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Barraduff couple give the gift of over 200 blood donations
By Sean Moriarty
A Barraduff couple who will hit a staggering 220 donations between them next week are encouraging people to give the gift of blood.
The Irish Blood Transfusion Service, which visits Killarney three times a year, will be in town again on Monday for the first of its four daily clinics at the Dromhall Hotel, and urgently needs donations from the public.
Husband and wife Noel and Eileen Dennehy started donating blood in 1979. Noel has donated blood 118 times over the last 43 years while Eileen will make her 101st donation this coming Monday. Next week's donations will bring the couple to 220 between them.
Noel started donating blood by accident when on a visit to his sister Nora in Rathmore. At the time the Irish Blood Transfusion Service operated clinics in community halls in villages all over the county but these days concentrates on town centre clinics.
“When I was leaving she asked where was I going now,” he told the Killarney Advertiser.
“When I said I was going to the pub she said why don’t I go to the blood clinic on my way. I walked out the door at that second and I decided to go and give blood.”
Noel, in turn, convinced his wife to donate blood.
“It was the late 1970s, Noel was going and said I should come along too, I try to make them all but that wasn’t always easy with three children,” Eileen said. “They always write to you and tell you what hospital our blood went to so it’s a nice feeling that we know we are helping other people.”
The blood donation clinic will operate for four days at the Dromhall Hotel next week.
On Monday the clinic will be operational from 4.45pm to 8.30pm. It will be open from 2.45pm to 5pm and 6.45pm to 9pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
The clinic will continue between May 3 and 5 when the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will be on site at the Dromhall Hotel between 3.45pm and 7.40pm each day.
Those interested in becoming a donor can register on www.giveblood.ie.
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Status Orange Weather Warning for Kerry
Met Éireann has issued two weather warnings for Kerry on Wednesday, 27 September, A Status Orange warning for heavy and intense rainfall is in place from 9am to 3pm while […]
Met Éireann has issued two weather warnings for Kerry on Wednesday, 27 September,
A Status Orange warning for heavy and intense rainfall is in place from 9am to 3pm while a Status Yellow warning for strong and gusty winds is in place from 7am on Wednesday to 12am on Thursday.
Possible impacts and disruptions include difficult travelling conditions, localised and coastal flooding, power outages, fallen trees and branches and poor visibility.
Kerry County Council is advising members of the public to prepare for severe weather on Wednesday and to ensure that items vulnerable to high winds are stored away. The Council is also advising motorists to travel with extreme caution on Wednesday and to expect surface water and spot flooding on all routes.
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World Rally Champion Phil Mills’ Killarney visit
Former World co-driving champion Phil Mills will be one of the guests of honour at a special Killarney and District Motor Club event next month. The club is celebrating Prodrive’s […]
Former World co-driving champion Phil Mills will be one of the guests of honour at a special Killarney and District Motor Club event next month.
The club is celebrating Prodrive’s association with the Rally of the Lakes on October 14.
The legendary British motorsport preparation firm was responsible for building some of the most iconic associated with the local rally.
The celebration, which will raise funds for the Jack and Jill Foundation, will be hosted by the voice of Irish motorsport Alan ‘Plum’ Tyndall.
Welshman Mills, who won the 2003 World Rally Championship, alongside Petter Solberg has confirmed his attendance at the Killarney Racecourse-based event.
He is just one of many superstars attending the showcase.
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“Accompanying the stars will be a collection of iconic Prodrive machinery, ranging from the BMW E30 M3, all the way through to the Subaru Group A and World Rally Cars the 1990s and early 2000s,” said Killarney and District Motor Club vice chairman and organiser Mike Shea.
“All proceeds of this event will go directly to the Jack & Jill foundation helping provide support and special care to children across the country and is a once in a lifetime event.”
This event is in association with: Lyons of Limerick; C.Wharton Tool Hire Ltd; BG Motors Ltd; Castleisland Tyre Centre; Aherns Motor Group; Reen’s Rathmore Peugeot; KC Print and Moriarty’s Central Car Sales
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