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Have your cake and eat it as new Christmas kits launched
By Michelle Crean
The arduous chore of Christmas cake making has been made a whole lot simpler thanks to one local socially conscious business who launched their new idea this week.
Staff at the Going Green Cafe and Refill Store on Beech Road will from today (Friday) sell their brand new Christmas Cake Kits for €30 with money received going to support the work they do.
Each ingredient has been carefully measured in recycled glasswear, the eggs are fresh from KASI’s gardens in Ballycasheen, and not only that, but the kit comes complete with a recipe, all you have to do is bind it with love.
In aiming to generate ongoing income streams to fund their work in the community, KASI, the Killarney Immigrant Support Centre, have established a number of social enterprises including Going Green.
The team are helping to promote integration of migrants into Irish society through training, employment and visibility, with a cafe as well as a zero-waste refill store upstairs.
The refill store is also proving to have a benefit on society and the environment by helping the people of Killarney cut down on packaging and plastic waste, increase the re-use of glass and plastic containers and introducing more eco-conscious habits into their daily lives.
The unique atmosphere at Going Green is quickly garnering a loyal customer base of socially conscious communities supporting this innovative social enterprise business model.
“We are conscious of the need for our collective response to the climate and ecological crisis worldwide, and our social enterprise Going Green is giving the people of Killarney an opportunity to think global but act local in supporting the Christmas Cake Kit," Marilyn Catapat-Counihan, KASI coordinator, said.
"We are so excited to welcome the local community on this journey towards going green and supporting the migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in our locality."
And she added that they have taken the hard work, packaging waste and excess cost out of shopping for our customers and supporters.
"We have sourced the majority of the ingredients for the kit from our refill store, upstairs at Going Green. Why not drop by for a coffee while you pick up your Christmas Cake Kit!"
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Massive Park Road housing development given green light
A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road. The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near […]
A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road.
The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near An Post’s sorting office, will include a variety of properties from five-bed houses to single apartments, along with a crèche and over 500 car spaces and over 300 bike spaces.
The development has been welcomed by local councillor Martin Grady.
“Killarney has a massive housing shortage so this is very positive. It will retain young families in the area, stimulating economic growth,” he said. “After 17 years of different planning applications it’s finally coming to fruition.”
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Ballydribeen residents living in fear due to anti-social behaviour
Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate. Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits […]
Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate.
Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits in the last week.
Local councillor Martin Grady told the Killarney Advertiser that residents are “living in fear” as a result of very serious incidents in the last week alone.
One house in the estate was badly damaged when fire crackers were placed inside a letter box.
Another house had its windows smashed in over the weekend.
“It’s a major problem,” added Grady after meeting residents there earlier this week.
One of the most serious incidents occurred on Tuesday night.
A passing motorists had rocks thrown at his car while driving along the bypass whch is adjacent to the estate.
Taking to social media, local primary-school teacher Pádraig O’Sullivan posted:
“Travelling home tonight, at 11.05pm on the Killarney side of the bypass our car was hit by a rock – not a pebble – from the Ballydribben side , which hit the passenger door.
“It was centimetres away from hitting the window where my father, who is visually impaired, was sitting.
“This could have caused catastrophic permanent injury to him.
“The Killarney Garda were on the scene within three minutes.
“They can’t be patrolling the bypass all night.
“It comes down to parenting. You should know where your children are at this hour and be able to teach them what’s funny and what ruin a person’s life or cause a fatal crash.“
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