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Colourful Coolick National School

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By Grigoriy Geniyevskiy 

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Pupils returning to Coolick National School were greeted with some new bright and vibrant colours as local artist and parent Martin Carey spent all summer working on murals.

The main mural focuses on the native animals of Ireland while other smaller murals around the school include paintings of smaller insects and flowers.

A large mural was painted on what was once a blank dull wall to one of the main entrances of the school and pre-school.

"We had a blank wall and it's the entrance to the school and preschool, so all the kids would pass it every morning. We wanted something bright and colourful," principal Gearoid O'Sullivan told the Killarney Advertiser.

Martin Carey added: "I tried to incorporate all the different elements such as having the native Irish animals on the mural. I do a lot of drawings and paintings but this was the first time I had done a mural.
A lot of time was spent on it during the summer. Hopefully it inspires the kids and have them talking about it and enjoying it."

Mr O'Sullivan added: "It's for the whole school and everyone can benefit from it and we would love to have Martin back for more projects."

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Massive Park Road housing development given green light

A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road. The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near […]

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A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road.

The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near An Post’s sorting office, will include a variety of properties from five-bed houses to single apartments, along with a crèche and over 500 car spaces and over 300 bike spaces.

The development has been welcomed by local councillor Martin Grady.

“Killarney has a massive housing shortage so this is very positive. It will retain young families in the area, stimulating economic growth,” he said. “After 17 years of different planning applications it’s finally coming to fruition.”

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Ballydribeen residents living in fear due to anti-social behaviour

Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate. Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits […]

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Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate.

Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits in the last week.

Local councillor Martin Grady told the Killarney Advertiser that residents are “living in fear” as a result of very serious incidents in the last week alone.

One house in the estate was badly damaged when fire crackers were placed inside a letter box.

Another house had its windows smashed in over the weekend.

“It’s a major problem,” added Grady after meeting residents there earlier this week.

One of the most serious incidents occurred on Tuesday night.

A passing motorists had rocks thrown at his car while driving along the bypass whch is adjacent to the estate.
Taking to social media, local primary-school teacher Pádraig O’Sullivan posted:

“Travelling home tonight, at 11.05pm on the Killarney side of the bypass our car was hit by a rock – not a pebble – from the Ballydribben side , which hit the passenger door.

“It was centimetres away from hitting the window where my father, who is visually impaired, was sitting.

“This could have caused catastrophic permanent injury to him.

“The Killarney Garda were on the scene within three minutes.

“They can’t be patrolling the bypass all night.

“It comes down to parenting. You should know where your children are at this hour and be able to teach them what’s funny and what ruin a person’s life or cause a fatal crash.“

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