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Great success for local dancers at British National Championships

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Local dancers have returned from the British National Championships, which were held in Bolton.

Marcus O’ Sullivan Champion Under 9

Caoimhe O’ Halloran Champion Under 15

Réidín Ni Laoithe 3rd place Under 6

Saoirse Griffin Under 12

Isabelle O’ Sullivan 5th place Under 8

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Eight dancers from the Aine Murphy School which is based in Gneeveguilla.
travelled to the event.

The school returned with three Champions, one second place, one third place, one fifth place.

The Champions  included Alexandria Scally who was crowned the British National Champion Under 6. Alexandria is from Killarney

Marcus O’ Sullivan was crowned the British National Champion Under 9.
Marcus was also crowned the Irish National Champion in June and is also the reigning Munster and All-Scotland Champion. Marcus is from Firies

Caoimhe O’Halloran was crowned the British National Champion Under 15.
This is to add to the World Title Caoimhe won at Easter becoming the 1st female Irish dancer to bring a World Title to Kerry. She is also the reigning All-Ireland and Munster Champion. Caoimhe is from Kilcummin.

“To add to these fabulous wins the other dancers to bring silverware back to Kerry were, Brían Hurley who was second in the Under 9 Boys, Réidín Ni Laoithe from Kilbrean, Killarney who was third in the Under 6 competition and Isabelle O’Sullivan from Rathmore was fifth in the Under 8 age group,” Aine explained to the Killarney Advertiser.

“Saoirse Griffin and Katie Heneghan were also medal winners in their respective age groups.”

The dancers will now continue the hard work for the All-Scotland and Great Britain Championships in October and the Munster Championships in November.

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Work begins on covered bus stop on Mission Road

Construction has started on a covered bus stop on Mission Road, following years of campaigning by Cllr Marie Moloney. “After a number of years of my campaigning and a number […]

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Construction has started on a covered bus stop on Mission Road, following years of campaigning by Cllr Marie Moloney.

“After a number of years of my campaigning and a number of my motions, work has finally started on a covered bus stop on Mission Road,” said Moloney.
Planning permission for the project was approved earlier this year and will provide shelter for passengers using the FlightLink Dublin Airport Coach service.
Moloney had raised concerns on several occasions about the lack of shelter, highlighting the discomfort caused by waiting in bad weather.
Killarney Municipal District Council is carrying out the civil works, including building the bus stop base and installing power supply funding from the NTA National Transport.

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Kerry ladies on cusp of another league final

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The Kerry ladies can book their place in the 2025 NFL Division 1 final by beating Meath at home in Austin Stack Park today (Saturday). The game throws in at 2pm.

Mark Bourke’s team are currently second in Division 1, three points (one win) behind leaders Armagh and three ahead of the Royals with two rounds of fixtures remaining.

Victory in Tralee would guarantee their qualification for the league decider, setting up a rematch of the 2024 league final against Armagh. The Orchard County prevailed that day in Croke Park, although the Kingdom were able to exact revenge later in the summer when they won the All-Ireland semi-final tie between the sides before also going on to win the final.

A draw against Meath would also more than likely be enough for Kerry considering their vastly superior points difference (+25 versus +3). Defeat would send it to the final day on March 29 with Kerry at home to Dublin and Meath away to Armagh.

There was good news for Kerry corner back Eilís Lynch this week as the Castleisland Desmonds player was named on the AIB Ladies Gaelic Football Club Championship Team of the Year. Desmonds won last season’s County and Munster Championships.

Meanwhile, Brian Looney and Micheál Burns of Dr Crokes were named on the AIB GAA Club Championship Team of the Year, with Burns also being shortlisted for Club Footballer of the Year alongside Con O’Callaghan (Cuala) and Ruairí Canavan (Errigal Ciaran). O’Callaghan was selected as the winner at a ceremony in Dublin last night.

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