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Carol singers create Christmas cheer

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By Michelle Crean  

Christmas carols really do help ramp up the festive vibe and that's exactly what local schools did this week.

Fossa National School pupils pictured enjoying their Carol Singing Session with local musicians Padraig Buckley Maria Falvey teacher Marie McSweeney and Kirill Healy in the Fossa Community Centre on Monday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

Santa was the guest of honour at the Fossa National School Carol Singing Session in Fossa Community Centre on Monday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

Local musicians Padraig Buckley Maria Falvey teacher Marie McSweeney and Kirill Healy at the Fossa National School Carol Singing Session on Monday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

Fossa National School pupils at their Carol Singing Session pictured in Fossa Community Centre on Monday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

Ukraine children pictured taking part in the Fossa National School Carol Singing Session on Monday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

St Brendan's students collecting at the St Brendan's College Carol singing in aid of St Vincent de Paul at The Market Cross on Tuesday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

St Brendan's student Jack Cronin sorting out Santa's outfit at the St Brendan's College Carol singing in aid of St Vincent de Paul at The Market Cross on Tuesday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

St Brendan's students singing at the St Brendan's College Carol singing in aid of St Vincent de Paul at The Market Cross on Tuesday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

St Brendan's students singing at the St Brendan's College Carol singing in aid of St Vincent de Paul at The Market Cross on Tuesday. Photo: Michelle Cooper Galvin

On Monday, Fossa National School pupils brought their voices together for their Christmas carol singing session with local musicians Padraig Buckley, Maria Falvey, teacher Marie McSweeney and Kirill Healy in Fossa Community Centre. And this year they were joined by Ukraine children who learned some tunes and excitedly sang along. 

In town on Tuesday students from St Brendan's College gathered at Market Cross creating a lovely atmosphere for those out Christmas shopping. 

The group raised €2,350 for St Vincent de Paul which was the largest amount since the event was started by Tim Gleeson and Paul Barden 21 years ago.

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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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