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Schools donate €5k to cancer charity
CHEQUE: A cheque for €5,440 from the Christmas Jumper Day was presented to Kerry Hospice Foundation Killarney Branch on Thursday. From front l-r were: Kacper Bogalecki, Dermot O'Reilly (KHF Killarney Branch), Hollie Spellman. Back l-r: James Ward, Divine Okhaus and Keelan O'Donoghue. Photo: Michelle Crean
By Michelle Crean
Locals schools who came together as one for charity are delighted that their efforts raised over €5,000 which was handed over to charity this week.
Students from St Brendan’s College, who organised the 'Presents for Palliative' Christmas Jumper Day on December 8, received huge support from fellow students and staff from St Brigid's Secondary, Killarney Community College as well as The Mon, Holy Cross Mercy and St Francis Special School, and members of the wider community.
On Thursday, students from The Sem happily handed over the proceeds, a total of €5,440 - to the Kerry Hospice Foundation Killarney Branch.
"We started our fundraiser as part of our LCVP course," Fifth Year student and Chairperson of the fundraising committee, Kacper Bogalecki from St Brendan’s College, told the Killarney Advertiser.
"After having discussed the different charities we came across the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Moved by the nature of services which they provide, we invited representatives from the foundation to come and speak to us about what is involved in keeping its services going. We soon found out about the amount of work that goes into it, and we wanted to be of help. To do so, we knew we needed the whole community to come together. So, we reached out to neighbouring schools and they were more than happy to participate. We were all very grateful for the support that this fundraiser received and would like to thank all the students, parents and others who donated to this cause.”
Two young local girls showed great business initiative on Saturday ahead of the Kerry v Donegal match at Fitzgerald Stadium.
Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin set up a sweet stall outside a house on Lewis Road, catching the thousands of football fans walking towards the grounds.
The enterprising pair did a busy trade selling soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates to the passing crowds before throw-in.
Their match-day venture also caught the attention of the national sports media, with a photograph of the girls at their stall captured by Sportsfile photographer Stephen McCarthy ahead of the game.
Noel O’Neill has claimed first place in the Unrestricted category of the latest Killarney Camera Club competition, which focused on the theme of the ‘Kerry Landscape’.
His winning photograph, titled ‘Conor Pass Lake and the Three Sisters’, features a detailed study of Mullaghveal located beneath the Conor Pass.
The image captures the wide sweep of the valley, utilizing an elevated viewpoint that allows the glacial landscape to unfold toward the Atlantic horizon. The composition highlights the quiet lakes in the foreground against the dark, rocky slopes of the valley, with the distant outline of the Three Sisters adding further depth and scale to the scene.
The judges praised the photograph as an outstanding example of landscape work, noting its effective balance of composition, light, and perspective to capture the vastness of the West Kerry terrain.
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