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13.10.17
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Mulgrave RIC Barracks from days gone by to the present. Pic: Supplied by Moments in Time
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Women’s Training & Empowerment THE Killarney Women’s Organisation for Training and Empowerment (KWOTE) monthly meeting will be held next Wednesday, October 18, at 8pm in Scotts Hotel.
The guest speaker’s topic will be first aid. New members are welcome. Joan McGlynn, Via email
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Killarney Strutters Walking Group THE Killarney Strutters Walking group will meet at the Kerry Diocesan Youth Service centre (next to the Friary) for the winter beginning Thursday, October 19. The group meets at 10.45am each Thurs-
day. Walks take place in Killarney National Park using the Golden Gates entrance. All levels of walkers are welcome. Claudia White, Killarney
Seeking Information On Killarney Watercolour I AM WONDERING if it is possible to print part of my letter in your newspaper. I am seeking information about a print of a pretty watercolour titled Upper Lake Killarney Ireland signed by JM McIntyre. It is 31 inches by 21 inches. It has been in my family since 1930 approximately. I am wondering if anyone local may
have herd of the painter? I do not have Internet access, therefore letters are my only form of correspondence. Shirley Tame, 19 Protheroe Street Caerau Maesteg Mid-Glamorgan CF34 OYN Wales, UK
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Mental Health Meeting In Killarney
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Applying To Colleges In The UK Many Irish students opt to apply for college places in the UK, says guidance counsellor Niamh Dwyer COLLEGES in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are an alternative to Ireland. The main closing date for applications to UCAS, the centralised agency for admissions to college in Britain and Northern Ireland, is January 15, 2018. But for some colleges and courses, the closing date is October 15, 2017. These include applications to Oxford and Cambridge, and for most courses in medicine, veterinary medicine/science, and dentistry, across the UK. Unlike the CAO, in the UK system institutions judge you based on more than
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just your exam results. The application entails students completing a personal statement and providing an academic reference and information about work experience. The completed application is sent to each institution for their consideration as soon as they receive it. All UCAS applications are made online through www.ucas.com. • Niamh Dwyer is a guidance counsellor in Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra, and PRO of the Kerry Branch of Guidance Counsellors; email her at careerfocusnow@gmail.com
INFORMATION meetings which will lead to the setting up of two local forums on mental health engagement for Kerry will take place in both Killarney and Tralee in the coming weeks. The meetings are facilitated by Rory Doody, the HSE Area Lead for Mental Health Engagement with Cork Kerry Community Healthcare. Participation in both the forum and the information meeting is open to anyone who has their own experience of mental health, or is a supporter of someone who has used or is using mental health services. Following from the meetings onOctober 18 and 19, the North Kerry
Local Forum and the South Kerry Local Forum will be established, and they will hold an open meeting every month. The meetings will take place at 7.30pm at Kerry Mental Health Association in Killarney on Wednesday, October 18, and at Áras an Phobal in Tralee on Thursday, October 19. Anyone who needs further information, can contact Rory Doody on MHEngage.CorkKerry@hse.ie Mary Smithwick, Health Service Executive, Model Farm Road, Cork
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