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Legion Ladies the only Kerry club selected for mental health programme

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MENTAL HEALTH: Legion GAA Club is the only Kerry Gaelic football team selected to take part in a national mental health programme. Pictured are: Celina Looney and Máiréad O'Donoghue. Photo: Michelle Crean

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By Sean Moriarty

The women’s branch of the Legion GAA Club is the only Kerry Gaelic football team selected to take part in a national mental health programme. The Lidl ‘One Good Club’ initiative will raise funds and awareness for Jigsaw, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, and it is run by the Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA).

The ‘One Good Club’ programme aims to increase awareness and knowledge of mental health across the LGFA community.

The initiative offers clubs the opportunity to support all members and engage in activities that can promote their health and well-being.

Clubs will participate in a dedicated 10 week programme from March 1 with each two week window following a specific theme to cover five different areas of mental health.

“We hope to transform the club into a hub for positive youth mental health in the community," Legion’s chairperson Celina Looney told the Killarney Advertiser.

"As everyone will be aware many of our members are having to deal with added stress and pressure during these current times. Sport plays a crucial outlet for young people’s positive mental health and adds to the ‘Be Active’ message utilised by Jigsaw as part of their five-a-day for positive mental health. We ask all our members, players, coaches, parents, friends and the wider Killarney community to get involved and support our ‘One Good Club’ initiatives.”

While the project is organised locally by the Legion Ladies team it is open to everyone, male and female and to club and non-club members.

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BREAKING: Kerry ETB Awarded €2.3m to purchase Pretty Polly Site

The Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been awarded €2.3 million in funding to purchase the former Pretty Polly site on Upper Park Road, Killarney. The funding, announced […]

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The Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been awarded €2.3 million in funding to purchase the former Pretty Polly site on Upper Park Road, Killarney.

The funding, announced this morning by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, will allow Kerry ETB to develop the site as a new Tourism Sector Training College. The proposed facility will focus on training for the hospitality and tourism industries.
Kerry TD Michael Cahill described the announcement as “a major vote of confidence in Killarney and the wider Kerry tourism industry.”
“This is immense news for the town,” said Deputy Cahill. “It will mark Killarney out officially as the tourism capital of Ireland by providing a Hospitality Sector Training College right in the heart of the county.”
Deputy Cahill said he had been advocating for such a development since entering the Dáil, adding that the investment “will be a gamechanger for the hospitality sector in Killarney and Kerry.”
He also recalled the former CERT training centre that operated at the Torc Great Southern Hotel in the 1970s, noting that this new project would revive that legacy for a new generation of tourism professionals.
The Pretty Polly site, vacant for many years, will now be transformed into a key educational and economic hub for the region once the project proceeds.

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Coffee morning being held in memory of late Kevin O’Shea

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A coffee morning will take place in the Aghadoe Heights Hotel next week in memory of the late Kevin O’Shea.


It will take place on October 18 from 11am to 1pm.


All proceeds will go to Kerry Hospice Foundation, Kerry Cancer Support Group and Recovery Haven.


For those who are unable to make it on the day, you can make a donation online by scanning the QR code on the picture.


Kevin’s family extended their heartfelt thanks to local businesses and hotels that have generously sponsored spot prizes, all to be won on the day.


They also said that any donation, big or small, is appreciated and all support is most welcome.

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