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Kilcummin GAA donates over €7k to cancer charity

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By Michelle Crean

Members of a local GAA club were delighted to hand over a huge donation of over €7,000.

The presentation of €7,236 - funds raised from two fundraisers organised by members of Kilcummin GAA Club in January - was made to Mary Horgan who was representing Comfort for Chemo.

The first event was a 'Pink Night' organised by the Ladies Committee to coincide with Women's Christmas. It was a great success with people coming out in huge numbers to enjoy a fantastic night of music, dancing and lots of prizes in the Klub bar.

Entertainment on the night was provided by Rosie and Derry Healy followed by DJ Declan McCarthy. Following on from this a '31 Card Memorial Tournament' was organised by the family and friends of the late Dermot 'Brady' Moynihan who was a very active member of Kilcummin GAA Club for many years and an avid card player.

The organisers of the events were delighted with the turnout for both occasions and thrilled with the money raised for such a worthy charity.

"We are so grateful to all the people who took part in the events and donated and a huge thank you goes to the wonderful individuals, business owners and companies who donated so generously to our prizes," Carmel O'Riordan, Kilcummin GAA Ladies Committee, said.

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Jessie Buckley to perform live on RTE this Friday 22nd September

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This Culture Night, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh will present an hour-long live music and arts programme from Dún Lúiche in the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht at 7pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.  

Actress and singer Jessie Buckley has been added to the list of stellar musicians who will perform with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra on the night. Jessie will perform a special rendition of a Sinéad O’Connor song in tribute to the late artist. 

Jessie commented: “I am very honoured to return to Culture Night 2023 to remember Sinéad O Connor with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Sinéad was such a huge influence on so many women in Ireland and across the world, her courage, her mind, her politics and her intense beauty and soul. She was a warrior to humanity. I remember hearing her for the first time and feeling her uncompromising need to connect and affect. Recognising what couldn’t be said and speaking it out loud. I am so grateful for all her fire and all her love. It is such a privilege to return to Ireland for RTÉ Culture Night in Donegal to sing a song of gratitude for Sinéad and her family and friends.” 

Other artists performing with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra include The Murder Capital, R&B singer and 2FM Rising star Aby Coulibaly and Irish-based Ukrainian musician Olesya Zdorovetska.  

Friday 22nd September, 7pm on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player 

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N22 Killarney to Faranfore road further delayed

The revealing of the preferred route corridor for the construction of the new Killarney to Farranfore road has been delayed – again. Four potential routes for the N22 Farranfore-Killarney project […]

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The revealing of the preferred route corridor for the construction of the new Killarney to Farranfore road has been delayed – again.

Four potential routes for the N22 Farranfore-Killarney project were identified and were put out to public consultation in May 2021. These have now been whittled down to just one.

It was previously promised that the preferred route would be published late last year.

This dragged on in to the Spring and there is still no sigh of the preferred route being revealed.

A recent Kerry County Council meeting a council official explained that there are further funding requirements to allow the council complete various reports and investigations required before the road can move to its next phase.

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