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Help Kerry Hospice raise vital funding this June

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By Michelle Crean

Kerry Hospice Foundation volunteers will be selling sunflower merchandise around the county next month to raise vital funds for the hospice and home care services.

This year's Hospice Sunflower Day will take place on June 10 and 11 and organisers are delighted to be back following a forced break due to the pandemic.

"Our last Sunflower Day on the streets was in 2019 and we are so excited this year that we can go back to normality and meet the wonderful people of Kerry who have supported the services over the last 30 years," Andrea O'Donoghue PRO with the Kerry Hospice Foundation told the Killarney Advertiser.

Hospice Sunflower Days are celebrating 32 years and it's one of Ireland's biggest charity fundraisers.

"Kerry Hospice needs to raise €600,000 a year to support the Specialist Palliative Care Services and the Home Care Services and in the near future fund two nurse prescribers which will benefit the whole county. We also have a Swift Donate Page and the link is www.idonate.ie/swift/Kerry SFD," she added.

"Kerry Hospice Foundation would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody for their support over the last number of years and especially over the last two years when COVID restrictions did not allow street collections. A big thank you also to David Moran of the Kerry team who officially launched our Sunflower Day for us."

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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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