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Oscar nomination for Michael Fassbender

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THE lead-up to this year’s Oscars will be more exciting than usual in Kerry as Killarney’s Michael Fassbender has been nominated in the Academy Awards’ coveted Best Actor category.
Michael was previously Oscar nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2014 for Twelve Years a Slave.
Meanwhile, fellow Irish thespian Saoirse Ronan has received an Oscar nod for Best Actress for her performance in Brooklyn. The Carlow native was previously nominated for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for her role in Atonement.
An unprecedented two Irish films have been shortlisted for Best Film at the year's Oscars. Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson, and Brooklyn, directed by John Crowley, are among on the 10-strong Best Picture shortlist. Abrahamson is also shortlisted for Best Director.
Recent Golden Globe winner Brie Larson was also nominated for her performance in the Irish co-production Room.
Room author Emma Donoghue is among the Best Adapted Screenplay nominees for her script of her own bestselling novel, and is joined in that category by English writer Nick Hornby, who adapted Colm Tóibín's Brooklyn for the big screen.
The Oscars, hosted by Chris Rock, take place on Sunday February 28.

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Young entrepreneurs spot match-day business opportunity

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Two young local girls showed great business initiative on Saturday ahead of the Kerry v Donegal match at Fitzgerald Stadium.

Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin set up a sweet stall outside a house on Lewis Road, catching the thousands of football fans walking towards the grounds.

The enterprising pair did a busy trade selling soft drinks, sweets, and chocolates to the passing crowds before throw-in.

Their match-day venture also caught the attention of the national sports media, with a photograph of the girls at their stall captured by Sportsfile photographer Stephen McCarthy ahead of the game.

23 May 2026; Local vendors Erin McSweeney and Jessie Doolin, right, before the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Kerry and Donegal at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney, Kerry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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Conor Pass photo captures top spot in Camera Club competition

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Noel O’Neill has claimed first place in the Unrestricted category of the latest Killarney Camera Club competition, which focused on the theme of the ‘Kerry Landscape’.

His winning photograph, titled ‘Conor Pass Lake and the Three Sisters’, features a detailed study of Mullaghveal located beneath the Conor Pass.

The image captures the wide sweep of the valley, utilizing an elevated viewpoint that allows the glacial landscape to unfold toward the Atlantic horizon. The composition highlights the quiet lakes in the foreground against the dark, rocky slopes of the valley, with the distant outline of the Three Sisters adding further depth and scale to the scene.

The judges praised the photograph as an outstanding example of landscape work, noting its effective balance of composition, light, and perspective to capture the vastness of the West Kerry terrain.

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