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Customers dine in the dark

By Michelle Crean
Taste, textures and flavours were enhanced during a unique dining experience on Saturday night in the Brehon.

WALK THIS WAY: Pictured at the Dine In The Dark gourmet experience where diners were blindfolded during the meal in Danú Restaurant at The Brehon Hotel in aid of the National Council for the Blind were Sinead Desmond and Den Joe Brosnan from Mastergeeha Killarney being led by Brehon staff member Krtstine Zeiza. Photo: Don MacMonagle

WALK THIS WAY: Pictured at the Dine In The Dark gourmet experience where diners were blindfolded during the meal in Danú Restaurant at The Brehon Hotel in aid of the National Council for the Blind were Sinead Desmond and Den Joe Brosnan from Mastergeeha Killarney being led by Brehon staff member Krtstine Zeiza. Photo: Don MacMonagle
The team at Danú Restaurant at The Brehon hosted the Dine in the Dark event which meant customers are blindfolded.
It was part of a national campaign for the National Council for the Blind Ireland (NCBI) who provide a range of supports for clients. €10 from every meal will be donated to the sight loss charity.
“We challenged our customers to dine in the dark to raise vital awareness for the NCBI who support those who are affected by sight loss and their families," Sinead McCarthy, General Manager at The Brehon, said.
"Our amazing guests on the night were treated to a wonderful dining experience when the taste, textures and flavours of our food tantalised their tastebuds.”
The NCBI is a charity particularly close to Sinead’s heart, as they supported her brother, Donnacha, and family when he lost his sight at 10 years of age.
"Without sight to guide our guests, they can experience complex tastes, flavours and textures in a completely new and innovative way. Senses are heightened, altering taste, touch, smell and communication during the meal. Sight loss affects one in six people in Ireland, this event brings people together to raise awareness, vital funds and of course to have fun."
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Actress and singer Jessie Buckley has been added to the list of stellar musicians who will perform with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on the night. Jessie will perform a special rendition of a Sinéad O’Connor song in tribute to the late artist.
Jessie commented: “I am very honoured to return to Culture Night 2023 to remember Sinéad O Connor with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Sinéad was such a huge influence on so many women in Ireland and across the world, her courage, her mind, her politics and her intense beauty and soul. She was a warrior to humanity. I remember hearing her for the first time and feeling her uncompromising need to connect and affect. Recognising what couldn’t be said and speaking it out loud. I am so grateful for all her fire and all her love. It is such a privilege to return to Ireland for RTÉ Culture Night in Donegal to sing a song of gratitude for Sinéad and her family and friends.”
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The revealing of the preferred route corridor for the construction of the new Killarney to Farranfore road has been delayed – again. Four potential routes for the N22 Farranfore-Killarney project […]

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Four potential routes for the N22 Farranfore-Killarney project were identified and were put out to public consultation in May 2021. These have now been whittled down to just one.
It was previously promised that the preferred route would be published late last year.
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A recent Kerry County Council meeting a council official explained that there are further funding requirements to allow the council complete various reports and investigations required before the road can move to its next phase.
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