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Mountains inspire us all in different ways – and you won’t find a better showcase of the wide and varied diversity of mountain culture than the inaugural 2018 Killarney Mountain Festival.

This exciting spectacle and celebration of everything mountain and adventure-related will take place on the weekend of the 9th, 10th and 11th of March 2018. The festival aims to be the biggest and best social event for outdoor enthusiasts in Ireland this year. The festival programme was launched on January 31 in Café du Parc.

Killarney Mountain Festival will inspire visitors and will feature a multitude of exciting activities, including adventure movies and documentaries, workshops, demonstrations, exhibitions, film and photography competitions, family-fun activities, cultural interest, sample and featured hikes, scrambles and climbs, musical entertainment, and well-known international guest speakers.

Speaking about the inaugural festival, Piaras Kelly, well-known local mountaineer and festival committee member, said: “We envisage a great buzz over the festival weekend with many hundreds of keen outdoor enthusiasts visiting and being inspired by the unsurpassable natural beauty of Killarney and all that is has to offer as Ireland’s adventure capital. There will be an exciting and hugely varied programme of activities to inspire and invigorate visitors and the beating heart of festival will be at Basecamp, which will be located in the town centre across from Killarney National Park.”

The film screenings will showcase short and feature films along with award-winning, exceptional adventure documentaries. The exciting and inspirational guest speaker line-up features a host of the world’s most accomplished and renowned adventurers. The line-up includes mountaineer and writer Stephen Venables, author and climber Dermot Somers, Andy Cave, a well-known writer and mountaineer and Kerry adventurer Mike O’Shea.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to attend talks by renowned mountain commentator Cameron McNeish, Killarney-based musician and historian Thomas O’Sullivan, and Jasper Winn, writer, photographer, broadcaster and public speaker.

For more information, visit killarneymountainfestival.com.

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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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