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Gardai to continue to monitor essential retailers

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By Sean Moriarty

Killarney Gardai will continue to monitor retail premises to ensure they are only open for the sale of essential goods.

In last week’s Killarney Advertiser Cllr Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan raised concerns that some retailers were using loopholes to continue trading. Under current Level 5 restrictions shops that sell essential goods, like food or medicine, can continue to trade, while non-essential retailers most close their doors.

There were concerns that some retailers were exploiting the rules with reports that one toy shop remained open as it was selling toilet roll and a clothes shop continued trading as it was offering facemasks for sale.

Following O’Callaghan’s, and other politicians’ calls, Gardai started a nationwide operation to clampdown on those using the loopholes to continue trading.

Killarney Gardai visited a number of Killarney stores on Sunday and will continue to keep a watchful eye on the retailers between now and December 1 when the current restrictions are due to be relaxed.

“There has been a high-level of compliance in Killarney,” Superintendent Flor Murphy told the Killarney Advertiser. “We will continue to monitor it, what we want is compliance, we don’t want to go down the enforcement and prosecution route.”

According to the Level 5 restrictions, “retailers with mixed retail offering which have discrete spaces for essential and non-essential retail should make arrangements for the separation of relevant areas”.

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Legion GAA Club’s set dancers claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing

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Killarney Legion GAA Club’s set dancers recently claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing at Scór na bPáistí, held in the Tinteán, Ballybunion.
The winning group includes Diarmuid and Hannah O’Regan, Aoibheann and Cliona Hegarty, Sadie and Grace Brosnan, and Mark and Anne Marie O’Sullivan. Also pictured is their dance teacher, Hanna Majella O’Donoghue. The club was also represented at the finals by Abbey O’Leary, who performed in the solo dancing category.

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O’Leary and Lynch among local stars as Kerry win Camogie league final

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The “trilogy” between Kerry and Meath ended in triumph for the Kingdom on Saturday, as the Kerry Intermediate Camogie team secured the Division 2 league title in Banagher.


In a match dominated by a fierce breeze and relentless defending, Kerry edged out their rivals by 1-07 to 0-08. While the scoreboard remained low, the impact of the Killarney-area players was a decisive factor in securing Division 1B status for next season.
Kate Lynch of Glenflesk, a mainstay of the attack this season, started in the forward line and contributed to an offensive effort that gradually wore down the Meath backline. However, it was the second-half introduction of Rathmore dual star Danielle O’Leary that helped shift the momentum.
Entering the game in the 43rd minute, O’Leary sharpened the Kerry attack during the intense midfield battles of the final quarter. Her impact was most evident when she combined with fellow substitute Shannon Collins to set up Patrice Diggin’s only score from play, providing the platform for the game’s decisive moment.
In the 55th minute, Collins fired a low shot into the net to nudge Kerry ahead. Despite a late Meath rally, Patrice Diggin held her nerve to slot over two late dead-ball scores to seal the win.
While Kathryn Ryan, Áine Devlin, and Tiarna Dineen were part of the matchday panel and have played key roles throughout this unbeaten campaign, they were not called upon from the bench on this occasion.
Scorers for Kerry: P Diggin 0-07 (4fs, 2 45s); S Collins 1-00
Kerry: A Fitzgerald, T McCarthy, S Murphy, M Costello, R Quinn, N Leen, E O’Donoghue, P Diggin, C Spillane, A O’Sullivan, J Horgan, K Lynch, R O’Connor, L Collins, E Conway. Subs: D O’Leary for Conway, S Collins for Lynch (43); A Behan for Quinn (43)

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