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Mobile library is back on the road

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By Sean Moriarty

After a two-year hiatus as a result of the pandemic, Kerry County Council’s mobile library will return to the roads of Killarney.

The literary service will be made available to people living just outside the Killarney Library catchment area.

It will visit Kilcummin on Monday mornings from 11.15am to 12.10pm, followed by Deerpark from 1.25pm to 1.55pm and Woodlawn on Monday afternoons from 2.30pm to 4.30pm.

A second mobile unit on the same day will visit Farranfore from 10.30am to 11.30am, Knockanes from 12.05pm to 12.55pm, Glenflesk 1.20pm to 1.50pm and Barraduff from 2.50pm to 3.30pm.

On Thursdays it will stop off at three different locations in Rathmore Post Office from 12.30pm to 1pm, Rathmore East from 2pm to 2.50pm and Rathmore Social Centre from 2.55pm to 3.25pm. Earlier on a Thursday the mobile library will visit Gneeveguilla from 11.10am to 12pm.

The second unit will also stop at Firies on Thursdays from 9.45am to 10.10am, Nano Nagle Community Milltown between 10.45am and 11.15am, Listry Community Centre from 12.30pm to 1.15pm, Fossa Church from 2.20pm to 2.45pm and Beaufort from 3pm to 3.30pm.

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Status Orange Weather Warning for Kerry

Met Éireann has issued two weather warnings for Kerry on Wednesday, 27 September, A Status Orange warning for heavy and intense rainfall is in place from 9am to 3pm while […]

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Met Éireann has issued two weather warnings for Kerry on Wednesday, 27 September,

A Status Orange warning for heavy and intense rainfall is in place from 9am to 3pm while a Status Yellow warning for strong and gusty winds is in place from 7am on Wednesday to 12am on Thursday.

Possible impacts and disruptions include difficult travelling conditions, localised and coastal flooding, power outages, fallen trees and branches and poor visibility.

Kerry County Council is advising members of the public to prepare for severe weather on Wednesday and to ensure that items vulnerable to high winds are stored away. The Council is also advising motorists to travel with extreme caution on Wednesday and to expect surface water and spot flooding on all routes.

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World Rally Champion Phil Mills’ Killarney visit

Former World co-driving champion Phil Mills will be one of the guests of honour at a special Killarney and District Motor Club event next month. The club is celebrating Prodrive’s […]

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Former World co-driving champion Phil Mills will be one of the guests of honour at a special Killarney and District Motor Club event next month.

The club is celebrating Prodrive’s association with the Rally of the Lakes on October 14.

The legendary British motorsport preparation firm was responsible for building some of the most iconic associated with the local rally.

The celebration, which will raise funds for the Jack and Jill Foundation, will be hosted by the voice of Irish motorsport Alan ‘Plum’ Tyndall.

Welshman Mills, who won the 2003 World Rally Championship, alongside Petter Solberg has confirmed his attendance at the Killarney Racecourse-based event.

He is just one of many superstars attending the showcase.
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“Accompanying the stars will be a collection of iconic Prodrive machinery, ranging from the BMW E30 M3, all the way through to the Subaru Group A and World Rally Cars the 1990s and early 2000s,” said Killarney and District Motor Club vice chairman and organiser Mike Shea.

“All proceeds of this event will go directly to the Jack & Jill foundation helping provide support and special care to children across the country and is a once in a lifetime event.”

This event is in association with: Lyons of Limerick; C.Wharton Tool Hire Ltd; BG Motors Ltd; Castleisland Tyre Centre; Aherns Motor Group; Reen’s Rathmore Peugeot; KC Print and Moriarty’s Central Car Sales

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