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A brave shave for Fossa woman!
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HEAD SHAVE: Laura Whelton plans to shave off her long hair to raise funds for the Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (KRSAC) next Tuesday.
By Michelle Crean
They say your hair is your crowing glory and that's very much the case for one Fossa woman who plans to take the razor to it next week. 20-year-old Laura Whelton who works in MD O'Sheas is raising funds for the Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (KRSAC). She has chosen to do this as an act of solidarity with all the women who have had so much stripped away from them through abuse or violence.
Next Tuesday (April 6), Laura will bravely let her mom Fiona and brother Dara shave off her long locks live on Instagram.
All funds raised will go directly to the charity - and for every €100 raised the invaluable service will be able to provide three crisis counselling sessions for survivors of sexual violence.
"Women's rights have always interested me," Laura told the Killarney Advertiser.
"After the reports of the Sarah Everard murder came out I wanted to do something. I feel so passionate about it."
When described as brave by going through with such a dramatic change to her looks Laura explained that it's not her but the women who seek support that are the courageous ones.
"They are stripped of everything. I'm hoping that by shaving my head it'll be a physical representation of that. The brave thing isn't me doing it. I think when people use this service they're the brave ones to get help."
Laura has so far raised over €2,000 and is hoping to reach her fundraising target of €3,000. You can support her on iDonate by clicking www.idonate.ie/fundraiserKRSAC.
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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