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“We’ll fight wind turbine plans” East Kerry locals - in fear for their health and well-being - this week called for an urgent public meeting as plans for wind turbines and a solar farm for their area became known. | By Sean Moriarty

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A huge gathering turned out in Barradubh Community Field on Tuesday evening where health issues were aired as they became aware that 14 wind turbines 190 metres in height could potentially become part of their landscape.

Although it’s thought that plans for the project are in the very early stages, locals formed the East Kerry Wind Awareness

Group (EKWAG) in a bid to oppose it - as they say it’ll not only ruin their beautiful landscape but cause a huge disruption to their lives due to the flicker and sound of the “monstrous” turbines.

In recent weeks, locals became aware of the plans for the project after landowners were approached by Galway consultancy business Land Solutions within MKO who represent the developer. It’s understood

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that no contracts have yet been signed.

Surveys were also being conducted on the roads in and around the Knocknahoe, Knockyshehane, Raheen, Barraduff and Carrigeen areas, explained local Margaret Campion.

“As far as we know no planning has gone in for the turbines and the solar farm yet,” Margaret told the Killarney Advertiser.

“But we have heard through the neighbours that surveys were being carried out in the area last month including an Environmental Impact Survey in the Raheen area.”

She explained that this area is not open for consideration by the Council and that as a community they’ll fight any plans going forward.

“The developers just want to make money, some people have no scruples. Where I live there’s a lovely walk where I can enjoy peace and quiet. To think that’ll just be ripped up is something altogether. It’s annoying to think people can land in anywhere and see what they can do with it.

We don’t know the exact area yet as it’s early stages but whether it’s next to me or not we work as a community and will stick together.”

The Sliabh Luachra Wind Awareness Group (SLWAG), who won their High Court challenge in December for similar plans in their area, say that they will fully support their neighbours.

John McGarry from Land Solutions within MKO declined to make any comment when contacted yesterday (Thursday) by the Killarney Advertiser.

Smaller than perceived visitor numbers | By Sean Moriarty A recent survey by hotel operators in the Killarney area revealed that the number of overseas visitors, who are staying in local hotels, are well below the perceived numbers reported in the town.

Bernadette Randles, the Chair of the Kerry Branch of the Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) and owner/operator of both the Dromhall Hotel and The Randles Court Hotel in Killarney surveyed 11 different hotels in the town centre area.

The results, which did not include guesthouses, Airbnb properties, self-catering units and camping and caravan facilities, found that there were no overseas tourists booked into to IHF member properties last weekend.

The findings go against colloquial evidence that suggest Killarney is overrun with foreign tourists as locals continue to remain very nervous about the potential spread of COVID-19 in the locality.

Ms Randles said local IHF members were taking every precaution possible to ensure both staff and permitted guests remain safe in the current challenging climate.

She also reported a large number of ‘no shows’ from American visitors who made their bookings in February but have decided now not to travel.

She explained that one of the reasons there is a perception that there are a lot of foreign visitors in the area is because international citizens who now live in Ireland full-time are enjoying staycations.

“I am aware of one booking from an Italian family who were at pains to point out they have been living in Dublin for the last 10 years,” she told the Killarney Advertiser yesterday (Thursday). “Another hotel took a booking from a Scottish man. It was clear from his accent he was Scottish but he has been living Tulla, Co Clare for years. There has been a long tradition of Northern Irish visitors coming to Killarney in and around the July 12 weekend.”

She is calling for more Government sup-

port and feels hoteliers are been asked to police the so called ‘self -isolation’ rules.

Overseas visitors are required to fill out a locator form and quarantine for twoweeks. Visitors are free to nominate a hotel as their quarantine location.

Ms Randles feels this is an unfair position to place hotel owners in.

Despite taking every precaution in the pre-booking process she admits that it is possible that some bookings will slip through the net.

“I can’t turf them out on the street, I will have to give them a room, but one that is in a quieter portion of the hotel," she added."I would give them the room for one night only, I would report it the HSE and inform members of the IHF in the area. I won’t be able to sell that room for another two or three days after they leave as I can’t ask my staff to clean that room. The Government need to give us clear directions and take charge of this. How can we police it? It is unfair on hotels to expect them to do it, we must protect staff too.”

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MINI GARDA: Alexis O’Mahony from Woodlawn lit up when she received a visit from local Gardai.

Little Alexis gets surprise Garda visit | By Sean Moriarty A four-year-old little girl will be the first Killarney child to graduate as an honorary Garda after receiving a surprise visit by the local members of the Force on Friday last.

Alexis O’Mahony from Woodlawn lit up with excitement when local Gardai paid a house call as part of their Little Blue Heroes (LBH) charity work which helps children who are ill or have special needs.

Garda Gillian Mac Eoin, Sharon Maybury, Michelle Reddy, Emmet Flanagan, John Crowley and Mark Foley called by in a Paddy Wagon and two patrol cars and handed her a Garda jacket and hat to wear.

Alexis, daughter of Steve and Teresa, suffers from Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Deficiency (PDHD) which results in side effects that include Cerebral Palsy and epilepsy.

Her dad Steve told the Killarney Advertiser that she really enjoyed it - as did the neighbours once they knew why their estate was surrounded by Gardai!

“She was smiling right throughout when we were outside with them. She seemed to enjoy all the stimulation as she’s been inside for the last few months.”

Alexis will later be given a specially made Garda uniform which is currently being made, her liaison officer Garda Gillian Mac Eoin said.

“We put on an extra small Garda jacket on her and her face just lit up as soon as we did it. We’re getting her little uniform made.”

Gillian explained LBH is a lovely way to help distract children who are sick or may be going through difficult times.

"They go through enough. It’s great to give them some extra special attention.

And later this year Alexis will become a mini Garda graduate, she added.

“We don’t know when yet due to COVID but it’ll be in the next few months.”

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Second lockdown ahead if house parties continue - says cllr A Killarney councillor has this week lashed out saying that the amount of private house parties in town is a major cause for concern - as COVID cases locally have begun to spike. | By Michelle Crean Cllr Donal Grady says he fears a second lockdown as he has witnessed parties in a number of housing estates and says people are getting complacent everywhere especially in shops and when it comes to washing their hands.

He says that he’s hugely worried that a second wave is just weeks away - especially if the parties continue due to the Government's decision to delay Phase 4 - resulting in pubs and nightclubs now not reopening until August 10. He is again calling for the Government to halt travel for people coming to Kerry from other counties.

"We should isolate Dublin from the rest of the country for a while. They'd do it if it were the other way around. They have over 12,500 cases compared to Kerry with over 300 - how can you compare the two figures?"

The seasoned councillor made his views known after it became public earlier this week that young holidaymakers who travelled to the town for a break had the highly infectious disease.

“We must cop on. Complacency has set in in a big way,” he told the Killarney Advertiser. “If we don’t get our act together we’re heading for a second lockdown.

The washing of the hands has been forgotten about. We’re falling behind.”

As of yesterday evening (Thursday) there was one death reported nationally and 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19 bringing a total of 25,698 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland.

In Kerry there were no extra reported cases yesterday, following two con-

firmed cases on Wednesday and three on Tuesday by the National Public Health Emergency Team.

The Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ronan Glynn, this week confirmed the “large” cluster in Kerry but he said many of those involved are located elsewhere in the country.

“People in Kerry do not need to worry unduly, certainly based on the numbers, but I know that a cluster has been well publicised in that setting,” he said. “We’ve had clusters in many counties around the country and our public health teams are on top of those and they are identifying the cases. I’m not saying that people in Killarney, which has been mentioned in the media, do not need to be vigilant – they do. People everywhere need to be vigilant as, again, we are talking about a disease that can spread when people are well.”

In response to the outbreak of the Killarney cases over the past week the HSE said that they cannot comment on any individual case.

However, it said that the Department can confirm there have been a small number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region in recent weeks.

“In all cases, anyone deemed to be a close contact has been identified and contacted quickly. Although we cannot comment on any individual case, we are confident that correct procedures have been followed in the management of all cases notified to the Department to date.

Close contacts are offered two tests for COVID-19. They are tested again seven days after their initial test.”

AFTERMATH: A Killarney business owner was met with the scenes on Monday morning

Under age drinking parties on the rise | By Sean Moriarty There are concerns in the town that the lack of events and social outlets for young people is leading to an increase in illegal drink and drug parties in secluded areas throughout the town.

A local businessman discovered the remains of one illegal party near his town centre premises on Monday morning.

He and his staff spent four hours cleaning up empty beer cans, spirit bottles, cigarette papers and other litter after what he suspects was a large group gathering near a town centre laneway over the weekend.

The businessman did not want to be named as he is worried that the illegal parties could have a negative effect on his trade as people could be afraid to visit his premises as a result of the litter left there – especially in a time when people

are extra cautious about personal hygiene.

“Parents need to know were there teenagers are going once they are dropped into the town centre at night,” he told the Killarney Advertiser. “Shopkeepers need to be vigilant too. They are buying the drink in local shops and taking with them some empty coffee cups from the coffee stand – it’s obvious why they need the cups.”

The town centre incident comes on the back of repeated, but unconfirmed, reports of underage drinking parties and bonfires in the National Park.

“We will investigate all reports of underage drinking,” a Killarney Garda spokesperson told the Killarney Advertiser.

Members of the public can immediately report a crime or any incident of anti-social behaviour by texting KILLARNEY, along with a brief account of the incident and the location to 50555.

Calls for fire station to act as back-up ambulance base | By Sean Moriarty New figures revealed by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) shows Kerry as having the third worst ambulance response time in the country - after Wexford and Cork.

Kerry currently has six ambulance bases and 10 fire stations - but a plan to allow fire stations in the county to act as a localised ambulance base has not been implemented - despite a promise made by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and De-

partment of Health two years ago. In the first quarter of this year, 27 different calls had a response time of over one hour.

The NAS report also revealed that the pandemic did not have a negative effect on response time because there was less traffic on the roads and night life and the bar trade was non-existent.

In September 2018, the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy promised that the existing fire service structure would be used to support the ambulance service.

This plan has yet to be implanted.

“Kerry, as a rural county, would greatly benefit from this as distance to a patient is the biggest delay factor,” Cllr Donal Grady, who is a former Fire Officer, told the Killarney Advertiser. “This service would significantly improve response times and patient outcome in the county.”

Cllr Grady has asked Kerry County Council to write to Darragh O’Brien, the newly appointed Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, seeking a date on the implementation of this life-saving service.

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Students donate funds to local charity Two Killarney students were on hand last week to make a donation to a local charity on behalf of their classmates.

TEAM CYCLE: Fundraiser and cyclist Denis Geaney and his ‘Team Geaney’ crew are planning to cycle the Ring of Kerry on Saturday, July 25, to raise funds for the ICU Department in University Hospital Kerry (UHK). From left: Siobhan Tangney, Derry Healy, Eileen O’Leary, Batt O’Sullivan, Denis Geaney, Mike Doherty, Seanie O’Donoghue, Mike Brosnan and Pat Moriarty. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan

Team Geaney on the road again!

Local cyclists are planning to get on their bikes for The Gene Tangney Cycle on Saturday, July 25, for University Hospital Kerry.

The group are planning a fundraiser for the ICU department in University Hospital Kerry (UHK) after local man Gene Tangney of the Black Valley, Killarney, endured the bravest battle of his life during the COVID-19 lockdown when he contracted the horrific Coronavirus.

His illness resulted in medical professionals at UHK placing him in an induced coma and ventilator to assist in his breathing for three months. He remains in hospital today, and is making a slow but steady recovery.

Fundraiser and cyclist Denis Geaney and his ‘Team Geaney’ crew are planning to cycle the Ring of Kerry in line with HSE guidelines recommendations, on July 25.

It will only be members of Team Geaney’s crew that will cycle on the day and they are encouraging people to donate to the GoFundMe page: Gene Tangney cycle for UHK I.C.U.

Denis is planning to stop in the usual iconic food stations along the way, the Red Fox, Jack Fitzpatrick’s in Caherciveen for ‘Tay and Brac’, a music stop at Coomakista and Black Shop Castlecove, onto Sneem, Kenmare, and return to Killarney.

Gene, together with all the Tangney family, especially his son Feidhlim and daughter Fiadhna, are so grateful to the medical team and hospital staff in UHK. The 100,000 friends and well-wishers who lit candles in solidarity with Gene on Easter Monday night at 9pm kept them all going throughout his long ordeal.

“I owe my life to the nurses and doctors in the ICU Ward, the level of care, compassion and dedication I received was unbelievable," Gene said. "I am so grateful to Denis Geaney and his team for thinking of me and cycling the Ring of Kerry to raise funds for the ICU ward."

Free parking at Rock Road car park | By Sean Moriarty Killarney Municipal District of Kerry County Council has this week announced that parking charges have been suspended on Thursdays and Fridays at the Rock Road car park until the end of August.

There has been widespread concern that the new 'Safe Streets’ initiative, introduced to allow town centre visitors to social distance led to the reduction of street parking.

“The [Rock Road] measure is being taken to assist with traffic flow over the summer period and encourage use of the

Sixth Year students Caolan Ryan and Mark Cooper joined with teacher Declan O’Donoghue and Principal Sean Coffey at St Brendan’s College to hand over €1,300 to Kathrina Breen from the Irish Cancer Society Killarney branch, which they raised earlier in the school year.

According to Sean Coffey, the school and the students were delighted to be able to hand over the funds although it was less than is usually given to charity this year due to the COVID lockdown which closed down schools in March.

"The money was from a non-uniform day earlier in the year," Sean told the Killarney Advertiser this week.

"Normally we raise €2,000 with other fundraising days including 'Cheltenham at The Sem' but that didn't run this year as it was to go ahead the day we were locked down. We also have the Leaving Cert Dinner every year where the boys pay €10 which goes to charity and the school pays for the dinner for the students."

And choosing the local branch of the ICS was an easy decision, he added.

"This year the ICS missed Daffodil Day and it's a cause that's close to the heart of the school. And when the ICS raise money locally it stays in the locality."

He praised the school students who "are great at giving to others".

"The whole culture of the school is about giving to others and our lads are great at fundraising."

DONATION: Kathrina Breen Irish Cancer Society Killarney branch receiving a cheque for €1,300 from St Brendan’s Sixth Year students Caolan Ryan and Mark Cooper with (back) teacher Declan O’Donoghue and Principal Sean Coffey at St Brendan’s College, Killarney. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

car park which is in close proximity to the town centre,” a Killarney Municipal Council spokesperson told the Killarney Advertiser.

The news, earlier this week, that Bird’s Amusements will not be taking up their usual position in the Fair Field car park will release a further large amount of car parking spaces in the town centre for the summer season.

Cllr Marie Moloney, while welcoming the announcement, says the move does not go far enough to encourage locals to visit the town centre.

At a recent Killarney Municipal District meeting she proposed that no charges

should be implemented in the Glebe and New St car parks from 9am to 11am each day.

“Rock Road might be good news for staff working in the town centre, but it is too far out for elderly or young parents with pushchairs. Killarney is a tourist town, allowing free parking in the town centre for locals every morning, before the town gets busy is what I proposed,” she told the Killarney Advertiser.

“Otherwise the town will die. When you analyse the numbers – free parking at Rock Road for two days or free parking for two hours every day in the town centre – it is the same amount of hours.”

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During these difficult times many farmers may have lost employment due to Covid 19 or farm income may have reduced and the Rural Social Scheme could be a way of gaining some lost income. To qualify for the scheme farmers must be in receipt of Farm Assist / Job Seekers Allowance, be actively farming in excess of one hectare. Participants are engaged for 19.5 hours per week to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. Benefits to farmers on the Rural Social Schemes include: • Reduced isolation through work alongside other farmers on local projects • Guaranteed and increased weekly income.

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Man arrested following theft at the Gap of Dunloe Gardaí have arrested and charged a man following the theft of a phone and other property at the Gap Of Dunloe at the weekend.

At around 4pm on Sunday a woman was cycling along the Gap of Dunloe in Beaufort when she stopped for a break. She placed her backpack on the ground for a short period of time and walked away from it. When she returned the bag and its contents were gone.

The woman was able to track her phone to a shop in Sneem, and later to an area of Portlaoise, using a tracking App that she had installed.

She reported the matter to Gardaí in Kenmare who reviewed CCTV from the area and liaised with Gardaí in Portlaoise.

A possible suspect was identified and he was arrested on Tuesday following a search operation in Portlaoise. All the stolen property was recovered during this search.

The man, aged in his late 20s, was detained at Portlaoise Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 and later charged.

He is due to appear before Killarney District Court on July 21 at 11am.

"We all need to be mindful about our property, no matter where in the world we are,” Crime Prevention Officer for the Kerry Division, Jim Foley, said.

“Thieves are opportunistic, so let’s not give them the opportunity. Make sure you keep your bag, phone, wallet etc., on you at all times. If you drive to some of our lovely spots here in Kerry and are going for walk, make sure you don’t leave any valuables on show in your car and make sure the car is locked.

If you a have a smartphone, consider downloading a location finder App. In this instance, we would have found it difficult to investigate the theft because it occurred in such a rural location. The tracking App and the quick actions of the woman was the key to this.”

Couch dumped in local graveyard One shocked Killarney resident was left upset this week to discover a couch dumped in a graveyard when visiting loved ones graves.

Christina Boland sent in the photo of a couch left blatantly in front of graves in Aghadoe Graveyard said that "it's a sad world when people have no respect for the dead".

"This is so upsetting. We go to visit the grave to get peace of mind and accept that we have lost our beautiful loved ones and then you have people who think it's OK to dump household rubbish and couches and letting dogs litter all over the place without any thought for the family visiting their love ones. I think it is time for CCTV to be installed before it becomes a free dumping area."

No Birds funfair for Killarney this year | By Michelle Crean After a meeting on Monday between Bird’s Euroshow and Kerry County Council it was agreed that the annual Killarney funfair will not go ahead this year.

The decision comes after the Council considered the current public health advice and the information available regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council and Bird’s both acknowledged a long-standing and positive relationship over many years but agreed that it was in the best interests of public health not to host the funfair in Killarney in 2020.

Concerns had been raised by Mayor of Killarney Cllr Brendan Cronin earlier this week following the confirmation of a suspected cluster of COVID-19 cases from a group of young people who travelled to rented accommodation in

Killarney town, where he says one person has tested positive for COVID from this group.

"This has resulted in widespread concern, anxiety and fear by Killarney residents, particularly amongst the elderly and vulnerable who have cocooned and abided by the health warnings to stay safe," he said.

In light of the current major health concerns regarding this suspected cluster, he had called on Killarney MD Manager Angela McAllen on the grounds of public health and safety of the population of Killarney, to immediately request Birds Amusement defer coming to Killarney this year for a period of 12 months.

"I wish to thank the management of Birds for their decision not to come to Killarney and their understanding of our health concerns. We look forward to seeing them in 2021."

Old Kenmare Road resurfacing At the recent Killarney Municipal District meeting Cllr Niall Kelleher asked "When will the Old Kenmare Road be surfaced under the LIS Scheme?"

The Council replied that the ESB have appointed a contractor to lay an ESB duct and cabling along this private road.

It is expected that these works will be completed by mid-September. On the completion of these works, Kerry County Council in consultation with the NPWS, will be in a position to carry out the proposed drainage and resurfacing works.

All works will be completed by the end of November 2020."

QUESTION: Councillor Niall Kelleher

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Why is no-one coming up with a COVID free passport?

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar is able to tell it as it is that those travelling to countries on a 'Green List' of safe enough countries will be "no more likely" to get COVID-19 there than they would spending a weekend away in Dublin or Killarney.

This is an echo of Brian Dobson on Morning Ireland a week ago – “Why would I be more likely to catch the virus in Mykonos than in Muckross?”

Dobson asked.

Mr Varadkar said that the pandemic could "go on for years" until an effective vaccine is found and that it is "not practical to cut ourselves off from

“Common sense should tell us that a health passport, just like bovine animals have to carry, is the solution”

travel for that long".

This is the firm opinion of this column as expressed some weeks ago in criticism of Tony Holohan’s stance on this, which was unfortunate timing as the column was submitted just before he stepped down for personal reasons.

But the opinion holds - we are in grave danger of being pushed back into a state of stagnating isolation.

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Compacting Irish and Northern Irish tourists into Killarney is not the answer I feel. We are in more danger from the Irish than from tourists from European countries as a certain house party proves.

Dr Leo has the advantage of being a medic. The world’s greatest scientific brains all working together are as use-

Columnist ANNE LUCEY gives her take on happenings in Killarney, Kerry and beyond

less when it comes to COVID-19 as the medics were in Boccacio’s days of the Black Plague in 1340s Italy - a fact he comments on in his Decameron – a collection of tales by Giovanni Boccaccio.

Science is taking an awful beating right now. It has not come up with a way of fighting the virus, nor has it come up with a way of vaccinating us against it.

All the more reason then we need advice on navigating it - which countries to travel to and how to treat the Americans and the English who arrive on our tarmac. We are being a bit caveman like, hunting them with rolling pins from restaurant doors.

There are easier ways than quarantine like arriving with a COVID-19 free cert to be presented with your passport.

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This is the way countries like Antigua, Aruba, Barbados etc., are welcoming US visitors - basically the Yanks must arrive with a COVID-19 test certificate proving they have tested negative between 12 and 72 hours before flying…. and in some cases the tourists must take the test on arrival also at their own expense.

Why is no-one in this first world country coming up with the COVID passport?

Common sense should tell us that a health passport, just like bovine animals have to carry, and that was so pivotal during the Foot and Mouth, is the solution.

House parties and Killarney The way the HSE and its myriad media arms dealt with queries all week on the outbreak of Coronavirus at a house party in Killarney is worth mentioning.

The Killarney party is probably now a super spreading event in the country.

I had reports - the HSE won’t confirm - that there were 19 cases out of the house party involving a group of 30 people and then people whom they met in town went back to houses with them.

As early as Monday at least three journalists were submitting queries about the reports of a house party and concern that locals were desperately knocking on doors for tests after someone at one of the house parties had COVID-19.

We were fobbed off with the now familiar barrage about not revealing

anything about personal identities, location etc.

And there was the damning off record remarks, the real silencer, on how reports on social media cannot be believed and we should not be paying attention to them.

Well now as I said to one of the press officers - I have two good sources who are highly credible. It is not just social media with legs on, I insisted.

We were also fed a line about some kayaker being up Carrauntoohil and is a contact of a contact and only indulging in very sober tiny house dinners.

Either the HSE people did not know, got mixed up, or they were being very creative and really should look at book publishing for their next career.

The stone walling persisted helped along by at least some wanting to silence anything that would give this town a bad name. What later emerged

of course was a lot more damning than even we imagined. For a start a letter to GPs throughout the HSE South singled out Killarney. Secondly, over 30 people were involved in the travel. Now it has emerged the cluster is large - very large is my understanding.

Several public health departments are involved around the country.

Now my concern is twofold - the HSE doesn’t trust credible journalists to give them a proper steer. That lack of trust is toxic.

This stereotypical line about social media being fake news being the baseline needs addressing too. Social media has elements of emotion, distraction, exaggeration - but we need to face up to the new normal with regards to WhatsApp etc. Just because it appears on social media, does not necessarily mean it is not true.

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Tourist industry give us a break, please Now, am I the only one getting slightly fed up with the tourist industry looking for every kind of break going?

This is an industry which hasn’t exactly distinguished itself with its treatment of workers.

Service workers - hotels, care homes etc., are the lowest paid sector in this State - this is a fact.

Very few workers in the industry can afford to buy a house in Killarney, Dingle or Kenmare, the towns they service, unless they own their establishments. That is simply a fact of life in tourist towns, written about again and again.

And now the cry and call is for subsidies, tax breaks, wages paid, VAT lowered, not having to pay any rates at all, to sustain the industry. But a hard question must be asked - how sustainable is the industry? A lot of the big hotels nationwide got big write offs during the expansionist Celtic Tiger era with millions of Euros sucked up by the tax payers so they would not lose their shirts. And many did lose their premises, it has to be said.

I am getting slightly tired of it. I sat in a courtroom last week and everyone - apart from the judge, the Gardai, court clerks and other public service workers have been hammered by the shutdown, financially. Simply hammered.

Barristers, solicitors, expert witnesses from engineers to psychiatrists, have had little or no work for the last three months. Who is arguing their case? As well as being self-employed, many are also employers.

Now, how much of a tax write-off will there be for these silent sectors? Will it mean that there will be no State bills for them? Will there be wage subsidies and rates write-offs? The tourist industry has no minister per se. It needs one to oversee proper regulation.

This is where the spokespeople need to start. But I suspect they are afraid to shout too loud because they will rock the boat as the hand is out for the write offs.

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New Gardai machine to target drug drivers Members of the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit have been given use of a ‘Dräger Drug Test 5000’ machine with the aim of further disrupting those involved in the sale and supply of drugs in Kerry.

COMET: Comet NEOWISE in the northern skies over Barraduff last Friday night .

Local astronomer captures comet over Barraduff An amateur astronomy enthusiast captured stunning images of Comet Neowise over Barraduff last weekend. | By Sean Moriarty The comet has been visible over Ireland for the last few nights and will continue in the Earth’s orbit for at least another week.

It is the first comet visible to the naked eye to pass through Planet Earth’s solar system since Comet Hale-Bopp in 1997.

Local photographer Trevor O’Donoghue captured the stunning pictures from his Barraduff home last Friday night.

“All pictures were taken with a phone.

I should have got the camera out, but I was enjoying the view too much,” he told the Killarney Advertiser. “It is visible to the naked eye as the sky darkens, but is a stunning sight in standard binoculars with a golden tail extending out

behind it.”

The comet will remain visible until at least July 23 – cloud cover permitting.

“It is fading a slight bit, but it is closest to Earth on July 23, so there is a bit in it yet,” added Trevor. “It is visible above the north western horizon after sunset.

Conveniently it is located under the Big Dipper and The Plough.”

Neowise was first discovered by NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer in March.

On July 3 it passed the closest point of its orbit to the sun, known as the perihelion, at just 44 million kilometres from the star, a stage that many comets do not survive.

It is also considered unusual for the comet’s ‘tail’ to remain visible after the perihelion.

Call for strengthening and underpinning works At the recent Municipal District meeting Cllr Michael Gleeson called for a multi-annual programme of strengthening and underpinning of the lakeside wall/road from Torc Waterfall to the entrance to Dinis.

The Council replied that in collaboration with consultants appointed by the TII inspections have been carried out on this section of roadway. Two areas have recently been repaired and further areas have been identified for intervention works later in the year Councillor Gleeson welcomed the positive reply and stated that the Torc to Dinis road on the N71 is within our magnificent National Park as well as being a section of the Killarney to Kenmare and Killarney to Sneem Ring of Kerry Road.

"It is therefore of vital importance to the economy of a vast area," he said.

"Two years or so ago part of this road collapsed and seriously inconvenienced many locals and visitors. We must endeavour to ensure that the necessary work is done to ensure that there is not a repeat of that collapse.

There is also an urgent need for a walkway/cycleway on the lakeside of this section of road. I am aware that an eminent engineer has investigated the matter and has stated that the lack of the pathway is a serious infrastructural deficit and is the missing link in the Muckross Lake Loop Walk/Cycle. We need the TII/Government to give urgent priority to the the safety of the road and the development of a safe and scenic pathway."

“This is just another way of targeting those that we believe are involved in selling drugs in Co. Kerry,” Head of the Roads Policing Unit, Inspector Tony Sugrue, said.

“A conviction for drug driving could result in the offender being taken off the road, thus disrupting the drug distribution network.

“Not only that, we are reducing the risk of serious injury and possible fatal road traffic collisions by removing those people who drive while intoxicated. The Drugs Unit will now be adding to the Roads Policing Units proactive approach

RESULTS: A photograph of one of the drug driving test results from Killarney on July 7. A man, aged in his 30s, was arrested and brought to Killarney Garda Station and was later released and a file will be prepared for the DPP.

in this regard.”

The drug testing machine is now a standard piece of equipment that is brought out on patrol with the Drugs Unit. Since this was undertaken at the end of June, the Drugs Unit have arrested four drivers on suspicion of drug driving.

Killarney to be turned into a giant playground | By Sean Moriarty It’ll be all fun and games on the streets of Killarney next month as a new interactive outdoor escape experience will turn the town into a giant playground.

The Big Escape Live has been created so that hundreds can play the GPS activated game while still following social distancing rules.

The event in Killarney will see groups of up to six people playing against each other with a leaderboard updated in real time giving those taking part a competitive edge.

The gaming experience includes teams who have to solve puzzles, crack codes and complete challenges to take down Big Al’s casino in a classic heist.

“We’re excited to bring the game to Killarney,” Mark French from The Big Escape Live said. “There’s a flexible start time from Killarney Towers Hotel, Plunkett Street giving people the opportunity to play at different times. But as teams navigate the streets together, they’ll be near to each other which will hopefully create a buzz around the city, especially if they’re playing in fancy dress which is optional! Teams can choose when they play the game as tickets are valid for six months but after being locked in for so long, we wanted to try and create a fun and safe outdoor atmosphere for people to enjoy.”

FUN AND GAMES: Killarney to be turned into a giant playground when a new outdoor escape game comes to Killarney.

The live event takes place on August 22 with teams encouraged to play between 10am and 2pm.

Tickets cost €48 per team made up of a maximum of six people, with kids playing for free. They can be booked on www.thebigescape.com/locations.

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Local hotel gets backing from Virgin Media | By Michelle Crean

WIN A HOUSE! A €350k house in Killarney is up for grabs as part of a fundraiser

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A major fundraiser - where one lucky winner could bag themselves a house in Killarney - is being launched today (Friday). | By Michelle Crean The brand new four bedroom semi-detached house - worth over €350k - is located in the heart of Killarney town.

And as well as a house up for grabs, there is a total of 10 prizes ranging from €5k cash to very generous hotel vouchers in the vibrant town.

It's all part of a major fundraising drive by Ardfert Community Council who will use the funds raised for a much needed development in the centre of Ardfert Village which will consist of an All-Weather astro pitch, a full size grass pitch, an athletics compound, wall ball area, multi-discipline sports and community hall, and a public perimeter jogging and walking track.

Tickets, which are €100 each and expected to sell out fast, are limited to the first 10k people. And the lucky winner will get

the keys to their fabulous new house on St Patrick's Day 2021.

"We are delighted to be commencing our fundraiser for our all-inclusive community sports and recreational facility in Ardfert, and we feel there is no better place in the world to win a house than the beautiful town of Killarney," Declan Raggett from the fundraising committee told the Killarney Advertiser.

Ardfert Community Council would like to take this opportunity to thank all their very generous sponsors, especially Horgan's Centra Ardfert and Atlantic Oils who sponsored the €5,000 cash prize he added.

Tickets can be bought in Daly's SuperValu Killarney, Horgan's Centra Ardfert, Ardfert Post Office and also Garvey's SuperValu Tralee and of course online at www. winahouseinkillarney.com where you can get more details and the T&Cs.

Hundreds of thousands of homes have been hearing all about what one local hotel has to offer as they appeared on a national campaign on Virgin Media this week.

Killarney-Based Cahernane House Hotel was beamed into homes across the country as they are this week part of Virgin Media’s €1 Million 'Backing Business' support fund TV campaign - which includes free on-air advertising including creative, production, profiles across its full schedule covering Virgin Media Channels One, Two and Three.

Cahernane, along with two other Irish businesses, are featuring on Virgin Media’s weekly 60” ad break campaign and will also be promoted across Virgin Media’s official social media channels.

Championing staycations since recently reopening on June 29, Emer Corridan, General Manager of Cahernane House Hotel, said they are "thrilled" to be part of the TV stations support programme.

Like all other hotels, Cahernane Hotel closed its doors in March. The entire team have been welcoming guests back through their doors and are heavily promoting staycations as an option for this summer holiday period.

“We are thrilled to be part of Virgin Media’s 'Backing Business' campaign," Emer said. "This platform really helps us to spread the word that we are open once again and are happy to meet our wonderful guests once more."

She added that Virgin Media is very pro-business and it’s wonderful to have them help to promote Cahernane House

this summer.

"Now more than ever our industry needs Irish people to holiday at home and support Irish tourism. Our staycation offers provide people with a wonderful opportunity to explore and to rediscover Killarney and Kerry once again.”

For a chance to have your business features all business owners have to do is send in a short email, outlining who and where they are, some of their main products or services and how they have coped and reinvented themselves through the current crisis. The ideal way to do this is to take a short video by mobile phone including shots of the business premises. You can simply email submissions to backingbusiness@virginmedia.ie or WhatsApp them to 089 611 1111.

€30,000 prize bonanza for Killarney Credit Union members Mairead Courtney from Beaufort got a great surprise this week when she received a call from Killarney Credit Union to find out she had won a brand new Toyota Yaris in the Killarney Credit Union Members' Draw.

Mairead picked up the keys of her new car from Karena McCarthy, Marketing Officer, at a prize giving ceremony at the credit union on Thursday, July 9 at the credit union headquarters.

“We currently have just over 2,300 members in the draw which is held twice a year," Karena said.

"Our prizes include a new car and cash

ranging from €250 to €5,000 cash.

Our next draw will take place in January 2021.”

Members can apply for the Members Draw at any of the branches or apply online on www.killarneycu.ie. €12 will be taken from the members' account twice a year as an entry fee for the members draw.

The 13 cash prize winners in no particular order were: Paul McCarthy, Margaret Kelliher, Karina Mulchinock, Dermot Tuohy, Denise McSweeney, Tim Moriarty, Delores O'Callaghan, Mary O'Sullivan, Josephine Cronin, Anthony McGuiness, Julie Payne, Miriam O'Sullivan, Michael O'Keeffe.

WINNER: Mairead Courtney, Beaufort winner of the Killarney Credit Union Members' Draw Toyota Yaris with from left: Mark Murphy (CEO Killarney Credit Union), Brian Bowler (Bowlers Toyota Dealers Killarney) and Karena McCarthy (Killarney Credit Union) on Thursday last. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

The draw was adjudicated by Garda Twiss and Griffin from Killarney Garda Station and KCU Risk and Compliance Manager Shane Foley in the credit union offices.

“The draw is limited to members of Killarney Credit Union and anyone over the age of 18 can apply to join, so for €2

a month, you can be entered into the draw. You are over six thousand times more likely to win the car than win the national lotto jackpot for just €2 per month!

We would encourage members to sign up, if they haven’t already, as the saying goes,"if you’re not in, you can’t win",” she concluded.

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Tourist office confirms reopening date

| By Sean Moriarty Killarney Tourist Information Office will reopen on July 27 the Killarney Advertiser can exclusively reveal.

HEALTH CHECK: Dr Sinead Devine from University College Dublin's Animal Chiropractic Clinic taking blood samples from Killarney Jaunting Cars team of horses as a precaution against Lyme disease.

The Beech Road premises has been closed since the start of the national shutdown in March.

Tourist Information Offices will begin reopening on phased basis later this month.

Both Killarney and Dingle are also set to open their doors on July 27.

“Fáilte Ireland is confirming that Killarney Tourist Information Office is reopening week commencing July 27 and will remain open until early November 2020,” a Fáilte Ireland spokesperson told the Killarney Advertiser.

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Horses checked for Lyme Disease but still no warning signs in National Park | By Sean Moriarty Killarney Jaunting Cars has taken the unusual step of testing its 40-strong team of horses for Lyme Disease due to their exposure to ticks in the National Park.

There have been repeated calls for Lyme Disease information signs to be placed in the National Park with the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Killarney Municipal District at constant loggerheads over who is responsible for placing the signs in the park.

Lyme disease is an infection that is transmitted by a bite from an infected tick.

The issue is particularly relevant to Killarney National Park as deer are considered prime carriers of infected ticks.

The infection is generally mild, affecting only the skin, but can sometimes be more severe, leading to more serious illness and even death.

At the most recent KMD meeting Mayor Brendan Cronin called for an update on the provision of signs warning of the dangers of Lyme Disease at the entrances to the park.

Internal signs are the responsibility of the NPWS and apart from signs placed at some entrances by the Council there has been no further action on signage within the park's boundaries.

This week, Killarney Jaunting Cars was visited by experts from University College Dublin's Animal Chiropractic Clinic who examined their horses to make sure they were not carrying ticks as a precautionary measure and as part of the horses' annual health checks.

Results of the blood tests taken by the experts, and sent to the USA for examination, will be known in about three weeks time.

While there is no risk of cross-contamination between the horses and humans it could lead to muscle problems with the animals.

“We are a fifth generation jarvey family and we never done anything like this before,” Michael Tangney of Killarney Jaunting Cars told the Killarney Advertiser. “It looks like it could become part of the annual health check for the horses in the same way way we check their teeth every year.”

GENEROUS: Kathleen Shanahan, a resident at Tearmann Lodge Rathmore, organised a collection for Kerry Cancer Support Group and handed over €102.60 recently. Pictured are: Breda Dyland, Kathleen Shanahan and Adele Kerrisk (Staff member at Tearmann Lodge).

Moll’s Gap speed limit A new speed limit has been ordered on the section of road between Kenmare and Moll’s Gap for the next year.

The speed limit will be 60kmh along this section of road from this week for a period of 12 months.

The reduction is to facilitate a road improvement and resurfacing scheme in the area.

Kerry County Council says it’s for the safety for road users and construction workers, and temporary speed limit signs will be erected along the route.

It will be in place until July 8, 2021.

Cannabis seized in Park Road drugs bust DONATION: Spa GAA Club raised €610 for the Killarney/South Kerry Branch of the Irish Cancer Society at the Club Awards Night earlier this year. At the cheque presentation is Kathrina Breen, Adrian O'Sullivan, Michael Cronin, Andrew Garnett and Eleanor O'Doherty.

Killarney Gardai seized €2,300 of suspected cannabis herb and €1,100 in cash in a planned raid in the town last Thursday night.

The Park Road raid was part of an ongoing operation targeting the sale and

supply of drugs in Killarney.

Local gardai confirmed to the Killarney Advertiser that drugs, cash and drug paraphernalia and a mobile phone were seized from the property.

“Investigations are on-going,” a local garda source told the Killarney Advertiser.

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Our new columnist James Knoblauch gives his local spin on national issues

Surely flights from the global epicentre of the Coronavirus should be banned?

When lockdown restrictions first began to be eased at the start of June, former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declared “Summer is not lost and this can be a summer of hope if we keep the virus at bay”.

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WALK: John O’Rourke and Toby out for a walk in the Killarney National Park on Tuesday. Photo: Grigoriy Geniyevskiy

Ryanair’s flight reductions brings health over wealth discussion to the fore | By Sean Moriarty As life in Killarney returns to some degree of normal, the town is faced with a major issue that will be divisive and will have far reaching effects.

This week, Ryanair announced it was reducing its capacity during the months of August and September. Over one thousand flights will be taken out of service during this time and the airline specifically mentioned a reduction of flights at Kerry Airport.

The carrier is blaming the Government’s indecision regarding self-isolation rules once passengers arrive in this country.

However, airline traffic is a two-way street, it brings tourists and immigrants into Kerry and also allows for local people to visit foreign countries for, business, pleasure or family reasons.

Last week, Taoiseach Mícheál Martin announced that all international travel should be avoided and that Irish people should stay at home and not engage in foreign holiday this year - a statement which influenced Ryanair’s decision.

“We call on the Irish Government to remove all travel restrictions between Ireland and the EU (almost all of whom have lower COVID-19 case rates than Ireland) as a matter of urgency, so that Ireland’s hotels, guest houses, restaurants and other tourism providers can

recover their business and minimise job losses before we reach the downturn winter period,” a company statement said.

The news will have a massive impact on Kerry Airport, especially after it managed to trade though the national shutdown without any job losses. The airport was contacted for a comment but did not reply before the Killarney Advertiser closed for press.

All of this comes after there was increasing concern about a number of flights from US cities last weekend – including New York, Texas, California into Dublin. Many of these visitors are believed to have stayed in the Killarney area.

There has been widespread calls to create more robust self-quarantine rules or even to close airports altogether.

But at what cost? Can Kerry Airport and the wider tourism industry in Killarney cope with Ryanair’s decision to reduce flights or has it, by default, done the right thing and reduced the number of foreign visitors likely to arrive in Kerry over the next two months.

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As tourists from throughout Ireland arrived in Killarney, the prospect of this summer’s season being partially saved was overshadowed by the spectre of Americans also holidaying here.

Reported sightings of Americans in Killarney raise the serious question of the effectiveness of Ireland’s travel policy.

It is clear that the two-week quarantine for those entering Ireland isn’t working. With no legal requirements to follow the 14-day self-isolation, do we seriously believe that anyone travelling from the US to Ireland would voluntarily stay in a hotel for that period of time?

Our Government continues to insist that all non-essential travel should be avoided and maybe there isn’t a large volume of Americans coming in, but rather than depending on an ineffective and voluntary measure that banks on the honesty of the individuals, surely flights from the global epicentre of the Coronavirus should be banned?

In the coming weeks, Killarney will see more and more people visiting our town. For many of the town’s businesses, domestic tourism will be a lifesaver in these difficult times. By failing to properly police our borders, we risk jeopardising whatever tourist season we have left.

In 2017, 1.83 million Americans visited Ireland, and for decades Killarney has welcomed American tourists. The fact that in normal times, on the 4th of July, Killarney holds a parade in honour of

America’s Independence Day is a testament to how welcoming our town has been.

But, at this moment in time, with the daily number of new cases breaking records in the US and with an occupant in the White House who has failed to take this virus seriously, it would be short-sighted of us to let our guard down. Have we forgotten how quick Trump was to ban J1s and other visas, gleefully predicting that the absence of immigrants would mean more jobs for Americans?

While we should not be surprised at Trump opportunistically using a crisis to undermine the contribution of immigrants to the US, we should not expect our own Government to feebly stand by an ineffective travel policy.

It is important that we ensure the virus is not once more imported into Ireland - not only because a second wave brought in by tourists would further devastate our struggling hospitality industry - but because it would mean all the months of lockdown that we endured were for nothing. The US acted decisively in closing its borders to outsiders, but it failed to act decisively in stopping the spread of the virus within its own States. Ireland has competently brought the spread of the virus to a halt internally and if we are to truly save this summer, the new challenge lies in how we manage those that enter this country.

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For the last two weeks we've reported about the installation of the new bollards and footpath widening measures in the town centre implemented by the Council to increase social distancing for pedestrians.

Businesses owners and locals said they are all for health and safety first - but questioned why so many were installed as it's taking up too many parking spaces in College St, High St, Kenmare Place, New St, and Beech Rd. So this week, the Killarney Advertiser sent out our photographer Grigoriy Geniyevskiy to see what you have to say.

LUAY RADDAM

PRZEMEK BOCIAN

“They are not fitting in as they are in the way of traffic. It’s not pretty.”

MARTIN LYNHAM

JACK, MARIE GLEESON AND FAYE GLEESON

“It was dangerous for people before they installed them as people would walk onto the roads. I don’t see problems at the moment as Killarney is a tourist town and it’s not as busy as before. It’s something different. If it can help, let’s do it.”

FRANK ENGLISH

CLAIRE AND CIARAN O’CONNOR

“It adds to the town. I’m absolutely in favour of them. It’s better for pedestrians."

“They’re not suitable and they are taking up spaces."

PAT BRAMLEY

DER BROSNAN

“People do use it. It’s going to divert people from the town centre, but the town is looking well."

“They are OK in certain places. In other places do they work?”

“It does not bother me as I use the car parks. It’s not working for social distancing. For smaller towns with narrow streets it’s a disaster.”

“It adds to the street furniture.

It’s good for social distancing and pedestrianisation for the town.”

BELA KRZNAIRC AND DEAN BADIJ

“Why are they there? They make the town unpretty.

It makes it harder for deliveries and parking.”

ALEX STIGAS

“They’re handy at night. I don’t notice much of a difference. People aren’t using them and not really taking notice of them.”

PETER MOYNIHAN

“There was no thought put into it and no consideration for service people."

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TD welcomes news that COVID payments will be back paid Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection Heather Humphreys has assured pandemic unemployment payment claimants that any back payments owing will be processed and claimants will be notified.

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She made her remarks while answering a question placed by Deputy Michael Healy-Rae who asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons will receive back payment in cases in which there was a delay in receiving the pandemic unemployment payment.

“It is only fair they would get back money considering it was through no fault of their own that they did not get their money on time at the beginning of the scheme which to date has seen 7.8 million payments issued at a cost of over €2.7 billion,” Deputy Michael Healy-Rae said.

The emergency COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment was introduced as a time-limited emergency measure so that payments can be made as quickly as possible to the large number of people who have become fully unemployed due to the pandemic.

“It will take time to review all of the applications and assess for back pay-

SAFETY: Staff from Randles Hotel pictured after receiving the COVID-19 Safety Award

QUESTION: Michael Healy-Rae raised the issue with Minister Heather Humphreys regarding COVID-19 back payments

ments. I can assure the Deputy that all cases will be examined and where arrears arise they will be processed and claimants will be notified”, Minister Humphreys confirmed.

“This is welcome news as many people felt that they would not receive their back payments. Many people who applied in March had to wait until April before they received a payment, with others getting paid straight away,” Deputy Healy-Rae remarked.

Labour leader Alan Kelly in Killarney today | By Sean Moriarty Labour Party leader Alan Kelly will be in Killarney later today (Friday) and will visit the Ballyspillane Family Resource Centre as part of his official one day visit to the town.

Mr Kelly is in Killarney on the invitation of local Labour Councillor Marie Moloney.

She is a former resident of Ballyspillane but is keen to push some the great projects that are going on in an estate that has been troubled by anti-social behaviour for a number of years.

“There is a great family resource centre up there," she told the Killarney Advertiser. "There are great people living there and they are an example of what can be done. That is why I am bringing Alan Kelly up there – so he can see for himself the

great things that are going on.”

Last week Cllr Moloney put a motion before a meeting of Killarney Municipal District calling for CCTV to be installed in Ballyspillane in an effort to stop anti-social behaviour in the estate. There is also a particular problem with unauthorised road bowling taking place in the area.

“Every second night they are bowling up there and the elderly are terrified. CCTV would alleviate the problem,” she told the meeting.

Cllr Moloney is pushing to restore the area’s good name after years of anti-social behaviour, carried out by a small minority, but has tarnished the estate’s reputation.

Mr Kelly will also meet with local members of the Irish Hotel Federation (IHF) and other tourism industry chiefs as part of his visit.

Local hotel receives Fáilte Ireland COVID-19 Safety Charter The Randles Hotel Group, which includes the Dromhall Hotel and Randles Hotel Killarney are delighted to announce that they have been accredited with the Fáilte Ireland COVID-19 Safety Charter. | By Michelle Crean The Charter, which is a Government-endorsed initiative to reinforce confidence to visitors of tourism businesses, can now be proudly displayed on their premises and websites to assure customers that their properties are safe spaces.

“Our customers and our team are of paramount importance to us and receiving the Failte Ireland stamp of approval means that our well-known family hotels have successfully met all the service and adaption specifications outlined by the Government and Fáilte Ireland's specific guidelines for hotels," Tom Randles said.

In order to be permitted to display the

stamp, businesses have to meet a high standard, including ensuring all employees have been trained in COVID-19 safety and hygiene measures.

“All Randles and Dromhall Hotel employees undertook a range of comprehensive training programmes ahead of both hotels reopening, including training on safety measures as well as guidance for their own well-being and recognising and acknowledging the concerns of both colleagues and guests,” Bernadette Randles added.

Both hotels also acknowledge Kerry County Council and the exceptional work and support provided with the regards to training programmes and courses for businesses locally.

OUT AND ABOUT: Karen Flood pictured with her dog Jake, enjoying a cup of coffee at Reidy's in Killarney earlier this week. Photo: Grigoriy Geniyevskiy

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Beauty - By Jill O'Donoghue

Jill is available for advice and beauty consultations, at Killarney Toning & Beauty Studio. Call 064 6632966

Time to sort out your feet with a deluxe pedicure It’s that time of the year when we have our feet out, so it is important to make them presentable.

At the weekend, I got the time to paint my toe nails for the first time this year and I’m really glad I did. It gives you a holiday feel even if you're not going away. It dresses up any open toe shoe or sandal. Choose a neutral colour and it will go with everything. It’s such a fabulous treat to have a pedicure, you will feel like you're walking on clouds after and the toe paint is a reminder of your fabulous pamper hour in the American style jacuzzi jets and back massaging chair.

Your feet take a beating every day. If they start to hurt you need to take that seriously. Corns, calluses, ingrown toe nails, and hard skin, can be a thing of the past when you have a medical pedicure.

Your feet can develop certain health problems because they are the furthest from your heart which pumps blood to your feet through arteries. Sever-

al medical conditions can also reduce blood flow to the feet which could limit oxygen rich blood to the legs which they need to thrive and work without pains and aches. You should never ignore any foot related conditions or try to suffer through them. If you have a pain in your foot or toe nail it can affect your entire mood and energy levels.

With the services of a qualified foot health practitioner available, neglected feet will be a thing of the past.

A deluxe pedicure starts with a foot soak and jacuzzi jets, toe nailss are then clipped and filed with cuticles pushed back and removed if necessary. A foot scrub is applied and rubbed in all the way up to knees and a rasp is used to remove the extra stubborn areas. Then a foot lotion is applied and massaged in for beautiful soft skin on both legs and feet.

All aspects of foot health, pedicure and toe nail painting, call Jill to book an appointment 064 6632966.

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listen Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks in the Road Alanis Morissette is expected to release her new album 'Such Pretty Forks in the Road' on July 31.

It's the upcoming ninth studio album

by Canadian-American singer-songwriter, set to be released through Epiphany Music and Thirty Tigers in North America, and by RCA and Sony Music in the United Kingdom and Europe. It is Morissette's first studio album in eight years, following 2012's 'Havoc and Bright Lights'.

The album, which is just over 46 min-

utes long, was preceded by the singles 'Reasons I Drink' and 'Smiling', the latter being a new song written for the 'Jagged Little Pill' stage musical.

Morissette was scheduled to embark on a world tour in June 2020 for the 25th anniversary of her 1995 album 'Jagged Little Pill', during which she would perform songs from her entire career, including songs from 'Such Pretty Forks in the Road'. The tour has been postponed to 2021 following concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gabriella Álvarez dreams of being the next Coco Chanel.

Born in the Bronx of Puerto Rican descent, she lives with her mother and beloved grandmother, Lita, who recognises the young girl’s talent andteaches her to sew.

When Gabriella gains a coveted scholarship to the famous Parson’s School of Design on Fifth Avenue, she is thrilled. There she meets the beautiful, aspiring model Isabelle Flynn and together they vow to make it to the top.Then superstar fashion designer Oberon crosses her path and she sees her chance.

If only he’d notice her.If only he wasn’t so out of reach. This is a story of a young girl’s determination to achieve the American Dream. Life throws obstacles in her path, but

she never gives up, intent on achieving her heart’s desire. This is Caragh Bell’s fifth novel, following on from the bestselling 'Echoes of Grace'.

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GUT ISSUES: A new podcast series called ‘Gutcast’ has been launched this week.

Pictured is Amy Kelly, Director of the ISCC. Photo: Andres Poveda

New 'Gutcast' podcast launched A new podcast ‘Gutcast’ has been launched in response to national research that shows the extent of mental health concerns among those living with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the need for accessible supports for stress, anxiety and depression - all of

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which are being compounded by COVID-19.

The Irish Society for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (ISCC) in partnership with Janssen Sciences Ireland UC, launched the podcast this week to provide practical advice and information for people living with IBD in a digital format that can

be easily accessed during and after the pandemic.

Gutcast comprises of eight episodes, with the first three episodes available now and a new episode will be released every Monday for five weeks. It will be available on the ISCC website as well as on Apple Podcast App, Google Play Music and Spotify.

The ISCC has reported a 300% increase in calls to its helpline and requests for information between March and June 2020 as a result of COVID-19 compared to the same time period in 2019. Key concerns of those contacting the ISCC for help include maintaining mental well-being and accessing healthcare appointments while adhering to Government advice to cocoon during the pandemic.

Gutcast brings together healthcare professionals, sports stars and social media influencers living with the condition to give their opinions and advice on a variety of topics including mental health, fatigue, managing work and social life, sex and relationships and getting the most out of your healthcare appointments.

“Now more than ever we can see the importance of IBD resources people can access from the safety and comfort of their own homes," Amy Kelly, Crohn’s patient, Director of the ISCC and Gutcast host, said.

"Gutcast will be a lifeline for those who have just been diagnosed, or are living with IBD, to better understand how to live a full and active life and how to navigate difficult situations like the one we find ourselves in now. The Gutcast series was designed to empower people to self-manage their illness in a really positive way.”

American creates Jenga building record An American man has managed to beat his own Jenga building record - by stacking a whopping 485 blocks on top of just one of the game’s pieces.

Last year, Tai Star Valianti - who is described by Guinness World Records as a “Master Jenga Stacker” built a similar tower with 353 blocks to claim the record for most Jenga blocks stacked on one vertical Jenga piece.

The most incredible part of the tower is that as Tai builds, he expands it outwards from the single Jenga block giving it a physics-defying appearance. Surprisingly, the centre remains hollow where the first standing Jenga block is placed.

"The tower stood for almost nine minutes before I got my son to come in and knock it down,” Valianti said in a YouTube video demonstrating its construction from start to finish.

Damning book by Trump’s niece Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump’s tell-all book about the President was published on Tuesday.

President Trump tried to prevent the publication.

‘Too Much - Never Enough’ reveals the fractious relationship he shared with his brothers Robert and Fred and how bullying and narcissism were normal parts of their lives.

Fred, Mary's father, died in 1981 and his daughter claims it was due to poor health – and alcohol addiction - as a result of his younger brother and her grandfather Fred Senior’s constant bullying.

She claims these actions shaped the current Trump and after witnessing him destroy her family she says he is capable of destroying her country.

Ms Trump, a psychologist and Donald's only niece, wrote in the

book that she had "no problem calling Donald a narcissist - he meets all nine criteria as outlined in the Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders”.

Robert Trump - Donald's younger brother - had attempted to stop the book from being released, claiming it contained private information about their family.

Conversely, President Trump does not drink alcohol after witnessing the damage done to his brother.

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Mammoth 2,220km cycle for stem cell transplant unit One man plans a gruelling eight day cycle of 2,220km along the Wild Atlantic Way from tomorrow (Saturday) for St James' Hospital, Dublin.

FUNDS: INTO President Mary Magner and INTO Deputy Secretary General Noel Ward present €55,000 to CMRF Crumlin Schools and Youth Development Executive Sinead Nolan. CMRF Crumlin Head of Community Fundraising Antoinette Kelly and Hospital Liaison Manager Gerry Cully are delighted that the funds raised will further support research into Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

€55,000 raised for Ireland’s sickest children A massive €55,000 has been raised by the INTO, teachers’ union, for CMRF Crumlin, which is part of the Children’s Health Foundation family.

This year due to COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing guidelines, tickets were available online from €10 with the chance to win incredible prizes up to a value of €10,000. All proceeds from the 2020 draw will provide continued support for the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) research project in the National Children's Research Centre (NCRC).

The hospital treats upwards of 150,000 children each year from all over Ireland.

“The INTO is delighted and very proud to once again support CMRF through their annual members’ raffle," Mary Magner, President of the INTO, said.

“Thank you to our members in county Kerry for their generosity in raising

€55,000 in the 2020 raffle. This year despite restrictions with COVID-19, our members got behind the online raffle.

It will benefit thousands of children all over Ireland in their most vulnerable sick moments, and their parents through periods of strain and worry.”

The Children’s Medical and Research Foundation (CMRF) Crumlin, the fundraising body for CHI at Crumlin and the National Children’s Research Centre, has praised the INTO for their continued fundraising.

“Every year, we meet fundraising groups like the INTO and we’re just overwhelmed by their generosity and their ability to create such a fantastic fundraiser,” Chief Executive of Children’s Health Foundation, Denise Fitzgerald, said. “On behalf of all the children that these funds will ultimately benefit through the research funded we thank the INTO for their amazing ongoing support.”

Gardaí issue warning over youth bank accounts Gardaí are appealing to the public, particularly younger people, not to let anyone else use their bank account.

The warning follows an arrest made in West Cork last week in relation to suspected money laundering. The man, aged in early 20s, is believed to have allowed a large quantity of cash be lodged and transferred using his account. He

was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act and later released.

A file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Situations like this normally involve a person known as a 'Money Mule', a practice which usually involves criminals recruiting young people to help launder stolen or illegal money using their bank account – often unwittingly.

Hendrik Ketelaar, plans to undertake the mammoth challenge from Kinsale, and plans to finish on July 26 at the Peace Bridge in Derry.

Hendrik is doing this in honour of and with the blessing of the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust (BMLT) which supports the stem cell transplant unit (the Birkitt Ward) in St James' Hospital, Dublin which saved the life of his sister-in-law Niamh O'Callaghan's brother Gary, and the lives of so many others from all over this country over the past 25 years.

With funds from public donations, the Trust contributes to research into stem cell treatment, provides support to patients and their families and assists the continuation of the work of the Birkitt Ward.

The BMLT does not receive Government funding and relies solely on donations and its supporters to continue this essential service.

The O'Callaghan family are eternally grateful for all that they have done to help not just Gary but many hundreds of others, Niamh O'Callaghan explained.

"We hope to raise essential funds for the BMLT and a small portion of funds raised will go to youth in sport in Crusheen where Hendrik lives with his wife (my sister) Laura O'Callaghan and their three sons Cian (19), Luke (17) and Roan (13), who are all long time members of Crusheen GAA, she said.

"Our hope is to raise awareness about BMLT who provide incredible support to people like Gary who, with an illness as serious as lymphoma, hodgkins/

non-hodgkins and leukaemia is devastating in so many ways not just to the individual fighting for their lives but to their family, physically, emotionally, financially the stress of this on top of facing a life threatening and sadly, for some resulting in the loss of a loved one. We were so incredibly lucky that Gary survived this illness. He was first diagnosed on New Years Eve 2014, his children were aged 10 and six at that time. This has been an incredibly long journey and affects so many around the person struck down with this illness."

You can follow Hendrik on his Wild Atlantic Cycle on Twitter: @bonemarrowtrust (Hendriks Wild Atlantic Cycle) and donations can be made to GoFundMe.com: Hendrik's Wild Cycle for Leukaemia and Youth Sport.

The chance to earn a "quick buck” is a tactic used by fraudsters to recruit money mules, who are promised a share of the proceeds in exchange for their bank account details.

A "Money Mule" is a person who transfers money illegally on behalf of other people," a Garda statement said. "They allow their account to be used for the transfer of ill-gotten gains. They may or may not be aware of the crime. However, they are complicit if they recklessly allow their account to be used to launder the proceeds of these crimes. Young people are often targeted by organised crime gangs to act as money mules, laundering thousands

of Euro through their accounts in exchange for a few hundred Euro.”

The Gardai are advising people to say no and report the matter to them if approached to facilitate this crime.

"If you agree to allow your account be used in this way you are committing the offence of money laundering, a serious offence which on conviction carries a penalty of up to 14 years imprisonment.

This will have a serious impact on your future travel plans, career opportunities, vetting and credit ratings."

For more crime prevention details on this, and other topics, please see www. garda.ie

MAMMOTH CYCLE: Hendrik Ketelaar plans a gruelling eight day cycle of 2,220km along the Wild Atlantic Way from tomorrow (Saturday) for St James' Hospital, Dublin.

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Quest launches socially distant adventure Quest GEO is the latest and most exciting event to be added to the Quest series of adventure races.

RESIDENCY: Kerry County Council's new Writer in Residence Máire Holmes.

Máire recommences role as Writer in Residence After an unexpected break due to COVID-19 safety measures, Máire Holmes is recommencing her work as Kerry County Council’s Writer in Residence, co-funded by the Arts Council and Creative Ireland.

And this isn’t Máire’s first residency in Kerry – she proved immensely popular a number of years ago, interacting with students and writers all across the county at events, libraries and readings.

The residency will re-commence remotely with Máire working with writers through email and video link.

“I am delighted to be returning via technology and am looking forward to virtual meetings with writers for my residency,” Máire said.

Máire plans one-to-one remote mentoring sessions. “I want to give dedicated writers a performance platform,” she explained. “The solo writer is famil-

iar with solitude and yet seeks some way to be heard, by sharing work that is not yet published.”

During lockdown Máire was still busy, coordinating and editing an e-book of poems by young people for Cruinniú na nÓg entitled 'Present Day Poetry, Kerry'.

Anyone interested in working with Máire should watch Kerry Arts Office’s social media for updates, sign up to the arts newsletter on the Kerry County Council website or contact the Arts Office on arts@kerrycoco.ie/066 7183541.

This new, unique sporting event will take place on Saturday and Sunday, August 8 and 9, giving participants the opportunity to run and cycle their way around a choice of nine locations across the country at their chosen time, in what will be the largest socially distanced adventure of the summer.

Each Quest GEO consists of one route of between 40 and 50km in length involving running and cycling with six/ seven checkpoints. Participants can complete the route at any time over the course of the two days, navigating their way around their chosen location via a geo caching App which they will receive access to in advance.

While the event is structured to be undertaken independently and is unsupported, participants will receive a detailed online information pack in advance of the event with everything they need to know to complete their summer adventure. To add to the excitement exact route details will not be released until three days before the event. The nine stunning locations include Killarney, Kenmare, Lough Derg, Glendalough, Cork, Dublin Mountains, Wexford, Carlingford and Achill, each offering their own unique experience in spectacular surroundings.

Director of Quest events, Oliver Kirwan is delighted to be able to offer adventure racers across the country something new and fresh.

“It’s been such a challenging time for

the country over the past few months and we are really grateful to everybody for their patience and support. We have had to reschedule some of our events and we know this has been difficult and has caused disappointment for people.

Quest GEO offers new and experienced adventure racers the chance to shake off the cobwebs, set a goal for the summer and participate safely. We are so fortunate in Ireland to be surrounded by some of the most amazing scenery in the world and we encourage everyone to embrace the outdoors in their locality this summer. Quest GEO is a great opportunity for individuals or small groups of friends to take on the challenge of an adventure race at a time convenient to them and with a choice of nine locations, they won’t have to venture too far.”

Participants are urged to comply with all Government advice relating to COVID-19, particularly maintaining social distancing at all times and not to congregate. An online leader board will be available and one winner from each event shall receive free entry to the standard Quest of their choice in 2021.

Participants can register for their chosen location online at www.questadventureseries.com/register/.

The multi-disciplined Quest Adventure Series consisting of running, cycling and kayaking will resume in the autumn with Quest Killarney on October 10, and Quest Glendalough on October 31.

For more information please visit www. questadventureseries.com/race/questgeo/ or email annette@eliteevents.ie or call 086 0508891.

'Requiem for a giant - óle'

By Nicky Barry Like Moses coming down the Mount, Jack Charlton came amongst us, Not a man for ceremony, or any formal fuss.

He was no frills personified, in his plain Geordie way, And brought us joy and great success, way back in the day.

When silver heads all heard the news, that Big Jack had died, Their hearts choked with memories, and salt tears filled their eyes.

Like Moses with the Israelites, he unified a nation, Into a state of self belief, and crazy celebrations.

Moses had Ten Commandments, but Jack had just the one, Put ‘em under pressure, and then get the job done.

For eight hundred years or more, we loathed the Sassenach, For they sent us Tans and Cromwell, and then along came Jack.

He lifted us by our scruff necks, and imposed his football will, To put the ball behind them, and then go for the kill.

He liked to fish and have a pint, and understood the craic, And when we hear Ole Ole, memories come flooding back.

He gave us pride and glory, in a gallant team in green, But most of all, he showed the way, and we dared to dream.

He was an English hero, when he won them the World Cup, But we took him to our hearts, and made him one of us.

ADVENTURE: Quest Adventure Series has launched its biggest socially distanced event of the summer.

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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

Weekends can be a huge obstacle You did an incredible job all week, eating healthy nutritious meals, meal-prepped and followed your plan. But then Friday night hits and what happens - do you keep up your awesome habits or do you crash into a 2.5 day nutritional apocalypse where you eat out at almost every meal, have way too many adult beverages, eat a lot of dessert, and overall just let your nutrition go down the drain?

Let’s face it, once you starting improving your nutritional habits, the weekend becomes a huge obstacle to progress and success.

HERE ARE FIVE TIPS TO HELP YOU SURVIVE THE WEEKEND: TIP 1: PLAN YOUR MEALS

It’s normal to eat out once or twice on the weekends, but often it can turn into every single meal. Sometimes this is because you simply didn’t plan for those meals.

When you do your shopping, plan for the weekends too! Unless you have specific plans to be at a restaurant or party, you should be food shopping for nutritious foods for Saturday and Sunday night along with the rest of the week.

TIP 2: SET LIMITS FOR YOURSELF

Limit the number of meals you eat out, and limit the number of “treat” choices you can make at a restaurant or party.

It’s important to limit yourself to two treat meals or less on the weekends. If you have to eat out more than once a day, make sure all but one meal is still following your nutrition plan.

If I’m going out to breakfast and dinner, I might try to make a smart choice at breakfast.

If you are going out to dinner, try to stay on track by choosing the bottle of wine or the dessert, but maybe not both.

TIP 3: MAKE SMART CHOICES WHEN EATING OUT

You can go beyond setting specific limits by making the entire meal at a restaurant a better choice.

Make sure there’s a vegetable in the meal you choose. Try going with a lower fat protein like fish or chicken versus a steak.

Avoid an all-carb option like a giant plate of pasta. A salad is usually a great choice, and consider skipping the dressing or cheese.

TIP 4: START SMALL

When you’re eating at someone’s house (or your own), start with a small portion. Take half of what you think you want. Once you’re done eating it, wait five minutes. Think really hard about whether you want more. Sometimes this small trick will help you not to eat way more than you need.

If you’re at a restaurant, you can do the same thing by splitting your meal in half from the very beginning. Take the leftovers home.

TIP 5: ASK FOR HELP FROM YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Chances are some of your weekend binge-eating is accomplished with family and friends. You might feel like they don’t want to eat healthy with you and won’t be on board. But it doesn’t hurt to ask! Offer to bring a healthy side to a family function, and eat more of that than the other choices. Make your get together focused on healthy eating. If you explain your goals and why they’re so important to you, your family and friends will be there to support you.

WHEELS IN MOTION: The 20th annual Tour de Munster charity cycle will once again take to the roads of Munster from August 6 to 10 to raise vital funds for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland and individual beneficiaries.

Picture ahead of this year's tour are: Nichola Power and her daughters Caoimhe (front), Cliona (right) and Cara, along with Paul Sheridan, founder and tour organiser. Photo: Brian Lougheed

20th annual Tour de Munster taking to the road this August The Tour de Munster charity cycle, this year celebrating its 20th anniversary, will set out on its most important tour yet in order to raise vital funds for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland and individual beneficiaries.

Taking place from August 6 to 10, the tour will see participants travel 600km through the beautiful towns and villages of Munster as they support Down Syndrome Ireland’s Munster branches and individual beneficiaries who urgently require funds.

This is an important year for the charity because as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) have seen the majority of their vital funding events cancelled over the past number of months.

On top of this, branches are now facing significantly increased costs as they prepare to reopen their centres to enable regular one-to-one services such as Occupational and Speech and Language Therapies to take place.

Since 2001, the Tour de Munster charity cycle has raised over €3.1 million for a wide range of children’s charities includ-

ing €2.6 million for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland since they became the main beneficiary of the tour in 2010.

“I started Tour de Munster back in 2001 as I wanted to do something to support children's charities while doing something that I love - cycling," founder of the tour, Paul Sheridan said.

"It's an important milestone this year and given the times we are living in - fundraising for children in need is more important than it has been since the first charity cycle back in 2001.”

This year’s tour will start in Cork City and once again showing his support will be cycling legend Seán Kelly, participating in the tour for the 14th time.

The goal of DSI is to enable children born with Down syndrome to be as independent as possible, and through the great work of the Tour de Munster cyclists and supporters, DSI can access the funding needed to help more young people with Down Syndrome develop and flourish in practical ways.

For further information and to donate visit www.tourdemunster.com and find it on Facebook.

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Gardening - By Debby Looney

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Climbers can be used in different ways WALKING WEEKEND: Pictured at the launch of The Rose Hotel’s walking weekend are Aisling Foley (Sales Manager, The Rose Hotel), John Edwards (Wild Water Adventures) and Mark Sullivan (General Manager, The Rose Hotel).

Explore the beauty of Kerry with a walking weekend Escape, discover and explore the Kerry landscape at The Rose Hotel, Tralee annual walking weekend this September.

Taking place over the weekend of September 25 and 26, check in on Friday evening, and after a delicious breakfast on Saturday morning guests will join Wild Water Adventures on a guided walk through the Loch a Duin Valley, meaning “the lake of the fort”.

If you enjoy walking and history then you’re most certainly in for a treat.

Take in the fascinating landscape across valleys and waterfalls and archaeological trails with stories aplenty from the expert guides. There’s even a packed lunch from the hotel for a meal

with a truly spectacular view.

On your return to the hotel, hang your coats and walking gear in the hotel’s drying room before enjoying a drink in the warm and welcoming Dott’s Bar and dinner in the Park Restaurant with seasonal menus reflecting the best of Kerry from executive head chef Odran Lucey.

The Walking Weekend package costs €170 per person and includes two nights’ accommodation, breakfast each morning with dinner on one evening or your choice, guided walk, packed lunch and transport to and from hotel. To book or for further information please contact The Rose Hotel, on 066 7199100 or visit www. therosehotel.com.

Aqua Dome to remain closed for remainder of the year Tralee's Aqua Dome has announced that it will remain closed for the remainder of the year - and possibly until Easter 2021.

The directors of the Aqua Dome considered the recommended regulations to keep staff and customers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic and decided that it is not advisable to reopen the attraction at this time.

“We very much regret that we are forced to make this decision as we are very much aware of the negative impact of this on our valued staff and customers," Chairman of the Aqua Dome, Denis Reen, said.

"Opening the facility with reduced numbers and the necessary social distancing would result in heavy losses. In addition

with the prevailing litigation culture, even one case in such circumstances would be enough to close the Aqua Dome permanently. We make an urgent plea to this new Government to do something about the Book of Quantum which is dictating the level of awards which are five times higher than the European average and leading to the out of control litigation culture we have in this country.”

The Directors said that they did not take this decision lightly while recognising that the Aqua Dome is a very important part of the tourism infrastructure of Tralee and the entire county of Kerry.

Up to 40 people are employed at the Aqua Dome during the peak summer season while there were 126,000 visits by customers to the attraction in 2019.

There is one category of plants about which I am often asked and I often forget – climbers. There is a marvellous range of climbers available for many different situations, and they are a little bit underused, I think!

There are three main types of climbers, and each can be used in different ways. Firstly, there are those which are self-supporting, that is, they grow small adventurous roots, or sucker pads, which attach themselves to anything which will support them. The obvious example is ivy, but there are others such as Boston ivy and climbing hydrangea.

Secondly, there are climbers which need help supporting themselves, even though they might grow tendrils, such as clematis and sweet peas. Thirdly there are shrubs which have lax stems and can be used as climbers, but need support. Examples are climbing roses and chaenomeles.

The easiest way to create support for climbers is by running galvanised wire between two vine eyes, or screw in eyes.

This might not be the most attractive option, but it is very effective. There is a vast array of trellis available, both decorative and practical, which plants can be trained against also.

The most common use for climbers is to hide large or unsightly wall areas and very often these are in a shaded area. An ideal plant is the climbing hydrangea or H. Petiolaris. It will grow on a northern wall, it clings by itself, is a rapid grocer and has white flowers throughout the summer. In our climate it even manages to stay semi evergreen. If it grows too far out from the wall, it is a simple job to

trim it with a shears. Ivy is also a versatile plant, it is evergreen and will grow under almost any conditions.

Oil tanks and ditches are also items which often need hiding. One option for the oil tank is to put trellis up around it and grow climbing roses or other plants against that. However, sometimes it is more convenient to let the tank, or the ditch be the support. In this case I strongly recommend a plant such as Solanum ‘glasnevin', or the potato plant, which has long lax stems and blue flowers. Chaenomeles or the Japanese quince, have similar growth habits, having white, pink or red flowers very early in the spring. Rambling roses are an excellent choice needing very little attention apart from a harsh pruning every now and again!

On a sunny wall, clematis are good growers. There are many varieties, and one can have a flowering clematis in the garden almost 10 months of the year. They are prone to slug damage in the spring - so be on the lookout, and earwigs can eat the flowers. Clematis roots like to be cool – therefore they are not all that suitable for a pot. They prefer to be in the ground, and if they are in the sun all day, place a few roof tiles or something similar around the base of the plant. They have very deep roots, and will generally find their way to nourishment.

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Limited access to Sunday’s cars and coffee event Access to Sunday’s Killarney Cars and Coffee will be strictly limited to the first one hundred cars to comply with social distancing measures and each car will only be allowed a driver and one passenger.

The popular static car show returns this Sunday after an extended winter lay off.

Organisers are keen to run the event but are concerned about attracting big crowds. They have introduced a range of new requirements to allow people enjoy the event while at the same time making the showcase as safe as possible for spectators and exhibitors.

“We are delighted to welcome you all back to Killarney Cars and Coffee,” an event organiser told the Killarney Advertiser. “We all have a part to play in keeping us all safe during these extraordinary times while enjoying the morning in the company of cool cars, good coffee and great conversation, albeit adhering to social distancing guidelines."

Founded by Killarney Advertiser proprietor Cormac Casey, the meetings will take place on the third Sunday of every month

from mid-February until further notice.

Last year, the maiden event ran in August and continued until November and organisers hoped to repeat this calendar format for 2020 until pandemic-related restrictions intervened.

Sunday’s event is the first of the season but organisers are keen to express access will be limited to comply with social distancing and crowd gathering rules. It will take place at KC Print in Lissivigeen, from 10am.

“To help us with this we will give all attendees an arrival time to be displayed on their windscreen. If numbers exceed two hundred people hopefully early arrivals will assist us in making space giving all the opportunity in attending for a time,” added the event organiser.

“We would ask all attendees to observe social distancing and refrain from touching any vehicles. To allow all attendees enjoy the meet, please observe numbers and manage your time. Our usual coffee providers will be onsite, WC facilities will be limited. Usual rules apply, arrive quietly and leave the same way.”

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Fassbender's Road to Le Mans Local Hollywood A-lister Michael Fassbender’s dream of taking part in the biggest endurance motor race in the world will take a step closer to reality this weekend.

The Fossa man has held long-term ambitions to contest the legendary 24 Hours Le Mans Race in France.

Last year, as part of his preparation, he competed in national-level Porsche Sports Club events in Germany at the wheel of Porsche 911 GT3 Cup as well as driving a Ford Escort Mk2 in the cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes.

He also contested rounds of the Ferrari Challenge North America in 2017 and 2018.

His German Porsche Cup races featured on his popular online documentary ‘Road to Le Mans’.

The final rung on the ladder is the European Le Mans Series, a five round endurance racing championship that gets underway at the Paul Ricard Circuit in France this weekend.

Fassbender has signed for the Proton Competition team and will drive a Porsche 911 RSR in the GTE class in the series and a successful season will pave the way for his debut at Le Mans next June.

The 43-year-old will share the car with Porsche factory drivers Richard Lietz and Felipe Fernandez Laser.

“Even before I started acting, I had a big dream to go racing - it was clear to me at a young age,” he said. “My father was a driving enthusiast who taught me a lot.”

Porsche will work closely with the local Hollywood star and his progress in the European championship will feature in further episodes of ‘Road to Le Mans’.

“It’s always wonderful to be able to tackle new projects. This is a very special one,” says Proton Competition team owner Christian Ried who has worked with another notable Hollywood celebrity and Porsche racing enthusiast Patrick Dempsey at Le Mans. “It’ll be interesting to see how Michael progresses. As a team, we’re delighted to be able to accompany him on his ‘Road to Le Mans’.”

Following Sunday’s four-hour race, Fassbender will also tackle events in Belgium, Spain and Italy, ahead of the season finale in Portugal on November 1.

Fans can follow the race or Saturday’s qualifying session via: live.europeanlemansseries.com.

ROAD TO LE MANS: Michael Fassbender's ambitions of tackling the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour Race will take a step closer this weekend. Photo: Porsche Media Services

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COMMUNITY NOTES Kilcummin Community BOG WALKS: The Kilcummin Rural Development has in recent weeks carried out road works on the Bog Walks to elevate flooding and further work is to be carried out in the near future. The walks comprise a Red 9k and a Green 5k. The start of the Red walk is in upper Cockhill while the Green Walk start from Knockataggle.

Suitable footwear is recommended for both walks. Brochures are available from the Rural Development Office.

ACCORD: ACCORD are now offering over the phone counselling for couples, individuals and family members during this time of unprecedented stress and pressure during these weeks of COVID-19.

Call: 01 5313331. For those who are getting married in the next few months and due to the current restrictions, please send an email to info@accord.ie, to find out the current procedures and to book your premarriage course as soon as possible.

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Helen Healy who won € 225 in Kilcummin's 'Share the Pot' fundraiser for the club. Tickets can be bought online or at Kilcummin PO. Thank you for your support.

CLUB LOTTO: The two-weekly Lotto draws will recommence on next Monday night July 20 with a jackpot of €3,200 to be won. Consolation prizes each draw amount to €200. As this is what keeps the club viable we ask our sellers, members, supporters and general public to get behind the renewed fundraiser. Any tickets sold prior to the postponement of the last draw should also be handed in for the draw on Monday prior to 9pm.

Ross Golf Club RESULTS: On Friday July 10 the Ladies Club held a very successful 10 hole mixed scramble. There was very big turnout for this which was followed by a BBQ and a nice social evening was had by all. Our thanks to the Events Manager and her team for a well marshalled COVID-19 compliant event.

1st: Lady Captain Mary Gorman,Timmy Kelly, Andy Cole, Mike O'Leary; 2nd: M J Casey, Darren Gaffey, Donal Doherty, Una O'Sullivan; 3rd: Captain Seamus McCarthy, Rolandas Bendikas, Noreen O'Mahony and Maurice Coffey.

FIXTURES: Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 - We will hold a non-qualifying 18 hole single stableford competition. The time sheet is now available in the clubhouse.

GOOD LUCK: Best of luck to our captain Pierce Purcell and his Ross GC team in their upcoming game against Kenmare in this competition.

Beaufort Golf Club RESULTS: July 3 - Open Friday (Sponsored by Cliffords Groundcare Ltd) Winner Martin Hewitt (22) 40pt; July 4/5 Stableford (Sponsored by The Golf Doc).

Overall Winner: Martin Hewitt (20) 42 pts; Division 1 Winner: Tone Brosnan (8) 40 pts; Division 2 Winner: Daniel Hayes (17) 38 pts; Division 3 Winner: Sean J Coffey (30) 40 pts July 10: Open Friday (Sponsored by Cliffords Groundcare Ltd) Winner: Roy O'Meara (17) 41pts Fixtures: July 17 Open Friday (Sponsored

by Cliffords Groundcare Ltd) July 19 Stableford (Sponsored by Top Part Autos)

Beaufort Golf Club - Ladies Branch RESULTS: July 4/5 - Round 1 Golfer of The Year - Sponsored by Killarney Park Hotel 1st Sally Cooper (20) 74 Nett; 2nd Maeve Quirke (21) 78 Nett; 3rd Grainne McShortall (26) 81 Nett FIXTURES: July 19/20 Round 2 Golfer Of The Year (Stroke) - Sponsored by Royal Hotel, Killarney

Killarney Golf & Fishing Club The following are the results from July 12 competition played on Mahony’s Point, sponsored by Cross Refrigeration. 1st

Kathleen Rice 47 pts (42); 2nd Julie Leonard 43pts ( 22) BG Kelly Brotherton 41pts (-01); 3RD Niamh Dunham 43pts (28); 4th Claire Bowler 41pts (31); 5th Margaret Brosnan 41pts (26); 6th Breeda Neeson 40pts (29) Next week’s competition is VPAR on Killeen sponsored by Heineken

Killarney Golf Club RESULTS: Daly's SuperValu sponsored Gents' stableford competition on Killeen on the July 11/12. 1st Mike Lucey 41pts (19); 2nd Declan Kelly 40pts (09); 3rd Alan Flynn 39pts (06); 4th Jamie Cronin 39pts (15); 5th Cillian Courtney 38pts (10); 6th Karl McMahon 38pts (15); 7th Jamie O'Neill 38pts (07). Category 1 Paul Murphy 38pts (05); Category 2 Alan Daly 37pts (08); Category 3 Patrick Leahy 37pts (14); Category 4 Adam Walsh 38pts (19)

Deerpark Pitch & Putt SUNDAY DRAWS: Last Sunday’s Two Ball Scramble was certainly a good one for anyone named Noel, Sean or Betty! Results: First Nett: Sean O’Brien and Betty O’Brien 37½, Gross: Noel Moynihan and Sean Ashe 48 and Second Nett: Noel Moynihan and Betty O’Brien 38. Same again this Sunday for club members aged 15 or over, entry €4 per draw, fee of €7 for both.

Please be present for 9am and 10.45am respectively. Have exact amount in advance as well as a couple extra for HoleIn-One. COUNTY STORKEPLAYS: At their meeting on Monday night the County Board confirmed the U16 event for Deerpark on Saturday July 25 and all adult events for Tralee on Sunday July 26. The times for the adult events are 8am (Junior Gents), 11am (Intermediate Gents) and 2pm (Senior Gents and Ladies). Exact times will be confirmed following close of entries next Wednesday, July 22. A reminder that Sean Kelly (Gents), Margaret B Looney (Ladies) and Kieran Fitzpatrick (U16s) are the official points of contact for entries

in the different categories. Entry fees of €10 (Adults) and €5 (U16s) can be left in the clubhouse shop and put in one of the available envelopes with a person’s name and competition paying for on it.

Kerry Pitch & Putt COUNTY BOARD MEETING: Following Monday night’s Kerry County Board meeting the following was decided in relation to our County Strokeplay events due for next weekend July 26. The U16 event will be in Deerpark on Saturday July 25. All adult events will be in Tralee on Sunday July 26 in the following order: Junior Gents 8am, Intermediate Gents 11am and Senior Gents and Ladies 2pm.

(Times subject to change depending on entry).

Entry forms will be emailed to clubs this week along with guidelines for entry. Entry fee €10 Adults and €5 U16s. All entries must be through club and must be paid to County Board in advance along with this year's affiliation fee for those clubs who are still to pay it. Closing date for entries is Wednesday July 22. Adult entries must be sent by clubs via email to Competition Secretary Willie John Buckley. Email Address will be on form. U16 entries can be emailed by clubs to County Secretary Jason O'Connor by the same date (July 22) in advance of their event.

Time sheets will be distributed in advance of play on both days. We ask all clubs to ensure all players they enter are registered with Pitch and Putt Ireland in advance of next Wednesday's closing date.

These will be checked upon receipt of entries. Remember public health guidelines at all times in entering in advance and playing on the day. Further info will follow in due course.

THANKS. Thanks to Eileen Switzer and St Mary's Parish Hall in Killarney for hosting our meeting Monday night and allowing us to ensure physical distancing between attendees.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING WEEKLY CLINIC IN SCOTTS HOTEL

MY WEEKLY CLINIC HAS RESUMED IN SCOTTS HOTEL EVERY SATURDAY AT 3PM This is always a busy clinic so social distancing rules must apply. The waiting area will be organised and there will be assistance and advice provided as to how the clinic will operate.

I am sorry in advance for any inconvenience this will cause, but I will do my best that peoples problems are dealt with in a respectful and private manner as always.

Attending the clinic will be made as user-friendly as possible.

I want to thank Maurice O’Donoghue proprietor, Dan McCarthy manager, and all the staff for facilitating this important clinic over many years and into the future.

I also want to take this opportunity to wish all the businesses in Killarney and the surrounding area every good wish in their re-opening after the recent Covid-19 crisis. This has been a difficult journey and unfortunately families have been severely affected through death, illness and of course financial distress.

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Take time to identify your ideal job and start networking!

Searching for a job can be confusing and time-consuming and for many jobseekers it can be hard to know where to start particularly when searching online. At a time of high unemployment it is understandable that anyone looking for work will jump at the first role they see that suits them or the first offer they get that will pay the bills.

If you are not in acute and immediate financial difficulty it is worth taking some time to really think about the type of job that you want at this stage of your career; the pay, hours and working conditions that you will be happy with and indeed the type of company or organisation you want to work for. Once you have done this it is time to start networking.

Start your search by looking at yourself first. Think about the experience and qualifications you have as well as all the skills and competencies you have built up so far in your career. Remember that experience and skills developed outside of the workplace are also a very important part of the portfolio that you bring to any new employer. Think about what, or indeed who, motivates you in the workplace and think about what is missing in your current role. Check out the Jobseekers section of www.careerspor-

tal.ie for some self-assessment tools and lots of up-to-date information.

Start exploring the types of roles that you would like and the type of companies you would like to work for. Get an idea of what is involved in such roles and typical conditions and salaries. That way you will be better informed before you start applying and therefore able to narrow down the roles you are applying for. Sites such as www.indeed.com, www.monster.ie, www.irishjobs.ie, and www.publicjobs.ie will give you an idea of who is hiring and the roles that are being advertised. You can delve deeper to explore the details to see if the organisation and the role is what you are looking for.

Always keep an eye on local and national print media as well as listening to local radio stations for weekly job adverts.

When you start your job search online use keywords that help to narrow down

the roles that you are interested in. For example, if you have worked in computers you might want to include the computer languages you have worked with, or in payroll it may be the financial packages you have used. Break down and simplify any of the jargon that you find difficult to understand on job search websites, Google anything that you don’t understand so that you have a clear idea of what is being looked for before you consider applying. Don’t be put off by the jargon; think about ways that your skills might actually match the job specification.

If you are in the market for a job then you need to let people know. Networking is one of the most effective way for jobseekers to find roles. Use the contacts you have in your family, circle of friends, former colleagues, those who you meet through hobbies and pastimes as well as those who you socialise with. Make a list of all the people you know who may be helpful in building your network as you work towards getting your ideal job.

Reach out to them and be specific about the type of role you want.

Having a profile on LinkedIn gives you access to a global network which will greatly enhance the people you can reach out to and also facilitates employ-

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Niamh Dwyer is a Guidance Counsellor in Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra, Rathmore & PRO of Kerry Branch of Guidance Counsellors. She can be contacted on careerfocusnow@gmail. com.

ers in connecting with you. Connecting socially on a professional platform used my millions of employers and employees means that the world really is literally at your feet in your search for your ideal job. In coming weeks we will explore what to include in your CV, cover letter and LinkedIn profile, and how to best prepare for face-to-face and online interviews.

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.

Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre Provides a free professional counselling and support service for female and male survivors of sexual violence and their families in a safe and confidential environment with highly qualified and professional counsellors. It can be contacted by freephone 1800633333 or by email krcc@eircom.net

Killarney Al Anon

Alzheimer Society

Centre, Killarney

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.

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

In line with current HSE best practice in dealing with the COVID 19 virus, we are unable to provide face to face counselling appointments.

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, 0646636416/6636100; Living Links, Kerry, 087-9006300; HSE South: Suicide Prevention Helpline 1800 742 745, Farm & Rural Stress Helpline 1800742645.

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

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.

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Man hospitalised after car crash An elderly man was taken to University Hospital Kerry (UHK) on Tuesday afternoon following a single vehicle crash on the Coolcaslagh Road.

The road was closed between 1.30pm and 3pm.

Emergency services including an ambulance, two fire appliances and the Gardai all attended the scene. ................................................................

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Works at the Aghadoe junction at Madam’s Hill At last week's Killarney Municipal Council meeting Cllr Marie Moloney asked that Kerry County Council update members with regard to works at the Aghadoe junction at Madam’s Hill, Cleeney.

In their reply the Council stated that a number of junction options have been developed and are currently being examined by the National Roads Design Office (NRDO).

"This analysis has been sought by the TII to inform the selection of the most appropriate junction improvement at this location having regard to safety and capacity requirements," the Council said. ................................................................

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Dangerously overgrown trees at Ardshanavooly Cllr Donal Grady asked that Killarney Municipal District would arrange topping/trimming of trees in front of Ardshanavooly as they are dangerously overgrow. Kerry County Council said that in conjunction with a tree surgeon they will examine the trees at this location in order to determine their status. "This examination will determine the best course of action to be carried out by the Council."

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For more information feel free to call 0872626187 TO LET: 3 Bedroom House to let in Muckross beside Gleneagle Hotel. Near National Park. Plenty parking. Tel 0876447532 WANTED: Comfortable, insulated 1 bed apartment/bungalow, in quiet area within

All Ireland Properties Main Street, Rathmore, Kerry E: allirelandproperties@gmail.com T: 087 243 8182

5 minutes of Killarney town, with parking.

HAPPS, long-term. 087-6600100 WANTED: Comfortable, insulated 1 bed apartment/bungalow, in quiet area within 5 minutes of Killarney town, with parking.

HAPPS, long-term. 087-6600100.

WANTED: Accommodation required for single male in 50s gen builder by trade, so can keep place up together, exemplary ref, been in this place 10 yrs, landlord revamping, preferably on H.A.P.. scheme, call 0876822317.

WANTED: Site wanted in Beaufort area, close to the village. 087-9315473

CLASSIFIEDS FOR SALE FOR SALE: 3 bed mobile home. Great condition. Going cheap. 087-6190942

AVAILABLE AVAILABLE: GRASS CUTTING SERVICES. Call David on 086-0719978 Removal service, House, Office, Local, Nationwide deliveries, anytime-anywhere, 7 days a week. Also all kinds of clear outs etc.

087-2600407/064-6631979.

AVAILABLE: Church music for all occasions.

For a personal and meaningful ceremony, let the voice of experience guide you through your music. Tel. Helen Kerins 0879508050.

AVAILABLE: Brendan Herlihy home maintenance/renovations. Carpentry, painting, power washing, gardening, garden sheds repaired etc. Tel. 087-9364895/ 0646643317.

AVAILABLE: Music lessons- violin, fiddle, guitar, banjo. Garda vetted. ONLINE OPTION ALSO AVAILABLE. Tel John: 0876801392 or Maggie: 087-6961681.

AVAILABLE: Qualified Carer, fully qualified with many years of experience. Personal care, Hospital appointments, Outings, Light housework. Garda vetted, First Aid and Palliative Care trained. Full, clean driving licence.

Caring person with a nice sense of humour.

085 2603546

tact us on 087 9822695 or email homesforunwantedgreyhounds@eircom.net.

Interested experienced couple for Caretaker, Light Maintenance and Cleaning Duties.

AVAILABLE: Childminder.

Qualified post-primary teacher available for childminding 2-3 days per week for summer months.

Reliable, trustworthy and garda vetted. References available. Call 087-1256055 AVAILABLE: Childminder available in Barraduff. Flexible hours. 087-2328195 AVAILABLE: Childminder available in the Firies area fully qualified with years of experience in different childcare settings offering a safe and secure child friendly home call 0871892239 AVAILABLE: Childminder available, previous experience working in a creche. Contact 087-3361626 AVAILABLE: Affordable Gardening Services - Mowing lawns. Hedge cutting. Tree work.

Strimming. Painting. General tidy ups. Tel. 086-8984673 AVAILABLE: Experienced childminder available in childminder's home. First aid completed and garda vetted. Woodlawn area, 3 minute drive from St Olivers School, Ballycasheen, 3 minute drive from town centre. Phone 087 6708826 for more details.

ANIMALS: KLAWS (Kenmare and Locality Animal Welfare Society) We have a number of adult cats (all colours) awaiting homes.

087-9729240 or 087-9704480.

Excellent package available to the successful Applicants Accommodation can also be entertained.

ANIMALS ANIMALS: HUG: Homes for Unwanted Greyhounds. For further details please con-

WANTED WANTED: Experienced reliable childminder required to care for two boys aged 3 years and 15 months in our own home for 4 days a week (Mon-Thur), commencing July/Aug . Call Aoife on 085-7257909 for more information.

WANTED: Person who is sound with electronics and engineering. Call 0876822317 WANTED: Cleaner job available - Looking for someone to join our team in looking after Self Catering Apartments. Turnover from ones guests departure to next guests arrival - change beds, sweep, mop, clean bathroom and general living area etc. Work starts 11am.

Good English necessary. Ring 0858010908 to enquire WANTED: Full Time Practice Manager required for a busy Dental Surgery in Killarney.

Good administration skills necessary. Good conditions and good pay. Please contact us on 0858777319.

WANTED: Killarney Holiday Complex Require the Following Staff...

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CALL US ON 064 6632215

Please forward your interest inclusive of outlined experience and CV to corbettghr@ gmail.com Up to date Irish driving license and a good understanding of, and speaking English is a requirement.

WANTED: Maths and Accounting grinds needed for first year university student for repeat exams in August. Telephone 0857532553 WANTED: Child-minder wanted for the Killarney area. Two boys, a five year old and a three year old. School runs will be required (Gaelscoil). Four to five days a week Monday to Friday. Please contact 0879799874 by text, I will return call.

WANTED: Childminder wanted for Aug/ Sept for 2 boys aged 3 and 5 in Fossa area, 8.30 - 3.30. School and creche drop off and collection required. Contact 087 9810243 WANTED: Childminder required, Barraduff area. 1 school-going child. Please respond to Box 3744, Killarney Advertiser.

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Painting Contractor Interior & Exterior Wallpapering a speciality Spraying Fully Insured

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PROPERTY REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE

• Painting & decorating Interior & exterior (Fencing, Walls) • Spray Painting • Fixing of doors and windows • Power washing (Driveways, Decking Patios, Paths, Gutters & Fascias) • Carpentry (Timber floors, Paneling, Skirting Boards) • Garage Clearouts • Gardening & • General maintenance

Tele: 0892006623

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• Railway sleepers (ordinary/oak) • Timber for raised beds – cut to size

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APPOINTMENTS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY IN THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS, NATIONAL MONUMENTS SERVICE FOR SAFETY OFFICER Competition Reference: 2020/025 Applications are invited for the above position. Details and application forms are available for download on www.gov.ie/opw The closing date for receipt of completed applications is not later than 5:30pm on Monday, 27th July 2020.

The Office of Public Works is committed to a policy of equal opportunity.

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We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic individuals with a love of working with children to fill the following positions:

Early Years Educator Required • Age Range: Under 3’s • Minimum Fetac Level 5 in Childcare • Level 6 or higher an advantage • Fulltime Position • Start Date: August 2020 • Position subject to completion of Garda & Police vetting checks

Early Years Educator Required • Pre School Setting ECCE Room • Age range 3-5 years • Experience of working in an ECCE room desirable • Level 7 or 8 in Childcare an advantage • Good knowledge of the Irish language an advantage • Fulltime Position • Start Date: August 2020 • Position subject to completion of Garda & Police vetting checks

Support Early Years Educator Required

• Min 15 hours per week • 38 week contract • Minimum Fetac Level 5 in Childcare required

Apply with c.v & cover letter to

bellviewwoods@bestcreche.ie

Bellview Woods Childcare, Ballydowney, Killarney, Co. Kerry Tel: 064 6636800 • www.bellviewwoodschildcare.com

APPOINTMENTS

Failte Restaurant has a vacancy for

CHEF

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME Apply to Paudie/Niall

Tel: 064 6633404 Email: failtehotel@gmail.com

FULL TIME

CHEF AND FLOOR STAFF REQUIRED

Email CV to kieranoleary87@gmail.com T: 087 6131979

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Nikolay and Igor Bolshikh the famous Russian rally drivers pictured here with Joe Scally of the Killarney Royal Hotel and Overall Winners of the 1990 Rally of the Lakes Bertie Fisher and Rory Kennedy.

IN MEMORIAM

17.7.2020 BROSNAN

In loving memory of Mary Brosnan (nee Doona), late of Rockfield, Faha, Killarney, and her son Dan Brosnan, whose anniversaries occur at this time.

As each day dawns we think of ye.

As each night falls we pray for ye.

And throughout our lives no matter where In our hearts ye are always there.

Lovingly remembered always by Mam, Sisters, Brothers, sisters in law, brothers in law, nieces and nephews. (Nan, aunts and uncles) xxxx

3RD ANNIVERSARY BARTLETT

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16TH ANNIVERSARY

3RD ANNIVERSARY

DORAN

DOHERTY

In loving memory of Helen Doran late of 58 Arbutus Grove, Killarney, who died on the 15th July, 2004

In loving memory of Owen Doherty Barleymount East, Killarney Who died on 23rd July 2017

In Loving Memory of Owen Doherty Barleymount East, Killarney Who died on 23rd July 2017

As each day dawns we think of you.

As each night falls we pray for you.

And throughout our lives no matter where In our heart you are always there.

Along the road to yesterday, That leads me straight to you, Are memories of happy days, Together we once knew.

We miss your smile, your joking ways.

We miss the things you used to say.

And when old times we do recall, It’s then we miss you most of all.

Always remembered by your son Florence

The rock stood tall and strong Along the shore of life Weathering hardships sent by the world The trouble and the strife It protected the smaller structures That nestled by it’s side Despite storms of physical depletion Brought in by the tide Waves of worry chipped away the surface But the inner strength shone through A monument of pride and independence That rock dear Helen was you Your love is irreplaceable Your sense of humour was unique You make us laugh, still to this day With the remarks you used to speak The winds of change blew fiercely And took you far away But now you live in paradise Where we’ll meet again one day.

Sadly missed Helen.

Maureen and Eileen Ann McSharry.

Sadly missed by your wife Elizabeth, sons Eugene, Seamus and Paudie.

Anniversay Mass: Sunday 19th July at 10a.m.

Church of Christ Prince of Peace, Fossa, Killarney

3RD ANNIVERSARY DOHERTY

Anniversay Mass Sunday 19th July at 10 a.m.

Church of Christ Prince of Peace, Fossa, Killarney

3RD ANNIVERSARY DOHERTY

3RD ANNIVERSARY DOHERTY

In loving memory of Kathleen Bartlett late of 30 O’Kelly’s Villas, Killarney who passed away on 21st July 2017 She was a Mother so very rare, Content in her home and always there, On earth she toiled, In Heaven she rests, God bless you Mam, You were one of the best.

5TH ANNIVERSARY

In loving memory of Owen Doherty Barleymount East, Killarney Who died on 23rd July 2017

Lots of love Norma. xx May the winds of love blow softly, And whisper in your ear, That I love and truly miss you, As it dawns another year.

Love Gary xx Kathleen’s third anniversary mass will be celebrated in St.Mary’s Cathedral on Monday July 20th at 6:15pm.

5TH ANNIVERSARY BROSNAN

In loving memory of Mary Brosnan (nee Doona) late of Rockfield, Faha, Killarney who sadly passed away 17th July 2015.

In tears we saw you suffering, and watched you pass away; Our hearts were almost broken, we wanted you to stay.

But when we saw you sleeping, so peaceful, free from pain, How could we wish you back with us, to suffer that again?

It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone, For part of us went with you, the day God took you home.

Forever loved and truly missed by your husband Ger and sons TJ & Junior xxx

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Owen Doherty Barleymount East, Killarney Who died on 23rd July 2017

CLARKE

In loving memory of a dear Husband, Father and Grand-father Desmond Clarke Coolgrean Park, Killarney, Co. Kerry who died on 16th July 2015 When God was making husbands as far as I can see, He made a special soulmate especially for me.

He made a perfect gentleman compassionate and kind, With more love and affection than you could ever wish to find.

He gave my Darling Husband a heart of solid gold, He gave me wonderful memories only my heart can hold.

He was someone I could talk to that no one can replace, He was someone I could laugh with, Till tears ran down my face.

Next time we meet will be at heaven’s door when I see you standing there, I won’t cry anymore.

I will put my arms around you and kiss your smiling face, Then the pieces of my broken heart will fall back into place.

I sat beside your bedside, My heart was crushed and sore, I did my duty to the end, Till I could do no more.

In tears I watched you sinking, I watched you fade away, And though my heart was breaking, I knew you could not stay, You left behind an aching heart, That loved you most sincere, I never shall and never will, Forget you father dear.

Sadly missed by your loving daughter Noreen.

Anniversay Mass Sunday 19th July at 10 a.m.

Church of Christ Prince of Peace, Fossa, Killarney

4TH ANNIVERSARY

Jesus came to the foot of the bed, These are the words we are sure he said, You suffered enough, take my hand, And come with me to a better land.

So keep your arms around him Lord, And give him special care, Make up for what he suffered, And all that seemed unfair.

Please forgive a falling tear, A constant wish that you were here, Others have lost like this we know, But he was our loved one, And we loved him so.

Fondly remembered by your loving daughter Anne and son-in-law Donald.

A bouquet of beautiful memories, Sprayed with a million tears, Wishing God could have spared you, If just for a few more years.

Fondly remembered by your loving grand-daughter Zarah.

2ND ANNIVERSARY HORGAN

CLIFFORD

From your loving wife Maria x Dad You were so very special, you had such lovely ways, You did your best for all of us, And never wanted praise.

You taught us many things in life, Always strong and true, But you never taught us how to cope With the pain of losing you.

Miss you Dad and we will love you forever.

From your daughter Caroline, Sons Brian and Séan, Daughter in law Bridget and Grand children Jonathan and Paul xxx

Cherished memories of a dear friend and neighbour, Timothy (Timmy) Clifford late of Gortaree, Aghadoe who died on 16th July 2016 Deep are the memories, Precious they stay, No passing of time, Will take them away.

Remembered by Thomas and Kitty.

In loving memory of our dear mother Mary who died on 21st July, 2018 late of Eden Villa, Sheheree, Killarney.

‘In God’s care, you rest above In our hearts you rest with love’ Lovingly remembered by your family.

2nd Anniversary Mass is on Sunday 19th July 2020 at 8.00am in St. Mary’s Cathedral

Anniversaries, Acknowledgements, Remembrances and Novenas can be placed online at www.killarneyadvertiser.ie

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IN MEMORIAM

TO PLACE AN ANNIVERSARY NOTICE CONTACT US ON: T: 064-6632215 or E: info@killarneyadvertiser.ie

1ST ANNIVERSARY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MANGAN

16TH & 28TH ANNIVERSARY

21ST ANNIVERSARY FOGARTY

HEALY

In Loving Memory of Billy Mangan, Ardcanaught, Castlemaine, who died on the 31st July 2019.

On this, the occasion of the first anniversary of Billy’s death, we, his Wife Geraldine, Children Ella, Brien, Anna and Grace, Mother Doris, Brother Michael and Sister Elaine and families would like to thank all who were there for him, and for supporting us through Billy’s passing.

We greatly appreciated the comfort and support offered to us by family, his many great friends, work colleagues and neighbours.

Our special thanks to family and friends who travelled long distances to be with us and to those who sent messages of condolence, mass cards, letters and attended Billy’s funeral.

A special word of appreciation to The National Ambulance Service and to the Irish Army Air Corps Emergency helicopter. Heartfelt thanks to Dr Martin Boyd Consultant in Emergency Medicine and his team in the Emergency Department, Ms. Fiona Barton Resuscitation Officer, Clinical Nurse Managers and Staff Nurses in the Emergency Department. Thank you to Dr Niamh Feely Consultant Anesthetist and her team.

Sincere thanks to Ms Margaret Griffin, Clinical Nurse Manger ICU, her team of wonderful nurses and to Ms Breda Doyle, Organ Donation Nurse and all who cared for Billy and his family at this difficult time in University Hospital Kerry.

In loving memory Patrick (Paddy) Healy and his wife Mai Healy late of Gap of Dunloe, Beaufort, Killarney whose anniversaries occur at this time.

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

Always in our prayers Ger, Julie, Jack, Danny, Michael and Thomas.

29TH ANNIVERSARY HEALY

In loving memory of Kathleen Fogarty late of St Anne’s Road and 1 Torc Terrace, Killarney who died on the 20th July 1999.

Time and years slid glently by, But love and memories never die, Happy thoughts of times together, Hold emmories that remain forever.

Sadly missed and always remembered by your loving family.

Anniversary Mass in St Mary’s Cathedral, Saturday 25th July at 6.15pm.

31ST ANNIVERSARY GUERIN

We were overwhelmed by the love, support and generosity extended to us by everyone at Astellas. A special mention to all Billy’s work colleagues especially for their touching guard of honour.

Our heartfelt thanks to Fr. Kevin Sullivan for all his guidance and support and for Billy’s lovely funeral mass. We would also like to thank Fr. Luke Roche who concelebrated the mass and all other clergy who attended his funeral.

A special word of thanks to Keel GAA club for their respectful guard of honour, stewarding at Billy’s funeral and for their generous gesture of support and consolation.

To the local cyclists who accompanied Billy’s funeral cortege.

For our neighbours for their touching guard of honour and ongoing support and compassion.

Those who assisted in organising parking and traffic control at Billy’s home, the funeral home and at the church.

We truly appreciate the wonderful choir including Ms. Mary Ellen O’Connor and Ms. Harriet McGuigan for her beautiful singing at the graveside.

To all who made charitable donations in Billy’s name to University Hospital Kerry ICU, we thank you.

To Geraldine’s work colleagues for their kindness, understanding and continued support.

We would also like to express our gratitude to Flynn’s Funeral Directors who were so kind and professional.

As it would not be possible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

The holy sacrifice of the mass has been offered for your intentions.

Billy’s love, courage and optimism are an inspiration to us and all those whose lives he touched. He leaves an indelible mark. He is greatly missed by all.

“A beautiful soul is never forgotten”

In loving memory of a dear father John Healy, Kenmare Road, Muckross Killarney, who died on the 20th of July 1991.

Dad Your smile was made of sunshine, Your heart made of gold, Thank you for the precious years And the memories that we hold.

Memories are lovingly kept, A Dad too special to ever forget.

Always remembered by your loving daughter Liz, Seamus, Kiara and Shane.

Dad A beautiful memory, dearer than gold, Of a father whose worth can never be told, There’s a place in my heart no one can fill, I miss you Dad and always will.

Always remembered by your loving son Mike, Mary, Jack, X. Dad I miss your smile, your joking ways, I miss the things you used to say, And when old times I do recall, It’s then I miss you most of all.

Always remembered by your loving daughter Sheila and Connie.

A PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

A PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

A PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

O most beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother.

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart, to succour me in this necessity; there are none that can withstand your power.

O, show me herein you are my Mother, O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3 times) Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. (3 times) KK

O most beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother.

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart, to succour me in this necessity; there are none that can withstand your power.

O, show me herein you are my Mother, O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3 times) Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. (3 times) DN

O most beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother.

O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart, to succour me in this necessity; there are none that can withstand your power.

O, show me herein you are my Mother, O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. (3 times) Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. (3 times) CC

IN MEMORIAM

Fondest memories every day of our dear father Con Guerin, late of “Irish Cottage”, Muckross Road, Killarney, who sadly left us on the 26th July, 1989. Also remembering his wife Kathy who sadly left us on the 21st of October 2005 and their beloved son, our beloved brother Cornelius (Con) who sadly departed from us on 22nd of September 2014.

“Believe me if all those Endearing young charms, Which I gaze on so fondly today Were to change by tomorrow And fleet in my arms, Like fairy gifts fading away, Thou would still be adored, As this moment thou art, Let thy loveliness fade as it will And around the dear ruin, Each wish of my heart, Would entwine itself verdantly still, It is not while beauty And youth are their own And thy cheeks unprofaned by a tear, That the fervour and faith Of a soul can be known, To which time will but make Thee more dear, Oh the heart that has truly loved, Never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close, As the sun flower turns On her God when he sets, The same look,which she turned, When he rose” Written by Thomas Moore 1808.

Always thinking of you, your children Mary, Patrick, Margaret, Timothy, Catherine/Con, Denis, and all their families.

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.

CC

Anniversaries, Acknowledgements, Remembrances and Novenas can be placed online at www.killarneyadvertiser.ie

IN MEMORIAM

17.7.2020 20TH & 7TH ANNIVERSARY

21ST ANNIVERSARY

10TH ANNIVERSARY

MCSHARRY

MURPHY

1ST ANNIVERSARY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MURRELL

O’SULLIVAN

In loving memory of Donal Ulick O’Sullivan & Nell O’Sullivan (nee O’Connor) late of Ballinamanagh, Kilcummin, Killarney, Co. Kerry whose anniversaries occur at this time

In loving memory of Leon McSharry late of Ballyspillane, Killarney who died on the 17th July, 1999. RIP

So rest in peace dear loved ones, And thank you for all you’ve done, We pray that God hase given you, The crowns you’ve truly won.

To A Child Gone I thought I was ahead of you in line That you would take your turn after I took mine.

You’re in the arms of Jesus now And I know that you’ll be fine, But I wish with all my heart That those arms could be mine.

Within the gates of heaven now There’s a little smiling face Waiting to say “I love you” When I reach that special place.

Lovingly remembered by your son Tom, daughter-in-law Eileen, grandchildren Christina, Helena, Anthony, Thomas and wife Sarah, and great granchild Tommy.

Love you always Leon Mom, Brian and nephew Mason.

Remembered always Jack, Eileen, Ann and cousin Mark. XXX

We hold you close within our hearts, And there you shall remain, To walk with us through out our lives, Until we meet again,

21ST ANNIVERSARY 2ND ANNIVERSARY

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MCSHARRY

In loving memory of Joan Murphy (Nee O’Donoghue) Kilbrean, Killarney, who died on the 15th of July 2010 A loving nature, A heart of gold, The very best, This world could hold.

Never selfish, Always kind, These are memories You left behind.

A silent thought A quiet prayer, For a special person, In God’s care.

Sadly missed by all your family.

7TH ANNIVERSARY O’DONOGHUE

O’CONNELL (NEE CROWLEY)

In loving memory of Mary Murrell (nee O’ Driscoll) late of 14 Rock Road, Killarney who died on the 25th July, 2019 On the first Anniversary of Mary’s death, her family – daughters Breda, Margaret and Moira and son John and her sister Julia and extended family would like to thank those who offered their sympathies and support to us during this time. A word of thank you to those who sent mass cards and those who attended the removal, funeral mass and burial.

A special word of gratitude to the Management, Nurses and Staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Home in Kilcummin who showed great care and kindness to Mary in the last 18 months of her life – it is greatly appreciated.

A thank you to Dr. Kavanagh who was Mary’s Doctor over the years. Thank you to Fr, Kieran O’ Brien, Fr. John Ahern, Fr. Tom Looney and Fr. Micheal Murphy who celebrated Mary’s requiem Mass. To the Sacristan for your support.

To Helen Kerins and Denis Crowley who sang so beautifully at the Funeral Mass.

Also to O’ Shea’s Undertakers for their care and professionalism.

In loving memory of Joan (Joanie) O’Connell, Late of Station Rd, Headford & Rathmore, Who passed away peacefully on the 22nd of July 2018.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.

Our Joanie Happy, smiling, full of fun, Telling us all “Sure you’re beautiful and handsome”, A hearty laugh, and a heart so kind, One of the most genuine ladies you’ll ever find, Flowers, ice-cream a simple life, A sister, a nana, a mother a devoted wife.

Our friend, our queen of fashion and our first teacher, A proud C.I.E. railway gate keeper.

Sparkling eyes, dancing with glee, Entertaining us by singing “The Rose of Tralee”.

Glenflesk Kerry, A loyal GAA fan, Proud as punch when Derry & John Crowley brought home the Sam. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, She placed all her trust in Thee.

Jesus ended her suffering took her hand and set her free.

Heartbroken are we, that we are now physically apart, Consoled that she is forever in our heart.

In Heaven’s garden, may God grant Joanie eternal rest.

Thank you God for our Joanie.

To us she was simply the best.

Loved, remembered and missed by your sons, Tim & Noel, daughters Bríd, Margaret, Joan-Marie and Esther, brother Derry, Sister Margaret, sons in law, daughters in law, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and extended family.

Anniversary Mass for Joanie, Neilie and John ‘Bruddy’ O’Connell will take place on Saturday 18th July in St. Agatha’s Church, Glenflesk at 6pm. Numbers restricted due to Government and Public Health advice.

IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Leon McSharry late of Ballyspillane, Killarney who was tragically taken on the 17th July, 1999.

A quiet thought A silent prayer For someone special In God’s care.

Cherished Memories of a loving son and brother Gortachoosh, Glenflesk, Killarney who died on 19th July 2013.

Love Allan London

Son Of all the special gifts in life How ever great or small To have you as our son Was the greatest gift of all

21ST ANNIVERSARY

A special time A special face A special son We cant replace

MCSHARRY

With aching hearts We whisper low We miss you Cian And love you so

Treasured and loving memories of Leon McSharry late of Ballyspillane, Killarney who died on the 17th July, 1999.

RIP Somewhere beyond the sunset Where loved ones never die You sleep in a beautiful garden Beneath a golden sky Though heaven and earth divide us Leon We are never far apart For you are always in our thoughts And forever in our hearts.

Always remembered Mary, Tony and the Cusack Family, Dublin.

JESUS May your Sacred Heart Lord Jesus, be praised, glorified and honoured throughout the whole world now and forever. Repeat this 3 times. C.D.

Loved and remembered every day Your heartbroken parents Billy and Joanie XXX Brother You can shed tears that he is gone, Or you can smile because he lived, You can close your eyes and pray that he will come back, Or you can open your eyes and see all that he has left.

Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, Or you can be full of the love that you shared, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember him and only that he is gone, Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on, You can cry and close your mind be empty and turn your back, Or you can do what he would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

Love and miss you every day Cian Keith, Linda, Klara, Darren and Arlo XXX

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

Mary’s first Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 19th July 2020 at 10.30am in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney

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. RS

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. AK

JESUS May your Sacred Heart Lord Jesus, be praised, glorified and honoured throughout the whole world now and forever. Repeat this 3 times. C.D.

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IN MEMORIAM

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30TH ANNIVERSARY

5TH ANNIVERSARY

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

DOYLE

O’SHAUGHNESSY

O’SHEA

O’SHEA

In loving memory of our beloved son James, R.I.P. Maulykevane, Headford, Killarney who died tragically (road accident) on the 20th July, 1990 aged 18.

In loving memory of Rick O’Shaughnessy, Late of Mungret, Co. Limerick, Who died on 17th July 2015, aged 80 years. R.I.P

Birthday remembrance of my mum Mary O’Shea, late of 5 O’Kelly’s Villas, Killarney, whose birthday occurs on 16th July

Birthday remembrance of my nana Mary O’Shea, late of 5 O Kelly’s Villas Killarney, whose birthday occurs on 16th July

I thought of you today, But that is nothing new.

I thought of you yesterday and days before that too.

Thinking of you on your birthday But that is nothing new For no day dawns and no day ends, Without a thought of you With an ache in my heart I whisper low Happy birthday Mam I miss you so

As I opened my eyes this morning I looked to the heavens above I whispered Happy Birthday Nan And sent you all my love All my life I will miss you As the years come and go But in my heart you will live forever Because I love you so

Never forgotten and loved, your daughter Joan & Paudie

Never forgotten and missed every day your granddaughter Sophie & Warren and great grandchildren Conor & Freya

Your memory is so precious James, Your presence missed so much, And for us who loved and lost you, And whose parting brought such pain, We will cherish the time you spent with us, In a world that is never the same.

Sadly missed by your loving parents Jimmy & Joan.

Brother Lots of things have happened James, Since you were called away, The music you could have played with us, If God had left you stay.

Our lives have changed in many ways, Since we were all together, But memories of those happy days, Will live with us forever.

Never forgotten by your brothers, Pádráig, Éoin, Seán, sisters Julia Mary, Marguerite, sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.

Uncle You died too young to know you James We hear your name each day We know you’re always by our sides And from heaven above you are always our guide.

Your nephews Jamie, James and Jack, nieces Kaleigh, Chloe, Ali, Hannah, Grace, Ruby & Fiadh.

Anniversary Mass Monday 20th of July at 7:00pm in Gneeveguilla Church.

I think of you in silence, I often speak your name.

All I have are memores and your picture in a frame.

Your memory is a keepsake, From which I’ll never part.

God has you in His arms, I have you in my heart.

Always in our hearts and sadly missed by his loving wife Betty, Son Michael, Daughters Grace and Ruth, Son in Laws Dave and Noel, Daughter in Law Gillian, and Grandchildren Ryan, Caela, Ava, Sam & Max. Not forgetting Honey & Ollie, family pets.

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE O’SHEA

BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANCE

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART

Birthday remembrance of my nana Mary O’Shea, late of 5 O Kelly’s Villas Killarney whose birthday occurs on 16th July

For my mum Mary O’Shea late of 5 O’Kelly’s Villas, Killarney whose birthday occurs on 16th July

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. SMcL

Always loved and missed by your grand daughter Lisa & John and great grand children Laura & Paul

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.

MM

IN MEMORIAM

We miss you mum in so many ways, We miss the things you used to say, Your hearty laugh, the jokes the craic Oh how we wish we had you back.

Loved and missed every day By your daughter Peggie, Ian & Robert

8TH ANNIVERSARY O’CONNOR

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. LRYAN

PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY O Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea help me and show me herein you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (3 times).

Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after that the request will be granted and the prayer must be published. Thank you for favours received.

KN

Thinking of you on your birthday We talk of you still We haven’t forgotten you And we never will Tears instead of wishes Flowers instead of cards You left us precious memories That will stay within our hearts.

O’SHEA

NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT O Holy Spirit, you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal.

You gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me.

I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things you have given me as you confirm once again that I never wanted to be separated from you in spite of all material illusions. I wish to be with you in Eternal Glory. Thank you for mercy towards me and mine. This prayer must be said for three days, after three days the favour will be granted.

AB

25TH & 28TH ANNIVERSARIES O’DONOGHUE & HEALY In loving memory of Mary O’Connor, Green Lawn, Killarney and formerly of Bonane, Kenmare, who died on the 19th of July 2011, R.I.P. In loving memory of Kathleen O’Donoghue Gortacooish Glenflesk, Killarney who died on the 16th July 1995 and her brother Connie Healy late of Stack Hotel, Listowel who died on the 9th June 1992.

Rest In Peace.

Hearts of gold, Two lives so true, Loved and respected, By all they knew, Always willing, Helpful and kind, What beautiful memories, They left behind.

Forever missed and never forgotten by Marian, Con, Helen, Bridget, Donal P., nieces, nephews, grandnieces, grandnephews, great grand children, daughter-in-law, sons-in-law, cousins, friends and relations.

Silent memories keep you near As time unfolds another year The Happy Days we once enjoyed A constant wish that you were here We miss your laugh, your joking ways Your loving nature, a heart of gold Always willing, helpful and kind Are the special memories we have of you.

Your resting place we visit Flowers we place with care But no one knows the heartache As we turn and leave you there.

Always loved and remembered in our prayers each day by your partner Finbarr, your brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, grand nieces, grand nephews and all your many special friends.

Anniversary Mass for Mary will be on Friday 24th of July at 6.15pm in St. Mary’s Cathedral.

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11TH ANNIVERSARY

17TH ANNIVERSARY

30TH ANNIVERSARY

12TH ANNIVERSARY

O’MAHONEY

TEAHAN

O’SULLIVAN

GUERIN

In loving memory of my wonderful father Michael O’Mahoney late of 16 Coolgrean Park, Killarney who died on the 19th July 2009.

In loving memory of Dan Teahan late of Minish, Killarney who died on the 22nd July, 2003.

Treasured memories of my dear grandson Kieran, late of Woodlawn Road, Killarney who died on the 20th July 1990.

In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother Joan Guerin late of Knocknagullane, Rathmore who died on the 21st of July 2008

May the winds of love blow softly And whisper for you to hear That we will always love and miss you No matter what time of year.

Within the gates of Heaven, There’s a little smiling face, Waiting to say, I love you, When we reach that special place.

Sadly missed and never forgotten your loving wife Sheila, daughters Jennifer and Sarah, sons in law Thomas and Donagh and grandchildren Tommy, Chloe, Jack and Daniel xxxxx

Lovingly remembered always Nana McCarthy.

A loving nature, A heart of gold, The very best, This world could hold.

Never selfish, always kind, These are the memories, You left behind.

A silent thought, A quite prayer, For a special person, In God’s care.

Love you always, daughter Margaret and Pat. xx

The world changes every day and every year, Our love for you and fond memories are always near.

Time passes, memories stay, Never forgotten, especially today.

Loved and remembered by her loving family.

30TH ANNIVERSARY 3RD ANNIVERSARY

O’SULLIVAN

9TH ANNIVERSARY FOLEY

PIERCE (NEE HALLISSY)

May the winds of love blow softly, And whisper in your ear, That I love and truely miss you, As it dawns another year.

Love you forever Grandson Michael. xxx

11TH ANNIVERSARY O’MAHONEY

In loving memory of Niamh Pierce, Park Drive, Killarney, Who died on 21st July 2017.

May you continue to inspire us, To enter each day with a generous heart, To serve the call of courage and love, Until we see your familiar face again, In that land where there is no more separation, Where all tears will be wiped from our mind, And where we will never lose you again.

Sadly missed by all your family.

In loving memory of Michael O’Mahoney late of 16 Coolgrean Park Killarney, who died on 19th July 2009.

You had a smile for everyone, You had a heart of gold, You left the sweetest memories, This world could ever hold.

From his loving wife Bridie, son John, Julie and grandchildren Sarah and Seán. xxx

PRAYER FOR HEALING Heavenly Father, I call on you right now in a special way. It is through your power that I was created. Every breath I take every morning I wake, and every moment of every hour, I live under your power.

Father, I ask you now to touch me with that same power. For iff you creathed me from nothing, you can certainly recreate me.. Fill me with the healing power of your spirit. cast out anything that should not be in me. Mend what is broken. Root out any unproductive cels.

Open any blocked arteries and rebuild any damaged areas. Reamove al inflammation and cleanse any infection. Let warmth of your healing love pass through my body to make new any unhealthy areas so that my body will function the way you created it to function. And Father, restore me to ful health in mind and body so that I may serve you the rest of my life. I ask this through Chrish our Lord. Amen.

With Thanks, M.J.K

IN MEMORIAM

Treasured memories of our son Kieran O’Sullivan late of 19 Woodlawn Road who died on the 20th July 1990 age 17 months.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand, Why certain things must be, And the reson why they happen are often hard to see, But falling tears and aching hearts are things we have to bear, But losing you the way we did Kieran always seems unfair.

Fondly remembered and sadly missed by Mammy, Daddy, sisters Clara, Emma and brother Cialann and Nan O’Sullivan.

PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY

PRAYER TO THE VIRGIN MARY

O Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea help me and show me herein you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity.

There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (3 times). Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after that the request will be granted and the prayer must be published. Thank you for favours received. AB

O Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea help me and show me herein you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in my necessity.

There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (3 times). Thank you for your mercy towards me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after that the request will be granted and the prayer must be published. Thank you for favours received. KK

NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART

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. RS

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. RS

In loving memory of Daniel (Dan) Foley, late of Leamnaguilea, Kilcummin, Killarney, who died on 17th July 2011.

Memories are precious They don’t fade away We think of you always Not just today Sadly missed and always remembered by your loving family.

NOVENA TO ST. CLAIRE 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

PRAYER FOR HEALING Heavenly Father, I call on you right now in a special way. It is through your power that I was created. Every breath I take every morning I wake, and every moment of every hour, I live under your power.

Father, I ask you now to touch me with that same power. For iff you creathed me from nothing, you can certainly recreate me.. Fill me with the healing power of your spirit. cast out anything that should not be in me. Mend what is broken. Root out any unproductive cels.

Open any blocked arteries and rebuild any damaged areas. Reamove al inflammation and cleanse any infection. Let warmth of your healing love pass through my body to make new any unhealthy areas so that my body will function the way you created it to function. And Father, restore me to ful health in mind and body so that I may serve you the rest of my life. I ask this through Chrish our Lord. Amen.

With Thanks, M.J.K

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KILLARNEY

E: sport@killarneyadvertiser.ie SEE OUR COLUMNISTS’ COVERAGE OF THE WEEK IN SPORT EAMONN FITZGERALD & SEAN MORIARTY

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RECEPTION: Jack Charlton with local people including brothers Vincent and Denis Counihan, Paul Coghlan, Michael Rosney, then GSH Manager and Mayor of Killarney Michael Courtney who gave Big Jack a civic reception at the ITAA conference in Killarney in 1990. Photo Don MacMonagle

We were all part of Jackie’s Army

Killarney pays tribute to a sporting icon | By Sean Moriarty Many of us are better at watching soccer than we are at playing it, and for that we have to thank Jack Charlton, who died this week aged 85.

His arrival as the manager of the Republic of Ireland Football Manager in 1985 made us watch even more soccer.

He guided the Irish team to their first major final at Euro '88 and two World Cups, Italia ’90 and USA ‘94 in the space of 10 years.

He brought Irish soccer fans on a journey that will never be forgotten, and those of a certain age began to believe that qual-

NO.1 FAN: Jack Charlton with Killarney's No1 soccer fan Eoin O'Shea from Ross Road, Killarney, (now a worldwide producer of documentaries with the BBC in London) at the ITAA conference in Killarney in 1990. Photo Don MacMonagle

ifying for major tournaments were the norm rather than the exception.

Moments that define Irish sporting history; our first ever appearance at the European finals in Germany in 1988; Ray Houghton’s famous Stuttgart goal against arch rivals England; our first World Cup, Italia ’90 where the impossible was achieved; making it to the quarter finals against the host nation and the revenge defeat of the Italians in Giant’s Stadium, New York, four years later.

These are just the sporting highlights.

There were great cultural moments too and he gave the Irish people a new sense of believe in an ever expanding Euro-zone.

We could now celebrate our national identity in ways never seen before and as one hack put it, we reclaimed the Irish Tri-Colour from extreme nationalists.

The irony that it took an Englishman to achieve all this is not lost, as "Big Jack", became a national folk hero and a much loved character.

At the height of his Irish success he made visits to Killarney, and in November 1990 Jack Charlton was given a civic reception by the then Mayor of Killarney Michael Courtney (RIP) at the Great Southern Hotel.

Michael Rosney, now of Killeen House Hotel, was the GSH manager at the time.

“He was an absolute gentleman to deal with,” Michael told the Killarney Advertiser. “In fact, he stood out as he was such a kind, genuine, natural man to deal with.”

INTERVIEW: Jack Charlton being interviewed by local media at the ITAA conference in Killarney in 1990. Photo Don MacMonagle

Jack was in town to address the Irish Travel Agents Association annual conference.

Local travel agent Vince Counihan, who owned Counihan’s Travel Agency at the time, was instrumental in getting Big Jack to Killarney.

“He was such a great speaker, a lovely modest man to deal with,” added Michael.

Over seven hundred people attended the conference banquet where Jack gave an uplifting and humorous speech. Jack retired early as he had to be up at 6am so he could travel to Dublin for another appointment.

Needless to say, the banquet attendees did not go to bed early and the craic continued into the small hours in the residents’ bar.

The early morning revellers could not believe that Jack was still in the hotel the following morning and started an impromptu version of ‘Ole Ole Ole’ as he waited in the lobby for his lift.

Michael Rosney was there to witness it all.

“He just turned to me and said "It is so nice of the Irish to get up early and see me off",” Michael told the Killarney Advertiser.

One of the guests at the reception included recently retired Killarney Senator Paul Coghlan from Ballydowney.

“He created the atmosphere, there was

an aura about him,” the former politician told the Killarney Advertiser. “We were all enthralled and thrilled to met him. He was great company but he also did great things for the nation and caused us to sit and take notice. He was a national hero.”

The FAI’s main sponsor at the time was Opel Ireland and local dealer and motor industry legend, the late, Mick Ahern, met Charlton at new car launches in Dublin.His son Paul recalls how his late father and Jack became great friends and Mick would often act as the soccer hero’s driver while he was in the Killarney area.

Paul remembers one story where his father was dispatched to an airport to pick Jack up. He was driving a brand new Opel Omega at the time and Charlton loved nothing better than to smoke a big cigar after a flight. “"Is this a new car Mick", he asked my father,” Paul told the Killarney Advertiser. “"It is Jack", and with that Jack put the cigar back in his shirt pocket and said “I won’t be the first person to smoke in it so".”

On at least one occasion Jack Charlton stayed at The Three Lakes Hotel, the current location of the Plaza Hotel, and once again Mick Ahern was the appointed driver.

“A huge crowd gathered outside the hotel to try and meet Jack,” added Paul. “He was bigger than the Pope at the time.”

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Sporting challenges in the new normal | By Sean Moriarty The world of sport is returning to some degree of normality. The Killarney Advertiser’s Sean Moriarty looks at a selection popular sports and clubs in the Killarney area to get an idea of the challenges they face ahead of their return to some degree of normal.

CYCLING

Killarney Cycling Club’s Conor Kissane will contest his first road race since March when he lines up for the Michael Sheils Memorial Race in Knockaderry, County Limerick on Sunday.

The last event to run before the national shutdown was The Lacey Cup in Tralee, on March 8, where the Barleymount rider finished third overall.

The Michael Shiels event was due to take place the following weekend but it coincided with the first phase of the lockdown and was postponed until Sunday.

“Normally we would be racing every weekend from March 1,” he told the Killarney Advertiser. “Training has been good but it was hard to stay motivated with no events. Some weeks when the weather was good I put in huge efforts, other weeks it was hit and miss."

Entries for Sunday’s event have been limited to 70 in each class, as opposed to one hundred plus in normal circumstances and were granted to riders on a first come – first served basis.

This could affect race tactics as Kissane will not know how many fellow Killarney Cycling Club members are on the entry list or if they face stronger or weaker challenges from other clubs.

“The start of any road race can be chaotic but once the race settles down you are looking for people to help you or to help other riders,” he added. “If there is

a break away and you have limited teammates in the bunch it could be very hard to reel them back in.”

New rules include riders arriving at a venue 30 minutes before a race.

“Any riders arriving earlier than this will be asked to leave,” a Newcastle West Wheelers Cycling Club official said.

Spectators have been asked to stay away – a difficult task to police as events take place on public roads – and squads are limited to competing team members and a manager with additional staff and supporters not allowed attend.

Riders are asked to leave the venue within 15 minutes of the finish of their race.

Awards ceremonies have been eliminated from the schedule and prize money will be transferred into the winners’ bank accounts a few days afterwards.

local level, it must operate within County Board directives. That includes the appointment of a dedicated COVID-19 compliance officer.

There are hopes that some form of a County Championship can take place in late summer.

“There is still a nervousness around playing in a contact sport when public health guidelines are saying to remain socially distant,” said club PRO David Gillespie who, along with fellow officers, is coping with extra administration work to keep the show on road.

“As each week goes on more people are coming back to play, it is good to have a safe outlet to return to normal activity.

We remain vigilant to keep our players and families safe during these times.”

CAMOGIE

Kerry boxer, Kevin Cronin, will have to wait until at least November before he can get back in the ring.

Boxing, like many sports, relies on spectators to make it pay and many Irish boxing promotion companies have ruled out running bouts behind closed doors.

The Tralee-based Milltown boxer, who fights in the Light Heavyweight division, is considered the county’s best boxing prospect and he has ambitions of fighting professionally.

Cronin is scheduled to appear at The Devenish Complex in Belfast on November 15. Until then he can only prepare and train as if his next fight is only a few days away.

“I am ready,” he told the Killarney Advertiser. “I would fight anywhere in the world right now if I could go.”

He both accepts and understands why boxing promoters do not want to run events without spectators.

“Fighting in an empty stadium would be just like a training-sparring session. It

Killarney Camogie Club resumed training this week after the long lay-off but will have wait until at least August before any sort of competitive action will take place.

The local Camogie club must follow GAA rules as dictated by Croke Park and, on a

ON THE ROAD: Killarney Cycling Club's Conor Kisaane on last year Ras Munham. Photo by Brendan Slattery

BOXING

IN THE RING: Kevin Cronin with his sparring partner Vladimir Belujsky at Tralee Boxing Club before the shutdown

would affect you as you would give 30 percent less while sparring,” he added.

Boxing clubs, under the current Government road map, can reopen on August 1 for training and club related activities.

HURLING

Hurling activity resumes in the county this weekend with competitions at U12, U14 and Senior levels.

The Rhyno Quality Feeds North Kerry Senior Hurling Championship (John Joe O’Sullivan Cup) will get underway on this evening (Friday) when Causeway are at home to Lixnaw at 7.30pm. On Sunday, at 12 noon, Ballyduff will be at home to St Brendan's.

On Monday evening, (July 20) at 7pm Kilmoyley host Ballyheigue while Crotta O’Neill’s play Abbeydorney at Dromakeen.

“The North Kerry Hurling Board has put in place a revised format for this competition for 2020 in order to provide competitive games for senior teams in advance of the County Senior Championship, moving from a knockout to a league style competition,” said a County Board statement.

With two groups of four teams, each team will get three games with the top team in each group qualifying for the final. The groups are: Group 1: Lixnaw, Ballyduff, St Brendan’s, Causeway. Group 2: Abbeydorney, Ballyheigue, Kilmoyley, Crotta O’Neill’s.

Further rounds will take place on August 3 and 24.

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In conversation with Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh will be 90-years-old next month and he continues to be hale and hearty doing his daily exercises during COVID-19. Eamonn Fitzgerald interviewed him for On the Ball on August 1, 2014. This week we are reproducing Part One of that interview.

| By Eamonn Fitzgerald On the Ball (OTB): We go back a long ways, Mícheál.

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (MOM): That would be 1971 at the All-Ireland football seven-a side in UCD. It was a great competition for the reigning county champions and both Johnny (Culloty) and Weeshie (Fogarty) were unable to travel from Kerry. With no regular goalkeeper by East Kerry Donie (O'Sullivan) asked you to go into goal.

It worked out very well and ye won all your games that day qualifying for Sunday’s semi-finals. It took off from there.

OTB: When are you going to retire?

MOM: I retired in 2010 and felt very privileged to have the health to broadcast in eight decades starting in 1949. I love going to matches anywhere in the country and to meet people. I suppose that is the real attraction for me - people. I love meeting the plain people of Ireland and players of course, past and present. It does not matter to me if they won or lost their All-Ireland, or county title. They played the games, wore the geansai, that is 'mórtas cine'. Then, of course you have all the officials and supporters. What passion compares to the mammy on the line, no not on the sideline but 25 yards in to the pitch cheering on her darling on Saturday mornings.

I was always very interested in the history of the GAA. When all is said and done it is a history of people. I found that the fixtures for the first All-Ireland football final were made and no venues decided on. There weren't any pitches as we have today, so they were dependent on the good will of a local landowner.

The first ever match in round one of the 1887 All-Ireland championship was played in a field beside the present Elm Park Golf Club and St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin.

You would have that field available in rural areas down in Kerry. Where did Spa, Kilcummin and Glenflesk play before they developed their current magnificent grounds?

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17.7.2020 OTB: Bishop Moynihan, a former Bishop of Kerry told me in his latter years that the social value of Kerry winning All-Irelands on a regular basis was immeasurable, “it shortened the winter", he said. Con Houlihan wrote that the drawback about being a Kerryman living in Dublin is that you are in situ for the game, but you never got the opportunity to come up for the match.

You went to the game, just 70 minutes, whereas the folks at home came up for the match.

You missed the ritual of scrounging for a ticket, berating people who got tickets, who never did one bit to help out down in the local field. No sign of them on bleak November days. As the week wore on the intensity grew for the ticketless. Go to Dublin anyway and take your chances outside the Gresham on Sunday morning. The train journey home flew, as the game was dissected by so many groups in huddles; the definitive analysis came in Jimmy O'Brien’s [bar on College St]. Those who know their football would be there and far more knowledgeable than The Sunday Game pundits. O'Rourke is solid enough, Spillane was a great player but he can make outlandish assumptions, as for Brolly, he can be off the wall.

MOM: Con Houlihan had a lot to say about that and much more.

OTB: Back to your life since 2010.

MOM: Oh ,yes. So many people all over the country have been very kind to invite me to launches, walks and special occasions.

OTB: Such as climbing Carrantoohil.

How in the name of God did an octogenarian climb 3,414 feet?

MOM: I had a good guide and I took it aisy [easy], de réir a chéile, coiscéim in’dhiaidh coiscēime. When I heard what Alan Kerins [Galway] was trying to achieve for such a deserving charity, having All-Ireland football medals from the 32 counties taken to the top of the highest mountain, I joined in. Of course any kind of an All-Ireland football med-

al sufficed. Mind you they had to dig deep. We were stuck to find a football medal in Kilkenny until Ogie [Moran] got the brainwave that there was a fellow from Kilkenny on the Gormanston team that Ogie captained to Hogan Cup victory.

OTB: Sigerson Clifford said,"I am Kerry, like my mother before me". What does Kerry mean to you?

MOM: Everything, its landscape, its heritage and its people. One's native place is special. I believe that wherever you come from you should be proud of it. You should never forget where you came from. In my case it's Kerry appropriately called The Kingdom, Heaven on Earth. There is no place like it: it defines me.

OTB: Both of us were in Tralee for the final match in the league and Cork ran through Kerry. Hurley in particular was magnificent that day kicking points from all angles without even looking at the posts. Can you explain to me how Kerry were able to come from a 10 point drubbing to a 12 point win in the 2014 Munster final? That 22 point swing makes no sense.

MOM: Fair point. People will wonder how good Kerry are and are Cork as bad as they were in the Munster final? The latter first. Cork are much better than they showed that day, but Fitzmaurice came a ‘aniar aduaidh’ on Cuthbert and they were shell shocked. Cork are not a bad team and they will bounce back. I have been watching Kerry since 1949 and the two best team displays I have seen by any Kerry senior team was last year's semi-final against Dublin up to the final few minutes, when Dublin rattled off a big score. That and this year’s Munster final. I emphasise team display and Dr Eamonn was a great believer on the team performance. Even the best of players will have an off day, but if the team is playing well it does not matter and the good player will come right back to form again. Dr Eamonn knew long before other managers did of the importance of mental fitness.

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I believe that wherever you come from you should be proud of it. was very bad they would not go out on the field to train, but they would talk and talk. Eamonn was an imposing boss and you did not talk back to him. One night, Mick O’ Connell - who else but him - said, "but doctor it might be raining the day of the match". There was no response.

OTB: Do you rate this Kerry team.

MOM: Yes. Look what they did in Cork.

Every player played well and I mean every player. Some were magnificent, but all passed the test. They followed the instructions of Fitzmaurice to a man and that rarely happens. He had the team set up in a special way for the Cork game. Look at midfield. They had strung three Kerry players across the middle so wherever the ball was kicked they had a man right there. Johnny Buckley grabbed his chance on the big day in Cork, working very hard and landing four mighty points. Some players may not appear to have prospered, but did you notice how they marked space in their territories so that when Cork did try to set up an attack, there was a Kerryman covering every angle.

Paul Geaney did so well, not surprisingly, since he captained UCC to victory in the Sigerson Cup earlier this year under Billy Morgan and to a large extent he won it on his own. Look how Shane Enright cut off the threat of Mark Hurley.

Kerry will win the quarter final in Croke Park against any opposition and if Fitzmaurice gets the team performance right they will make it to the final.

OTB: What surprised me most was the

I love going to matches anywhere in the country and to meet people.

I suppose that is the real attraction for me - people..

performance of Declan O’Sullivan. How would a player in his 30s, who played very little football since last year’s game against Dublin have the legs and fitness to play out around the middle and even defensively as well? He should not have the legs for that role.

MOM: Because his head was in the right place.

OTB: Tell me more.

MOM: We all know over the years that Declan was a superb ball carrier - too much so at times, but in the Cork game he was given the job of play maker in the absence of Gooch. He shored up midfield and was well able to carry and shield the ball before setting up attacks with well-timed and well placed balls that the forwards could run on to, the perfect ball for eager forwards. But most of all Declan's head was in the right place since he had secured permanent employment.

OTB: Hasn't Fitzmaurice blown his cover now and all the remaining teams can do video analysis to counteract what worked for Kerry v Cork?

MOM: It won't worry him; he will come up with new strategies and new match ups depending on the opposition.

OTB: Are Dublin dead certs to retain Sam 2014?

MOM: Put it this way. They have a massive pick. The team is very good, but the bench is massive. You see the position with those fellows Eamonn is that they are raging mad with Jim Gavin. They are mad with him knowing in their own minds that they are better than some of the fellows on the team. When they come on they have a point to prove and are hell bent on one thing showing the boss that he has made a mistake once more by not starting them. That is why they play with such a swagger, I would say arrogance. Recently, the Dublin subs scored 1-7. That is overwhelming for other teams who do not have such options on the bench.

Part Two of this interview will be published next week.

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CHALLENGE: Ultra Runner and charity fundraiser Kevin Leahy of the Black Sheep Hostel, Killarney is the first warrior to run the ‘Ancient Warriors Trail’ challenge, which began at sunrise, 5.30am on Saturday morning. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan

Kevin's 106km trek is only the start of his charity challenges Ultra Runner and charity fundraiser Kevin Leahy of the Black Sheep Hostel, Killarney is the first warrior to run the ‘Ancient Warriors Trail’ challenge, which began at sunrise, 5.30am on Saturday morning at the Bronze Age wedge tomb at Coomakista, Derrynane.

The 106km of trails, included The Kerry Way, summit of Cnoc na dTobar, pilgrim trail and ancient Celtic site for the annual Lúghnasa Festival, Caherciveen, to the

summit of Carrauntoohil, along the eastern ridges of the Reeks and finishing at Kate Kearney’s Cottage, Gap of Dunloe that night. Other crew members along the route included Laura O’Driscoll, Dermot Dineen, Catch Doolan, John O’Leary, Joe O’Leary and Blaine Lyne. The mammoth 106km journey was completed in 19 hours and 47 minutes. Kevin is fundraising for Downs Syndrome Kerry (DSK) and hopes to raise €10,000.

This was the first of three challenges Kevin is embarking - to run 1000km stretching from the wilds of the Iveragh Peninsula to the frozen ice of Yukon, Canada, in aid of the Kerry charity which is very close to Kevin’s heart, as his beautiful and vibrant little niece Emilie was born with Down Syndrome.

His second race is the spectacular annual Kerry Way Ultra - a 200km, non-stop endurance race on September 4 and 5, which traverses the MacGillycuddy's Reeks and Iveragh Peninsula, along ancient trails and coastal cliffs. Kevin is no stranger to harsh conditions and demands, last year inspired the greatest Kerryman - Arctic explorer, Tom Crean, Kevin made world headlines by winning the famous Yukon 160km Arctic Ultra-marathon!

His third and most daunting challenge in 2021 - the mammoth Yukon Arctic

700km ultra-marathon - is a gruelling 10

was due to make a return this year, after a three year absence, has not been included in the revised list. | K illarney man secures

Last week, Motorsport UK, the sport’s governing body, gave the green light for the sport to resume and the Oxfordshire event was one of the first to get a permit.

Smith, who is Chairman of London Irish Motor Club, was lucky enough to be granted an entry for the oversubscribed event. He will use his historic-specification Chrysler Avenger for the rally – the same car he used on last November’s Rentokil-Initial Killarney Historic Rally and the cartell.ie Rally of the Lakes.

“We might be a bit rusty, but it will be nice to get the car out for a run and dust off some of the cobwebs,” he said.

day race of physical and mental adversity, with temperatures as low as -30°c.

“This time I will be setting my sights on the mammoth Yukon Arctic 700km ultra-marathon," Kevin said.

"This will be by far my biggest running endeavour, requiring months of training, along with a tank load of mental and physical grit to get me across that frosty finish line. I hope that during this challenge, adversity will be my greatest teacher. A sincere thank you in advance for your support.”

To donate to Kevin’s amazing challenge please use the following link: Give Everyday Hero: kevs-1000km-adversity-runfor-down-syndrome-kerry.

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R evised Motorsport Ireland calendar

Motorsport Ireland has released a revised calendar of events that could run, subject to COVID-19 restrictions, between now and the end of the year.

Killarney and District Motor Club (KDMC) has been granted two dates in the revised calendar.

The local club was successful in its bid to move the date of the Rentokil-Initial Killarney Historic Rally to November 28 as opposed to its previous December 5 date.

KDMC has also secured a date for an Autocross event on December 29. This traditional Christmas event last ran in 2018 after track flooding caused the last-minute cancellation of last year’s event at Tralee Racecourse.

Inclusion in the calendar is no certainty that events will run and just two other rallies have been allocated dates for the remainder of the year.

The Wexford Rally has been allocated its intended date of September 5 and 6, while Carrick-on-Suir Motor Club has secured a date for a rally on October 11.

The popular Kerry Winter Rally, which

English rally entry

A Killarney driver will be one of the first to compete in an English rally event following the resumption of the sport there.

Berkshire-based High St man Mick Smith has secured an entry to the The Abingdon CAR-nival Rally on September 27.

It will be one of the first rally events to run in England since the sport was shut down in March.

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Killarney RFC RETURN OF RUGBY: Killarney RFC has submitted a COVID safety plan to the IRFU involving the appointment of our new COVID Safety Officer Declan Fuller and compliance officers at all sections.

The IRFU has approved the club for a return to rugby so we are commencing tag rugby, training etc., on a phased basis in a strict COVID compliance environment.

TAG RUGBY: Tag rugby has returned to Aghadoe for the summer, taking place every Tuesday between 7pm and 8pm.

All are welcome to come along and take part in the fun and build the fitness following lockdown. For further details contact Ger Moynihan on 087 1240365 or simply come along on the evening.

SENIOR PRE-SEASON: Senior pre-season commenced last Monday with a fantastic turnout and continues every Monday and Thursday at 7.30pm. New and existing players welcome.

AGM: The AGM takes place next Tuesday, July 21 at 7.30pm. This year the AGM will be online via Zoom. Anyone interested in participating is asked to contact our honorary secretary Ger Sugrue via WhatsApp on 087 9928740 or email secretary@killarneyrugby.com.

USED CLOTHES FUNDRAISER: Thanks to everyone who supported our recent used clothes fundraiser. A huge thank you to Anne Gabbett for coming up with the idea and the hard work she has done to date. Last weekend we had a stall at the Old Market Flea in Killarney which was a huge success.

Killarney Legion GAA KILLARNEY LEGION ACADEMY: The Juvenile Academy is back every Saturday morning at 10.30am at Direen. All boys and girls aged 4-10 are welcome.

LEGION LOTTO: Play online and refer a friend using the following link https:// cutt.ly/sy5EIUC. All ticket sellers can collect their tickets at Murphy’s Bar. If you want to become a ticket seller please PM us on Facebook or any member of the Lotto committee. Results: Legion Lotto Results 8-13-23-27 Bonus No: 5 Match 3s: Nick O’Brien, 43 Scrahan Court; Liz Keneally, c/o Caragh Restaurant; Tom Murphy, c/o Lake Hotel; Steve O’Donoghue, c/o Paddy Powers; Shauna Poff, c/o Parkavon Hotel. Next draw July 19 at 9pm at Murphy’s Bar. Jackpot €6,000 plus bonus €10,000.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Happy 21st birthday to Cian Gammell who turned a big milestone at the weekend. Enjoy the celebrations Cian.

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KILBONANE GRAVEYARD MASS: Kilbonane Annual graveyard Mass will be held on Tuesday 21 at 8pm.

Spa GAA

KEANE'S SUPERVALU MINOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2020 FIXTURES: Round 1 Firies V Keel/Listry in Farranfore on Friday, July 17 at 7pm.

JUNIOR PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE: 1st round of junior premier championship Listry V Firies on Sunday, July 26 in Legion GAA gounds at 2.30pm.

Please come and support our team.

Dr Crokes GAA MINOR CO. LEAGUE: Dr Crokes minors will be the first club side in competitive action on this coming Friday, July 17 with a home game v Kenmare at 7pm. We are awaiting time, date and venue for the following w/e Club Championship tie v Templenoe. All relevant details regarding fixtures will be put on social media as soon as it becomes available.

U12 FIXTURES: Dr. Crokes A and B teams are in group B and the Round 1 game is a home game v Spa Sunday, July 19 at 6pm.

SATURDAY MORNING ACADEMY: Dr Crokes Academy resumed on Saturday last. All boys and girls footballers were warmly welcomed and coaches of all age groups were pleased with the numbers that turned up. Many thanks to all parents who had the e-learning and health questionnaire completed and submitted in advance and on the day. U10 boys will have extra training sessions on Tuesdays from 5pm to 6pm in Lewis Road starting this Tuesday as well as the Academy every Saturday from 11am to 12 midday, (U6-U10 boys and girls). Hurling recommences Saturday July 25 at 10am.

LOTTO: The draw took place on Monday, July 13 and the numbers drawn were 10, 14, 23 and 28. Two patrons matched three numbers and receive €2,000. Jackpot for draw on July 20 will be €5,600.

SCHOLARSHIP: There are a series of postgraduate scholarships that might be of interest to players/members. These are for Masters programmes at the ITT, with some scholarships covering fees and a monthly stipend, others fees only.

Those who enrol at the IT Tralee in academic year 20/21 will graduate from the Munster Technological University. INFO available on www.drcrokes.com.

COVID-19: During the lockdown Dr Crokes as well as all clubs suffered enormously due to inability to fundraise. We are resuming our Golf Major Challenges with the first one to take place for the PGA Championship fixed for August 6-9. Cards will be available this coming weekend from usual sources or can be

COUNTY MINOR LEAGUE: Round 1 Spa v Milltown/Castlemaine (Friday July 17 at 7pm in Spa *note change of venue).

SPA MERCHANDISE SHOP: Open Saturdays 10–11am. Any queries contact Mathilda 087 6487356.

EPS WATER SPONSORS NEW FOOTBALLS FOR OUR U8S: U8 coaches were joined by Spa and Kerry players Dara Moynihan and Liam Kearney to hand out the footballs on Saturday. Thanks to Paul Cremin and EPS Manager John Lynch for their sponsorship.

AWARDS NIGHT: The committee recently presented a cheque for €610 to the Killarney/South Kerry Branch of the Irish Cancer Society from the Awards Night raffle.

JUVENILE TRAINING: ABC/U6 boys and girls/U8 Boys/U8-10 Girls: Saturdays 10am; U10 boys: Sundays 11am and Thursdays 6.30pm; U12 boys: Sundays 6pm and Thursdays 7.30pm; U12 girls: Wednesdays 5.30pm; U14 boys: Mondays 7.30pm and Fridays 7.30pm; U14 girls: Wednesdays 7pm. New members always welcome. Any queries contact Coiste na nOg Secretary Andrew 087 1385612.

SHARE THE POT: Congratulations to Gina Corkery who was last Friday’s winner of the Share the Pot draw, with €500 to be split between the club and winner. Next draw takes place on July 24 and tickets are available online on spagaa.com or through club officers.

SYMPATHY: To the Healy and Spillane families on the passing of John C Healy RIP, Kilbrean and London.

Firies GAA COISTE BE N’OG: Training continues on to the pitch in Farranfore with U6 and U8 boys and girls and U10 boys on Saturday. All new players welcome. We want to give a big welcome back to the U6s. All players are reminded to bring their own water bottles. Parents are encouraged to drop and go. Please note that it is now mandatory that all players of all codes MUST pay €2 for training.

COVID-19 RETURN TO PLAY: The GAA Health Questionnaire must be filled out by all players (adult) and parents of players (Juvenile) prior to the first training session that you attend. Please print or take a screenshot when complete https://returntoplay.gaa.ie/.

HURLING: Training continues in Farranfore on Thursdays from 7 to 8pm for U8 to U14. A number of limited places are still available for the Kellogg’s GAA Hurling Cul Camp happening in Farranfore between Monday August 3 and 7.

For more details check out www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie/.

FIXTURES: Minor County League Group 3 - Round 1 Friday, July 17 Home Vs Keel/ Listry 7pm

Fossa GAA MEMBERSHIP: With the sudden shutdown on March 12, and an end to all activities, many of you may not have got around to paying membership. Happily we are back in action and can accept any unpaid subscriptions through our Clubforce App available on our Facebook page.

ACADEMY: Last Sunday week saw a welcome return to our Underage Academy, boys and girls who were delighted to be back to see their friends and, of course, for the football too. Credit to all our COVID-19 officers who ensured all guidelines were adhered to and sanitising stations used. To our parents for their cooperation. Our Coiste na Nog and Ladies coaches for their commitment to training the future generations of the parish.

FIXTURES: Our minors are away to Gneeveguilla this Friday 7pm in the county League.

Muckross Rowing club TRAINING: Rowing training continued this week with ongoing implementation of COVID-19 safety protocols.

ROWING IRELAND AGM: The club participated in last Sunday’s AGM of Rowing Ireland which was held via web conference. The headline item of the meeting was the vote by registered clubs to approve the staging of a rescheduled and limited Irish Championships Regatta on Saturday and Sunday, September 1213 at the National Rowing Centre. The vote was carried by 45 in favour to four against. Further details of the event will be issued by the RI Championship committee in the coming weeks. It is planned that the event will be limited to competitors only with no spectators allowed. A revised calendar of regional regatta events for August and September was also circulated.

EVENTS: Castleconnell Sprint Regatta (500m, 5 lane), Saturday, August 1, Castleconnell. Cork Marina Regatta (1000m, 4 lane), Saturday, August 16, Cork city. Festival of Rowing (1000m, 4 lane), Saturday, September 5, O’Briensbridge. Irish Rowing Championships (2000m, 6 lane), Saturday-Sunday, September 12-13, NRC, Cork. St. Michael’s Masters Regatta (1000m, 6 lane), Saturday, September 26, Limerick city. Irish Offshore Rowing Championships, Saturday, September 26, Portmagee. Shandon Masters Regatta (1000m, 4 lane), Saturday, September 27, Cork Marina.

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