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Lough Lein anglers enjoy annual charity day 

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It's always a popular event, and Sunday was no different for the members of the Lough Lein Anglers Association.

Eddie Blanche (left) and Eugene McCarthy pictured taking part in Lough Lein Anglers Association's ‘The Charity’ on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

Pat Cotter (left) and Declan Lynch members of Lough Lein Anglers Association pictured on Sunday at ‘The Charity’ Killarney. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

Padraic Coughlan (left) and Pat Curran members of The Lough Lein Anglers Association and organisers of 'The Charity' event on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

Members of Lough Lein Anglers Association pictured taking part in ‘The Charity’ on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

Ann Williams (left) and Denis Cronin members of Lough Lein Anglers Association taking part in ‘The Charity' held on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

Antoni Buczek preparing his line at the Lough Lein Anglers Association's ‘The Charity’ event on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

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Billy O'Dea and Pat Enright members of Lough Lein Anglers Association Killarney taking part in ‘The Charity’ on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

Eddie Blanche (left) and Eugene McCarthy members of the Lough Lein Anglers Association event ‘The Charity' held on Sunday. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

The Killarney club, one of the longest established fishing clubs in Ireland, held their 34th annual charity open fly fishing competition known simply as ‘The Charity'.

It's part of the angling tradition in the club and is always the most popular event on the fly fishing calendar in Ireland.

Spearheaded by Timo O’Sullivan, to date the anglers have raised in excess of €229,000 for deserving charities in Kerry and Cork. The main sponsor of the event is Lee Strand Co-op, Tralee.

This year's deserving beneficiaries are the Kerry Hospice Foundation and The Saoirse Foundation - BUMBLEance.

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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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