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St Brendan’s launch football fundraiser

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CROKER BOUND: The St Brendan's College senior management team of Dr Gary Stack Gavin White Brian O'Mahony Kevin Cronin and John C O'Shea. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

By Sean Moriarty

St Brendan’s College has launched a fundraiser to help offset expenses it will face in the Hogan Cup All-Ireland schools final.

The college has qualified for its fifth Hogan Cup final in the past 15 years – see main story on previous page.

“Supporting a colleges senior football panel to achieve at this level and undertaking to give the 36 young men the best possible opportunities to prepare properly does come with many challenges, some of them financial," said trainer Kevin Cronin.

"Our school has always had a close relationship with the community in Killarney and East Kerry and we have been supported in our preparation over the years by the families and staff in the school, by past pupils and by the business community. In setting up this iDonate page we are reaching out in search of any contribution towards the cost of buses, meals, accommodation for the St Brendan’s College Senior Football Panel 2022. We understand that these are challenging times and that post-pandemic Ireland is a difficult place for us all. Nevertheless we also know that the panel and management would be delighted with your good will and messages of support.”

To support go to idonate.ie 'St Brendan's Killarney Hogan Cup Final Fundraiser.

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BREAKING: Kerry ETB Awarded €2.3m to purchase Pretty Polly Site

The Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been awarded €2.3 million in funding to purchase the former Pretty Polly site on Upper Park Road, Killarney. The funding, announced […]

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The Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been awarded €2.3 million in funding to purchase the former Pretty Polly site on Upper Park Road, Killarney.

The funding, announced this morning by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, will allow Kerry ETB to develop the site as a new Tourism Sector Training College. The proposed facility will focus on training for the hospitality and tourism industries.
Kerry TD Michael Cahill described the announcement as “a major vote of confidence in Killarney and the wider Kerry tourism industry.”
“This is immense news for the town,” said Deputy Cahill. “It will mark Killarney out officially as the tourism capital of Ireland by providing a Hospitality Sector Training College right in the heart of the county.”
Deputy Cahill said he had been advocating for such a development since entering the Dáil, adding that the investment “will be a gamechanger for the hospitality sector in Killarney and Kerry.”
He also recalled the former CERT training centre that operated at the Torc Great Southern Hotel in the 1970s, noting that this new project would revive that legacy for a new generation of tourism professionals.
The Pretty Polly site, vacant for many years, will now be transformed into a key educational and economic hub for the region once the project proceeds.

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Coffee morning being held in memory of late Kevin O’Shea

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A coffee morning will take place in the Aghadoe Heights Hotel next week in memory of the late Kevin O’Shea.


It will take place on October 18 from 11am to 1pm.


All proceeds will go to Kerry Hospice Foundation, Kerry Cancer Support Group and Recovery Haven.


For those who are unable to make it on the day, you can make a donation online by scanning the QR code on the picture.


Kevin’s family extended their heartfelt thanks to local businesses and hotels that have generously sponsored spot prizes, all to be won on the day.


They also said that any donation, big or small, is appreciated and all support is most welcome.

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