed decision you can you need to spend proper time researching all the detail which is readily available online. Check out what modules you will be studying throughout the duration of the course. Some students drop out of a course early because they don’t like the modules in first year and in fact if they could get through them they would enjoy the options in second year and beyond.

HAVE A BACK-UP PLAN:

Always have a Plan B. Fill up both sides of the CAO choices (Level 8 and 7/6) if applying for Universities and Institutes of Technology. Look at the huge variety of courses available in the Further Education and Training sector on www. fetchcourses.ie and www.teagasc.ie.

Keep an eye on developments on www. apprenticeships.ie. Consider options

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Niamh Dwyer is a Guidance Counsellor in Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore and PRO of Kerry Branch of Guidance Counsellors.

for study abroad on www.ucas.com and www.eunicas.com This year your back-up plan may be to choose to sit a Leaving Cert paper in a subject (s) if you are disappointed with your calculated grade and then applying for courses the following year.

Move at your own pace: You may be very excited about moving on to the next phase but if you are unsure there is no rush. Better to be happy with your decision than to rush into a course/pathway because everyone else is doing it.

You have the options to defer the course that get offered from CAO by contacting the Admissions Office of the college and requesting a deferral. If granted, you can reapply through CAO the following year for just that course and you are automatically entitled to it.

Any parents or students with queries on the Change of Mind or other career options can email Niamh on careerfocusnow@gmail.com or text/phone 0879801105 Any parents or students with queries can email Niamh on careerfocusnow@gmail.com or text/ phone 087 9801105.

Test the water before reopening your business One local company is calling on local businesses which have or are getting ready to reopen to think about the importance of getting their water tested to ensure the health and safety of their staff and customers.

With many businesses closed for up to two months, water will have become stagnant in pipes. And that is where Farranfore’s Southern Scientific Services Ltd., can help.

The family owned business operates an environmental consultancy and testing facility. The company was started by Michael and Kate Murphy from their home in Kilcummin in 1994. Keeping it in the family three out of the five chil-

dren work in the company; Conor, Ruth and Deborah joined the business after finishing third level education. Today it is the leading laboratory in Ireland for soil testing, carrying out soil analysis for and on behalf of Teagasc. It also holds a major contract with Irish Water for water compliance monitoring as well as providing analytical testing for a number of companies and industries throughout Ireland and internationally.

The company is home to highly qualified and experienced scientists who deliver a range of analytical and specialist consulting services to their clients in the agricultural, environmental, food, and pharmaceutical sectors. Their planning and environmental consultancy services ensure that operations are developed

and operated in an environmentally responsible and sustainable manner. Split over two levels, all of their laboratories have state-of-the-art equipment and a team of highly qualified scientists.

“We continue to invest and increase our in-house capabilities with the addition of specialised and modern equipment as

well as attracting talented pre and post doctorate employees,” Kate Murphy told the Killarney Advertiser.

The family also own AgriDiagnostics Ireland Ltd., which is an animal diagnostics testing company carrying out BVD testing for Kerry Group and farmers throughout Ireland.

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Enable Ireland has launched a new fundraising campaign and is asking people all over Ireland this June to take on the 'Wheel 100 Challenge' encouraging participants to wheel 100 times in their own way and raise vital funds for the charity. Like many charities, Enable Ireland has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. “With fundraising events cancelled and our 21 charity shops closed for almost three months, we are facing a loss of €1.5million in funding," Enable Ireland CEO John O’Sullivan said.

"Now more than ever, we need the public’s support to continue to provide our vital services to 8,500 children and adults across Ireland."

The charity is encouraging families, sports enthusiasts, cycle clubs and anyone with a set of wheels to take part in this digital fundraising challenge. A virtual ‘Wheel 100 Champions Wall’ for those who raise the most funds will be added to the Enable Ireland website www.enableireland.ie/wheel100. If you would like to take in the challenge phone Trudy McQuaid on 087 6868333 or email wheel100@enableireland.ie to sign up. ................................................................

SEAI award Irish researchers €1m in funding The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded €1 million to Irish companies and research institutions to carry out innovative energy research projects in the areas of smart energy systems and offshore renewable energy. Funding for Irish participants is provided by SEAI through the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, with additional funding from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme. The Government’s Climate Action Plan, published last year, sets out actions across every sector to ensure Ireland meets its future climate commitments. Irish researchers will collaborate with companies and institutions across Europe on seven new projects, awarded under the European Commission Smart Energy Systems and Ocean Energy ERA-Net initiatives.

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COFFEY

In loving memory of a dear Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother Mary Carmody, Banard, Gneeveguilla Who passed away on June 14th 2019.

Two tired eyes are sleeping, Two willing hands are still, The one who worked so hard for us, Is resting at God’s will.

Loved and remembered always your daughter Concepta, son in law Mike, grandchildren Michelle, Norma, Róisín and Ruaidhrí, and great-grandchildren.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARMODY

In loving memory of Mary Carmody Banard, Gneeveguilla Who passed away June 14th 2019.

As we lovingly remember our beloved mother Mary, we her family wish to express our sincere gratitude to all who sympathised with us on our sad loss on her first anniversary.

Thanks to all those who attended the rosary, removal, funeral mass and sent mass cards. Special thanks to Fr Anthony O Sullivan and Fr Kevin McNamara who celebrated Mary’s funeral mass and to Mary Wiseman for the lovely music.

Thanks to Sean O Mahony undertaker for his compassion, guidance and assistance during Mary’s funeral.

We are extremely grateful to all her home help and the staff of Our Lady of Lourdes nursing home Kilcummin, for the care they showed our mother.

Our thanks to the Gneeveguilla Ladies GAA Committee for organising the catering.

As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our appreciation.

The Holy Sacrifice of the mass will be offered for your intentions.

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked for many favours. This time I ask you this special one, (mention favour). Take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within your heart where your Father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour not mine. Amen.

Say this prayer three times for three days and your favour will be granted. Never known to fail. Must promise publication of prayer.

TF

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Sheila Coffey 41 Firies Drive, Firies, Killarney, Co.Kerry Who died June 15th 2019 As we lovingly remember Sheila today on the first anniversary of her passing, her husband James and daughter Eva wish to extend sincere and heartfelt thanks to Sheila’s siblings, Mary, Dan, Cait, Tess, John, Batt, Eileen, Tom and Pa along with their spouses, partners and families also to Sheila’s mother in law Peggy Lenihan, Patie Coffey and family and Sheila’s much treasured friend Fiona Fitzgerald. We also extend our thanks to our wonderful neighbours and friends for your support, dropping off food and helping us through a difficult time. To all who travelled to our home, and attended the Mass and burial, we appreciate your efforts and support.

Thanks to all who sent Mass Cards, phone messages, floral tributes , donations to Pallative Care, and all who travelled long distances to be with us and recall wonderful memories of Sheila.

We would also like to thank Bridie at Bridie’s Shop Firies and The Killarney Park Hotel for supplying beautiful food and helping us in so many ways. Thank you Tess also for preparing the beautiful food after the funeral. Thanks also to O’Connor’s Funeral Home, Firies, for your professionalism and kindness. Thank you Tom Collins for reciting the Rosary in our home. Sincere thanks to Fr. o Doherty , Fr Teddy Lenihan, Fr. Gunn and Fr Horgan for concelebrating a beautiful Mass in Sheila’s honour. Thanks to Helen Kerins and Denis Crowley whose singing and music was such a tribute to Sheila’s love of hymns and music. Thanks again Fiona for organising a guard of honour by all the kids who were loved and cared for by Sheila it was a truly moving gesture. Thank you Fr Teddy for celebrating Sheila’s memory again at her Month’s Mind Mass.

We also want to thank Dr. Coffey and Dr Curran and staff for your professionalism and care of Sheila, also special thanks to Finbar Kennelly and staff, and the nurses who called to our home as part of Sheila’s care team. A very special and heartfelt thanks to Dr Patricia Sheahan and all the staff at the Palliative Care unit at UHK, your dedicated, compassionate and professional care of Sheila and the incredible support to us during her time with you will be forever appreciated .

As it would be impossible to thank everybody individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our sincere gratitude and appreciation. The Holy sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions.

It does not take a special day, For us to think of you, Each mass we hear, Each prayer we say, Is offered up for you.

MIRACLE PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I have asked You for many favours. This time I ask you this very special one (mention favour). Take it, dear Heart of Jesus and place it within Your own Heart where Your Father sees it.

Then, in His merciful eyes it will become Your favour not mine. Amen. Say for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. JK

FENTON

With loving thought we remember a wonderful Mom and Nan, Chris Dennehy Kilbrean Although you cannot hear her voice, Or see her smile no more, Your Mother walks beside you, Just as she did before.

She listens to your stories, She wipes away your tears, She wraps her arms around you, And she understands your fears, It’s just she isn’t visible to see with human eye, But talk to her in silence, And her spirit will reply.

You’ll feel the love she has for youYou’ll hear her in your heart, She’s left her human body, But your souls will never part.

A mother holds her children’s hands for a little while, but their hearts forever.

MONTH’S MIND DENNEHY

In loving memory of Con (Neil) Dennehy from Castleknock, Dublin and late of Kilbrean, Killarney.

Who died May 16th 2020 I watch the sunset, fading away, Lighting the clouds and sea.

And as the evening, closes its eyes, I feel your presence near me.

For you are always close to me Following all my ways.

May I be always close to you, Following all your ways, Lord.

I watch the moonlight guarding the night, Waiting till morning comes.

The air is silent, earth is at rest, Only your peace is near me.

Yes, you are always close to me.

Following all my ways.

May I be always close to you, Following all your ways Lord.

From his wife Marie and daughters, Kate and Lauryn.

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked for many favours. This time I ask you this special one, (mention favour). Take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within your heart where your Father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times for three days and your favour will be granted. Never known to fail. Must promise publication of prayer. RF

In loving memory of Denis Fenton, The Park, Killarney.

Died on the 16th of June 2019.

As we lovingly remember Denis on his first anniversary, his wife Maura, daughters Sheila and Denise, son John, son in law Cian, grandchildren Eve and David, brother Sean, sister Breda , sister in law, brother in law, nieces and nephew wish to express our sincere thanks to all who sympathised with us on our sad loss. We offer our heartfelt thanks to the many friends, neighbours and sympathisers who visited our home, attended the Rosary, removal, funeral mass and burial. We also wish to thank those who provided practical and emotional support at such a difficult time. For those who telephoned, travelled long distances, sent floral tributes, mass cards and letters of sympathy, we are truly grateful.

A special word of thanks to The Mercy University Hospital Cork for the care and kindness shown to Denis during his short illness. Also, Dr Doherty, Killarney Medical Centre and Liam Sheehan and staff of Sheehan’s Pharmacy – a big thank you.

A heartfelt thank you to Fr. Kieran O’Brien for his beautiful celebration of the funeral mass and all his support and help at such a difficult time. A special thank you to Mary and Michelle O’Callaghan for their beautiful singing and music which greatly enhanced our Requiem Mass. A big thank you to O’Shea’s Funeral Directors, Mike, Mary, Tim and staff for their professionalism in the handling of the funeral arrangements.

Special thanks to Billy and all the staff at the Royal Hotel for the beautiful food and attention given to us.

A final thank you to Denis’s relations and friends - all those phone calls were greatly appreciated by him. As is would be impossible to thank everyone individually please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deep appreciation.

Anniversary Mass for Denis is on Saturday the 20th of June at 6:15.

Please join with us as follws: Go to Google. Type in www. killarneyparish.com.

Homepage will appear, scroll down to “webcam St. Mary’s Cathedral” Double click on this and you will see altar.

NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONY O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and charity for his creatures made you worthy when on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles awaited on your word which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety.

Encouraged by this thought I implore you to obtain for me my request (request).

The answer to my prayer may require a miracle, even though you are the Saint of Miracles, O gentle and loving St. Anthony whose heart was ever full of human sympathy.

Whisper my petition into the ear of the sweet infant Jesus who loved to be held in your arms and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours.

Promise publication.

DN

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IN MEMORIAM

12.6.2020 4TH ANNIVERSARY KELLY

1ST ANNIVERSARY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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1ST ANNIVERSARY

12TH ANNIVERSARY

KENNY

RYAN

In loving memory of Pat Kenny.

Muckross / Mill Road, Who died 16th June 2019.

In loving memory of Peggy Ryan Late of Clydine, Kilcummin, Killarney Who died on 12th June 2008.

You always had a smile to share, A laugh, a joke, a time to care, Each of us in our own way, Have special thoughts of you today.

You are more than a memory silently kept, You are part of our lives we will never forget.

Time moves on, but memories stay, You will always be remembered especially today.

KENNY

In loving memory of Jerh Kelly, Late of Annaghmore, Headford, Killarney Who passed away on 10th June 2016.

In loving memory of Pat Kenny, Late of Mill Road and Muckross Killarney.

Who died on 16th June 2019.

Love is most nearly itself When here and now cease to matter.

Old men ought to be explorers Here or there does not matter We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For a further union, a deeper communion Through the dark cold and the empty desolation, The wave cry, the wind cry, the vast waters Of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning.

On the first anniversary of Pat’s death, his wife Maureen, daughters Michelle and Noreen, Grandchildren, sons in law David and Colm, brothers and extended family would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to all those who sympathised with us on our sad loss.

Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by your wife Margaret, daughter Marion, son Brian and extended family.

5TH & 11TH ANNIVERSARY FALVEY

Thanks to those who sent mass cards, messages of sympathy, floral tributes, those who called to our home and all those who attended Pat’s removal, funeral mass and burial.

Beautiful memories , Of someone we love, Will comfort and lift us, Like the wings of a Dove, For in beautiful dreams, There’s no loss or pain, In beautiful memories, We are together again.

Ní imithe uainn ach romhainn.

Loved and treasured forever, Mom, Jerry, Gobnait, Michael, John, Brendan, Linda, Chris & Lorraine, Ann-Marie, Dylan, Mattie and Faela.

Always loved and remembered by your husband Henry, daughter Nicola and son Tadgh.

7TH ANNIVERSARY O’SULLIVAN

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

We wish to convey our sincere appreciation to all those who donated so generously to Rockmount Day Care Centre who were all so kind and caring to Pat. A special word of thanks to all our wonderful neighbours in Mill Road who called to visit Pat and for being there to help at all times.

Thank you to Dr Kavanagh, Dr Keohane and all the Staff in the Medical Centre, University Hospital Kerry, and to Carolann and all the home help team for the care and love they showed Pat. A special word of thanks to Fr. Derek O’ Connell and Fr. Roger Kelleher for visiting Pat in hospital and for your prayers and comforting words.

In loving remembrance of Dad and Jimmy, Jimmy 26th May, 2009 Seamus 26th June, 2015 Curragh, Aghadoe, Killarney, Co. Kerry.

Loved and sadly missed by your brother Billy and family.

Thank you to Fr. Niall Howard who celebrated Pat’s funeral mass with Fr. Paddy O’Byrne, and Fr. Michael O’ Doherty and to the Cathedral Choir.

The family would like to thank O’ Shea’s Undertakers, Mike and Mary O’Shea for their professionalism and kindness in helping us arrange Pat’s funeral and also to Michael Duggan for his help. Thanks also to The Killarney Oaks Hotel for the lovely meal they served after the funeral.

As it is impossible to thank everyone individually, the holy sacrifice of the mass will be offered for your intentions.

Pat’s 1st Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Monday 15th June at 6:15 pm in the Cathedral.

BURKE

In loving memory of our dear mother, Catherine O’Sullivan, Raheen, Headford, Killarney, who died on June 10th 2013.

Always treasured and remembered

by Mary, John, Kathleen, Margaret, Anne, Pauline, grandchildren, great grandchildren, relatives, friends and neighbours.

EFFICACIOUS NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS !. O Jesus, you have said, “Truly I say to you, ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you,” Behold I knock, I seek and I ask for the grace of…

O’CONNOR

7TH ANNIVERSARY O’CONNOR

II.O my Jesus, You said, “Truly I say to you, whatsoever you shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you.” Behold, in your name, I ask the Father for the grace of…

III.—O my Jesus, You said, “Truly I say to you, Heaven and Earth shall pass away but My words shall not pass away.” Behold, I, encouraged by your infallible words, now ask for the grace of…

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I put all my trust in Thee.

In loving memory of our dear Mom, Kathleen O’Connor Shangri-la, New Road, Killarney who passed away on 16th June 2013 Mom you may be gone From our sight…

But you are Never gone From our hearts Remembered and missed every day by your loving children, Pat, Dermot, Sheilagh & Sean

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Kathleen O’Connor, Late of Shangri-la, New Road ,Killarney, Who died on the 16th of June 2013.

Thinking of you on your birthday We talk of you still We haven’t forgotten you And I know we never will.

Always loved and remembered by husband John, Daughter Eileen and John and family, son John Paul and Joanne and family.

7TH ANNIVERSARY O’SULLIVAN

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I put all my trust in Thee.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be to the Father, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I put all my trust in Thee.

7TH ANNIVERSARY

Birthday Remembrance of Kathleen Burke Late of Ferndale Avenue, Killarney Whose birthday occurs on 17th of June.

R.I.P.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom one thing alone is impossible, namely, not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of Thee through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your and our tender Mother.

In loving memory of Christopher James O’Sullivan, Late of 37 Gleann Rua and Freemount Rathmore, Who sadly departed this world on 10th June 2013.

When we see a star shining, Bright in the sky, We know in our hearts, It is you keeping an eye.

When the world is going, At too fast a pace, We close our eyes, And picture your face.

No matter what we face, We show no fear, Safe in the knowledge, You are always near.

Treasured memories keep you near, As time unfolds another year, Out of our lives you may be gone, But in our hearts you still live on.

Say the Hail, Holy Queen and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

Sadly missed and remembered every day by your loving Mom, Brendan, and your brothers Tyrone, Daniel and Thomas, and your little nephew James. xxxx

Lovingly remembered by Billy, Ann, Geraldine, Sean & Sean Óg.

P.S.—This novena prayer was recited every day by St. Padre Pio for all those who recommended themselves to his prayers.

E.O.D.

Will those who think of him today A little prayer to Jesus say.

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1ST ANNIVERSARY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

1ST ANNIVERSARY

1ST ANNIVERSARY

1ST ANNIVERSARY

O’LEARY

O’LEARY

O’LEARY

In loving memory of my mother Sarah O’Leary Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Killarney who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019

In loving memory of my mother Sarah O’ Leary Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019

In loving memory of my mother Sarah O’ Leary, Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019

Peaceful be thy rest dear mother Tis sweet to breathe thy name In life we loved you dearly In Death we do just the same When days are dark and friends are few Dear Mother how we long for you

In our Heart Your memory lingers Always tender fond and true There’s not a day dear Mother We do not think of you

O’LEARY In loving memory of In loving memory of Sarah O’Leary nee Egan 91 Pinewood Estate Killarney who sadly passed away on June 9th 2019 As we lovingly remember Sarah on her 1st anniversary. Her son’s,Daughter’s,Son in law Dalighter in law, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren and Sister in law Bridie, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all who Sympathised and supported us during our sad loss.

We appreciate all those who travelled long distances. Attended her removal funeral mass and burial in Aghadoe.

To those who sent condolences by the way of mass cards. Many thanks to our many relatives, friends and neighbours who called to the house.

We will be forever grateful for the exemplary care delivered to our mother by the staff of Heather Ward St Columbanus home Killarney.

Sadly missed, dearly loved, your loving Daughter Eileen and grandson Crohane

Lovingly remembered Dearly missed your loving son Demort Daughter in law Geraldine grandsons Kevin, Stephen Darren and great grandson Callum

If roses grow in heaven Lord please pick a bunch for me Place them in my Mother’s arms And tell her they’re from me Tell her i love and miss her And when she turns to smile Place a kiss upon her cheek And hold her for awhile Because remembering her is easy I do it every day.

Dearly missed and loved your loving Daughter Sheila

1ST ANNIVERSARY

1ST ANNIVERSARY

O’LEARY

O’LEARY

Sincere thanks to Fr Jim Linehan who officiated at the funeral mass and Month mind mass.

1ST ANNIVERSARY O’LEARY

To O’ Shea funeral Directors Killarney for their professionalism and kindness at our devastating loss.

As it would be impossible to Thank everyone individually Please accept this acknowledgment as an expression of our Family’s gratitude and appreciation.

Mass has been offered for your Intention.

From the O’Leary Family

In loving memory of my mother Sarah O’Leary l Late of 91 Pinewood Estate, Killarney Who died june 9th 2019 You always had a smile to share A laugh a joke a time to care Each of us in our own way Have special thoughts of you today Sadly missed by your Daughter Kate son-in-law Ger, Grandchildren and Great Grandchildren

1ST ANNIVERSARY O’LEARY

In loving memory of my Grandmother Sarah O’ Leary, Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019 Dear Grandchild i will miss you You mean so much to me So remember all the good times dont think about the sad treasure all the special moments through the years we’ve had until we meet on heavens golden shore Forever hearthbroken your granddaughter Michelle and husband Daniel and great grandchildren Christy Alana Brandon and Lizzyrae

In loving memory of our Grandmother Sarah O’ Leary, Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019 Nana You left us beautiful memories Your love is still our guide And though we cannot see you Your always by our side Loved and remembered by your heartbroken grandchildren Aoife and Paul

1ST ANNIVERSARY O’LEARY

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART

In loving memory of my mother Sarah O’ Leary Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Killarney Who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019 There are no words to tell you Mom what losing you has meant But know each day brings memories Of happy years we spent You’d want us all to smile again And that’s just what we do Every time we reminisce with loving thoughts of you Our guardian angel Your heartbroken Daughters Maura and Breeda, grandsons Mark, Jerry and Brendan

In loving memory of my mother Sarah O’ Leary, Late of 91 Pinewood Estate Who sadly passed away on june 9th 2019 No one knows our heartache Only those who have lost can tell Of the grief that we bear in silence For the sone we loved so well Lovingly remembered dearly missed your loving son Mike, grandsons Luke, Thomàs and Patrick

ST. THERESA

ST. THERESA

St. Theresa the Little Flower, please pick me a rose from thy heavenly gardens and send it to me with a message of love. Ask God to please grant me the favour I thee implore and tell him I will love him each day more and more. Amen. C.D.

St. Theresa the Little Flower, please pick me a rose from thy heavenly gardens and send it to me with a message of love. Ask God to please grant me the favour I thee implore and tell him I will love him each day more and more. Amen. C.D.

IN MEMORIAM

NOVENA TO ST. CLAIRE

Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked for many favours. This time I ask you this special one, (mention favour). Take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within your heart where your Father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your favour not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times for three days and your favour will be granted. Never known to fail. Must promise publication of prayer. MM

Ask St. Claire for 3 favours, one business, two impossible and say nine Hail Mary’s for nine days with lighted candle. Pray whether you believe or not. Publish on ninth day. Powerful Novena. May the sacred heart of Jesus be praised, adored, glorified and loved today and every day throughout the whole world forever Amen. Say six times daily for nine days. Your request will be granted no matter how difficult it may seem. Favour publication must be promised. JOR

THANKSGIVING

THANKSGIVING

Praise and thank you Jesus for great favours recieved through those great prayers, praise and thanks to God the Father and the Holy Spirit, our blessed mother Mary, St Joseph, St Padre Pio, St Anthony, St Martin, St Peregrine, St Raphael the Archangel, St Therese ‘the little flower’, St Faustina, the Holy Angels and the Holy Saints, for their intrcessions to Jesus for me, I trust in the power of prayer always. JD

Praise and thank you Jesus for great favours recieved through those great prayers, praise and thanks to God the Father and the Holy Spirit, our blessed mother Mary, St Joseph, St Padre Pio, St Anthony, St Martin, St Peregrine, St Raphael the Archangel, St Therese ‘the little flower’, St Faustina, the Holy Angels and the Holy Saints, for their intrcessions to Jesus for me, I trust in the power of prayer always. NN

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GAME ON After three long months in lockdown, the GAA have announced plans to restart the COVID-interrupted 2020 season with club competitions to kick into gear at the end of July.

The government’s decision to accelerate their roadmap for a return to normality has opened the door for the Association to do likewise and, over 12 weeks after the initial suspension of activity came into effect, club grounds in Killarney, Kerry and beyond unlocked their gates on Monday to afford the local community the use of their walking tracks.

Players will have to wait a little longer to get back on their home turf, however, as on-pitch training will not be permitted until June 29. Squads will need to be divided into groups of no more than 10 for the first three weeks with full-contact sessions allowed from July 20 onwards.

Club competitions can be staged from

CROWDS: GAA President John Horan says "it would be our hope to have attendances at games". Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile.

July 31 and Kerry GAA will have 11 weeks in total to play with before the intercounty championships kick off on October 17.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Speaking on Radio Kerry last weekend, Kerry GAA Chairman Tim Murphy said the CCC would be meeting this week to finalise their plans for the county’s abbreviated club season. He also revealed that it is the County Board’s intention to play both the Club Championships and the Kerry SFC during the 11-week window.

It will certainly be tight but it should be possible. The Senior Club Championship can be run off in four weeks (excluding the relegation playoff, which is normally played after both participants have exited the County Championship) and the Intermediate, Junior Premier and Junior usually take five weeks.

If the backdoor system is removed from this year’s Kerry SFC, all games could also be completed in five weeks.

That’s 10 weekends of matches in total, and Kerry GAA are also open to the possibility of scheduling midweek matches if necessary.

Murphy also spoke of plans to broadcast quarter-final, semi-final and final matches on a pay-per-view basis on the Kerry GAA website.

PETER KEANE

In terms of intercounty, there could be a pinch-point towards the end of September. Peter Keane and Kerry can officially resume training on September 14 but many of his star players are likely to be involved with their clubs in the County Championship, which at that point may still be at the first round or quarter-final stage.

When the intercounty football season does restart, a return to straight knockout, with the four provincial winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi-finals, appears to be the most likely option. If this year’s Super 8s went ahead, the champions of Munster would have

GAA to lift COVID-19 restrictions with club training to resume at the end of this month been pooled with the champions of Leinster, so there is a very distinct possibility that this pairing will be retained for the new (old) format.

Meanwhile, John Horan has reiterated the GAA’s stance on holding matches behind closed doors.

"It would be our hope to have attendances at games," he told reporters last Friday. "It may mean we would use restricted venues for the intercounty championships when they actually come back on board. It's something we see as desirable, to have crowds at a game.”

He went on to say that if the two-metre rule is still in effect during the championship, Croke Park could safely take 21,000 spectators. That number could jump to 42,000 if the two-metre rule is brought down to one metre.

The GAA also say they are willing to let the 2020 intercounty season run into 2021 if necessary, but they will not allow it to creep beyond February of next year.

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FAI’s blazing squad are gone well beyond the crossroads John O’Regan and co. are railing against the Association’s new directors but they’ve missed their turn to speak about right and wrong, writes Adam Moynihan Our attention has been drawn in other directions in recent months but our favourite sporting sideshow has kept on rolling all the while. It seems as though the tumult at the FAI is never-ending.

Niall Quinn and the new brigade appear to be intent on dragging Irish soccer’s governing body into the 21st century but the gentlemen in the blazers are unsurprisingly resistant to change.

Last year, as part of the FAI’s reform process in the wake of the John Delaney saga, long-serving FAI Senior Council members were told that they would be relieved of their duties in 2022. This date has since been brought forward to next month under the terms of the government’s bailout package, a move which has angered the likes of Kerry District League Secretary John O’Regan who represents the Munster FA on the council.

Endorsing an angry letter penned by his Senior Council colleague Morgan Nixon, O’Regan told the Irish Examiner that “football decisions should be taken by football people”.

“The GAA wouldn’t get away with being run by people without knowledge of the sport. That’s why they are so strong in the community and I’d fear for soccer if we went away from that. I am democratically elected annually to council, yet we have a minister who was voted out by his constituency in the last election casting football people aside.

“He seemed delighted last July when we strongly ratified Aidan Horan’s Governance Review Group (GRG) recommendations. People seem to forget that everyone, from FIFA to UEFA and Sport Ireland, endorsed those reforms.

“Long-standing council members like myself accepted that we’d have to depart within three years but suddenly that all shifted in January.

"That, to me and many others, is unfair.

People at grassroots level are fed up of being kept in the dark and were maybe reluctant to speak up but Nixon’s letter to FIFA and UEFA has my full support.

Something will have to be done.”

Of course you would hope that independent Chairman Roy Barrett, CEO Gary Owens and Interim Deputy CEO Niall Quinn are going about things the right way, and they certainly shouldn’t be above reproach, but, after all that has happened, it’s hard to listen when

someone like John O’Regan talks about governance.

That GAA comparison is an interesting one to make too. The GAA wouldn’t “get away with” being run by outsiders, O’Regan says. Writing in these pages last year I made similar points.

Would the GAA “get away with” charging players admission to a county final?

Would the head of Kerry GAA “get away

with” repeatedly and unilaterally backing someone like John Delaney? Would he “get away with” holding office for decades and acting as secretary, treasurer and fixtures coordinator all at the same time?

Lots of things went on, and are still going on, in Irish soccer that would never be tolerated in the GAA, and they happened under the watch of the guys in the blazers. The Blazing Squad, if you will. (Fans of dreadful early 2000s English hip-hop will appreciate that reference.)

These officers either remained silent

during Delaney’s ill-fated tenure or, in O’Regan’s case, they supported him in the strongest terms imaginable. And now that things aren’t going their way, they expect us to hear them out?

The FAI was at a crossroads last spring.

That was the time to act and to speak out about what was right for Irish football. The head of Kerry soccer, and men like him, decided to keep on trucking down the John Delaney Superhighway.

In doing so they have, in my opinion, forfeited their right to pontificate about the rights and the wrongs.

They have missed their turn.

Lots of things went on in Irish soccer that would never be tolerated in the GAA, and they happened under the watch of the guys in the blazers.

NEW GUY: The Interim Deputy CEO of the FAI, Niall Quinn, at the launch of the 2020 SSE Airtricity League season. The former Ireland international is part of a new regime whose methods have been questioned by KDL Secretary John O'Regan.

Pic: Stephen McCarthy/ Sportsfile.

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ABUSE: Stefan Okunbor is one of a number of black GAA players to speak out about the racial abuse he has been subjected to on the pitch. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile.

Almost 16% of people living Kerry are of non-‘White Irish’ descent, yet our Gaelic football teams are almost exclusively made up of white Irish players. In Part II of a three-part series on racism in Irish sport, Adam Moynihan asks why so few foreign nationals and people of colour are lining out for their local GAA clubs.

A little over 12 months ago, the GAA published a new manifesto titled ‘Where We All Belong’. It was part of a wider campaign aimed at highlighting the role the Association plays within the community, and a “celebration of our shared values and of all the people who make our GAA what it is”.

“We all belong here,” it begins. “In this place. At this time. Being here means belonging. Belonging means knowing you're part of a community. A community that has a place for all.”

It’s a nice thought and the GAA does undoubtedly play a huge role in Irish life but, in light of recent revelations, one has to wonder if people who are not white and Irish really feel like they “belong” in our national games.

High-profile intercounty players like Lee Chin of Wexford, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín of Cork and Boidu Sayeh of Westmeath have all been the victims of racism and over the last week or so many more people of colour within the GAA have spoken out about the vile racial abuse directed at them on the playing fields.

In Kerry alone, Brian Okwute of the Killarney Legion, Stefan Okunbor of Na Gaeil and Franz Sauerland of An Ghaeltacht have all told of their own personal experiences.

No matter how welcoming your own club and your own teammates are, it must be difficult to feel like you truly belong when an opponent asks, “why are you playing this sport?” or says, “go back to your cotton fields”.

Sauerland, a Gaeilgeoir who was born and raised in Ard na Caithne in West Kerry, has been on the receiving end of both of those comments. Of course, the great irony is that if Sauerland replied as Gaeilge, the other lad, who no doubt considers himself to be as Irish as Irish could be, probably wouldn’t be able to understand him.

Historically, Gaelic games have always been considered innately Irish and, on

the one hand, that is a source of great pride to us all. But what if this ‘GAA = Irish’ mentality actually contributes to these instances of racial abuse on the pitch?

Ireland is an increasingly multicultural society but do some of our young men still feel as though Gaelic games are for Gaels only, which in turn makes it easier for them to single out people of colour like Sauerland (despite the fact that many POC and sons and daughters of immigrants are as Irish as the rest of us)?

And does holding the GAA up as this bastion of Irishness actually make immigrants and the children of immigrants reluctant to join the Association in the first place?

The numbers suggest that something is keeping people whose ethnicity is anything other than ‘White Irish’ away.

Take Kerry as an example. Almost 16% of our population is black, Asian, Eastern European, mixed race or another non-‘White Irish’ ethnicity, but only a tiny fraction of our Gaelic footballers come from any of these communities.

If you look at senior men’s football, how many non-‘White Irish’ players are there in the entire county? I’ve done some research and consulted with supporters and between us we can only come up with eight names.

Eight. (The true figure may be higher but I would be surprised if it’s much higher than that.)

Let’s say the 72 teams (including B teams) playing senior football in Kerry have roughly 1,600 players between them. That would mean that approximately 0.005% of our adult playing population has an ethnicity or nationality or any kind of background at all that’s anything other than white and Irish.

Of course, a significant portion of the 16% mentioned earlier would be the children of immigrants who are simply not old enough to play senior football

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yet. It is, however, unlikely that they’ll graduate to senior if they’re never picking up an O’Neills in the first place.

FEW AND FAR BETWEEN

The Killarney Legion is a relatively large town club in a relatively diverse town.

One would imagine that, of the 60 or so Gaelic football clubs in the county, Legion would have more POC and players of non-Irish descent than most.

However, club chairman Fergal Moynihan says that although they have tried to recruit children from different backgrounds, juvenile players who are not white and Irish are “few and far between”.

“The club has made an effort to reach out and attract more people because of the demographics in Killarney” Fergal explains. “There are a lot of different ethnicities here, and the Irish population is lower than it was before.

“There would be some Polish children involved but if I look at the academy now, there doesn’t seem to be a high participation rate across different ethnic groups within the Legion. And I haven’t seen it at other clubs either, to be honest with you.

“There are a few but it would be quite a small percentage.”

The low number of Eastern Europeans taking part in Gaelic games is somewhat surprising considering the size of the Polish, Lithuanian and Latvian communities in Killarney. What’s keeping them away?

IRISH FOOTBALL

Polish man Adrian Jasinski has been living in Killarney since 2012. As a person with a strong background in sports, and the father of a son who gave the GAA a go, perhaps he can give us some insight.

“I live in an estate where there are 10 other Polish families with kids who could easily be playing GAA, but the parents have very little knowledge about the sport,” Adrian says.

“They hear it being called ‘Irish football’ so they think that it’s only for Irish people, not for other nationalities.”

Jasinski’s 12-year-old son lined out for Dr Crokes for five years before leaving the sport to focus on soccer and, while Adrian speaks very highly of the Lewis Road club (“there was always a great atmosphere there and the people were very friendly”), he can see why so few Polish

RACISM: Wexford hurler Lee Chin, whose father is Malaysian, has also experienced racism in the GAA. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile.

children are playing Gaelic football.

“It’s very hard for the Polish kids to make friends,” Adrian says. “If an Irish child goes to play GAA, he knows the other players, the parents know each other, maybe his brother played before… If most of the Polish kids aren’t playing GAA, it’s very hard for that one kid to go and play because they feel more comfortable with kids from their own community.

“The Polish kids are not integrating that well with the Irish kids. I think that’s a big problem.”

Legion’s chairman also has concerns about the levels of integration outside of sport.

“I think it might be a broader societal issue as well,” Fergal suggests. “Is there big, big interaction going on between Polish children and Irish children in school? Are Polish and Irish families meeting on a daily basis? I’m not sure that’s the always case. I think if there was more integration in the community at large, barriers in the GAA would be broken down along with it.

“The GAA is a subset of society and if something isn’t happening in the broader community, it makes it more difficult for it to happen in the GAA as well.”

START THEM YOUNG

Adrian, who coaches Killarney Athletic’s U12 team, believes that it can often be more of a challenge to get the children of immigrants involved in organised sports

across the board.

“A lot of (Polish) people in Ireland only think about work,” he says. “They’re doing overtime and they’re working, working, working, and saving money.

They don’t have time to bring the kids to sport.

“Sometimes they might want their kids to get involved but because of their working hours, they just can’t manage it. And they don’t have family members who can look after the kids. They have no grandparents, no aunties, they don’t have cousins who can go together, maybe they don’t know their neighbours well enough to let them take the child along… And sometimes the older kids in the family have to mind the younger kids.”

He does, however, feel that the GAA could be doing more to attract players at a younger age.

“You have to get them started early because even at 10 or 11, it’s almost impossible to break into the groups. You have to be a strong character to get into that group and feel part of the team even if you’re an Irish child, and it’s harder again for the foreign kids.

“It’s a physical sport and if you’re coming to it late, and you don’t know the other kids, it can be hard to get into it. You might think, ‘maybe I’m not in the right place’. That happens.”

For his part, Fergal is hopeful that more players of different ethnicities will break

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through in the years to come and he says that Legion are committed to making all of their members feel at home.

“All we can do is reach out to the various communities, bring them in at a young age and make them feel welcome. By doing that, eventually you’ll see more people getting involved.

“It’s very important to us that players from different backgrounds are welcomed with open arms and I think Brian (Okwute) is a great example of that. He made his debut for the seniors earlier this year and he’s included in absolutely everything. I can see that he has a great affinity with the club. Hopefully Jamie Alade won’t be far behind him.

“Whatever background our players are from, they’re Legion players at the end of the day and their ethnicity doesn’t matter. From our perspective, they’re just as important to us as everyone else.

They’re not treated any differently.

“Their nationality or the colour of their skin never comes into it.”

UNDERREPRESENTED

It’s a complex issue and there are myriad factors to consider but the bottom line is that minorities are underrepresented in Kerry GAA. Wider societal issues beyond the control of the clubs certainly appear to be of some significance, but more can be done to open the door to people from different backgrounds, and to make them feel comfortable within the GAA family once they get here.

Speaking to our young players about racism might be a start. It’s all well and good being welcomed by your own club but if players are telling us that racism is a problem on the pitch, we have to believe them and address it head on.

Who knows? If we can somehow create a positive, open environment that has a place for all, maybe one day a Kerry star of Polish or Nigerian or Malaysian descent could be the one to bring Sam Maguire back to Killarney.

And that, Adrian believes, could change everything.

“If you had one foreign player, maybe Polish or another nationality, who has great success in the GAA, this would definitely attract plenty of more foreigners to play.

“People need someone to follow.”

In all likelihood, that “someone” is already among us. They just need to feel like they belong.

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SPORT NOTES

Spa GAA GOLDEN JUBILEE: Fr Michael O'Donoghue is celebrating his 50 year Golden Jubilee of his ordination to priesthood this week. Tune in to 10am mass at Holy Trinity Church, Newark, UK this Sunday, June 14 to celebrate with him (www.holytrinitynewark.org.uk) CLUB REGISTRATION OPEN ONLINE: With limited access to GAA grounds going forward, only registered members/players will be allowed to access the walking track, playing pitches etc.

Anyone not registered yet should do so asap on spagaa.com.

SHARE THE POT is our new ONLINE club draw while our regular lotto is still suspended. Tickets are €10 to enter four draws (€2.50 into the pot for each draw). Every two weeks, the winner and the club share that pot 50/50. First draw this Friday, June 12.

GAA RESTART: There will be a return to training before the end of June, club competition before the end of July and inter-county championships in October. Details TBC on restart of activity in Spa but access to the club grounds will be strictly limited and ONLY registered club members will be allowed on the pitches, walking track etc when we are open.

VOLUNTEERS still available if anyone needs help. Kerry Community Volunteers (tel 1800 807 009 / text 50555 / email covidsupport@kerrycoco.ie) OR to contact the club directly: Patrick (087 6332773), Michael (085 8213027), Conor (087 2565142) or Deirdre (085 1216359).

Dr Crokes GAA COVID-19 UPDATE: Further to the announcement of the GAA roadmap for Safe Return to Gaelic Games, it is proposed that Club Championship games will resume from July 29. The Club Executive will decide on the opening of the walkway around the main pitch.

MESSAGE FROM CHAIRMAN: Dear member, I hope you and your family are keeping well. We are calling on all members who have not yet paid their membership to do so in the next week.

The outbreak of Covid 19 coincided with the deadline of membership and with the subsequent lockdown many people have forgotten to pay membership at the time. With the reopening of the economy commencing, signs now that we may see football in the next few weeks and reopening the facilities in Lewis Road, we are calling on those that have not as yet paid their membership to please do so now. Membership can be paid online on ClubForce or al-

12.6.2020 ternatively can be dropped into Vince Casey’s office in Newmarket Lane from Monday to Friday.

LOTTO: Will resume on Monday, June 29. Full details to follow in next week's notes.

SUPPORT with the economy re-opening we urge members and supporters to support local businesses who were always to the fore in helping the club through the decades.

CONGRATULATIONS: To senior player Johnny O'Leary and Joan O'Shea on their recent engagement.

Fossa GAA COVID-19: It is more important now than ever that Fossa GAA members pull together and look out for the people in our community most affected. If anyone feels isolated or needs help, please do not hesitate to make contact #ninesquaremiles #GAA. ROADMAP: June 8 - Walking areas open. June 29 - GAA PITCHES reopened small groups training permitted.

July 20 - Outdoor training is permitted.

July 31 - Club comps can resume. August 10 – Indoor facilities can Reopen.

CONDOLENCES: The club would like to extend it sincere condolences to John Carlton and family on the passing of John's dad, John Carlton, Ballincollig.

May the sod rest lightly on his gentle soul. The club would also like to pass on our condolences to the McNeice family, Fair Hill, Killarney, on the passing of Mr James (Jimmy) McNeice. May he rest in peace.

Listry GAA DEEPEST SYMPATHY: Listry GAA and community would like to send deepest sympathy to Fergus, Francis, Lily and Sean Clifford on the recent death of his brother Barry Clifford RIP, Castlecove.

Also to his wife, Anne, his sons, his mother, his brothers and the extended Clifford Family, friends and neighbors.

Ar Dheis Dé go raith an anam. Deepest Sympathy on the recent death of Pat Sullivan RIP Coolbane, Faha to his two sisters Dora and Mary, extended family, neighbors and friends. Small Pat was a dedicated member of Listry GAA, former trainer, sponsor and loyal supporter of the club attending all the matches.

48HOUR RELAY/WALK: Listry GAA held a 48 hour relay/run/walk over the June Bank Holiday weekend. We like to thank our organizers, Anthony Kennedy and Derry Ahern, the support of the senior players, the community of Listry and also globally from California to Australia. As a club we are truly grateful of all the time, dedication and effect everyone made for our two chosen charities, Kerry Hospice Foundation and Kerry Cancer Support Group. We

are delighted to say we raised €13,417 we are truly grateful to everyone who donated, it was gone well beyond all our expectations.

Deerpark Pitch & Putt Club BOOKING TEE-TIMES: Following the announcement of Phase 2 being initiated in the re-opening of the country we wish to let everyone know that we are now returning to more traditional hours for the summer months, namely 12pm-8pm (weekdays) and 12pm-6pm (weekends). Play is still confined to ‘members only’ for the moment and must be booked through Aidan O’Donoghue (086 3364705) in advance. Unfortunately, club competitions will not be resuming in this phase as previously thought but we do welcome back members from further differences to play again.

MEMBERSHIP: Please contact either Aidan or Margaret B Looney (087 9265747) for more information regarding same. Costs are- Single Adult: €135, Family (two adults and three children under the age of 18): €240, U16/OAP: €80. Membership valid until March 1, 2021.

Muckross Rowing Club PHASE 2 RETURN TO ROWING: The week in sport got off to a positive start as Phase 2 of the government’s roadmap took effect with further easing of public health restrictions. Outdoor sports groups up to 15 people are now permitted which has enabled an increase in our training groups on water and on land while members living beyond 5km of the boathouse have also made a welcome return. During this phase, social distancing continues to prohibit the general return of crew boats so rowing on the lake has mostly continued in single sculls. Larger boats are only permitted for rowers from the same household. It is a major boost to be back out on the lake in greater numbers and we can hopefully look forward to further activity in the phases to come.

ROWING IRELAND UPDATES: An update on the governing body’s protocol for return to rowing is due to be released before this weekend, to reflect the government’s revised measures for Phase 2. On Tuesday next, June 16, a decision is also to be made on the staging of an Irish Championships Regatta or Festival of Rowing in September.

Killarney Rugby PITCH MAINTENANCE FUNDRAISER: It is a tribute to that the hard work that has been put in over decades of building up the club and its facilities that Killarney Rugby were able to host Mun-

ster for an open training session last September. The hard work had come to fruition and that the pitches were now good enough for anyone. Now at the end of the season, it is the time for maintenance work to bring the pitches back into top condition. In the current climate, however, it hasn't been possible to run the club's usual fundraisers such as the golf classic. Our goal is to raise enough funds to keep the pitches in top condition and honour all hard work by so many volunteers over decades. Your ongoing generosity is really appreciated by the hundreds and hundreds of our underage and adult players (and those from other clubs) who train and play on these pitches. To support the Summer Pitch Maintenance fundraiser please check out our Facebook page for the gofundme link or contact any of our committee. Thank you.

USED CLOTHES FUNDRAISER: We need your used clothes, paired shoes, belts etc and will have a collection point at the rugby pitch on Saturday the 20th of June between 10am and 1pm. For details please give Fiona a shout on 087-2304689.

Kilcummin Community KILCUMMIN GAA: Our walking track is now open under strict Covid 19 restrictions. There are also GAA guidelines in relation to the safe operation of the facility. Opening hours are 10am to 12 noon and 6.30pm and 8.30pm under strict supervision. The playing surfaces are closed and anyone attempting to enter them will be removed from the facility. Let’s do this the right way and the safe way.

PARISH OFFICE RE-OPENS: The Parish Office is open at the usual hours of 10am to noon on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Anyone wishing to hand in their Weekly Envelope contribution or Trócaire donation may do so at these times. Mile Buíochas.

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