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Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase opens in Killarney tonight (Friday)

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ARTY: Cathaoirleach Niall Kelleher will open the Visual Artists' Showcase in Killarney this evening (Friday). Pictured l-r were: Norman McCloskey, Des Fitzgerald, Cllr Niall Kelleher (Cathaoirleach), Nicole Tilley, James Hayes, Lisa Fingleton and Caroline Lynch (Arts Office, KCC). Photo: Michael G Kenny

 

The fifth annual Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase opens at 6pm tonight (Friday) at Government Buildings, New Road, Killarney. A key date in the arts calendar in the county, the selected artists are all from or based in Kerry and are building careers for themselves as artists working in Ireland today.

Cathaoirleach Niall Kelleher will open the exhibition and it will run from 9am – 5pm until October 31.

“It’s a wonderful platform for our artists and the standard this year is again very high,” Kate Kennelly, County Arts Officer, said.

“Kerry County Council is delighted to be able to directly support the showcase. Audiences will see some of the best who are creating art in the county today. It’s a wonderful introduction for all ages to art and a great evening out as it is Culture Night in Kerry the same day that we open the show.”

 

There have been seven artists selected for the Showcase this year. Des Fitzgerald is a sculptor and photographer whose work covers a variety of issues such as communication, loss and friendship. Kaye Maahs works in oils and is a painter whose work is rooted in the personal and the local. James Hayes specialises in oil painting and illustration and his draws on personal connections between the individual and the wider world. Julie Lovett’s influences derive from her rural upbringing, experiences and sense of place. Lisa Fingleton is an artist whose work is rooted in the autobiographical and deals with socio political and environmental concerns. Using paper, Nicole Tilley’s work highlights overlooked historical domestic narratives and mental health experiences. Norman McCloskey’s work is shaped by the landscape of the Beara Peninsula, which he has explored with his camera for 29 years.

 

 

 

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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 […]

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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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