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Philip is running over 100kms for Cancer charity

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Local runner and charity fundraiser Philip Kissane is set for the biggest challenge of his career as he lines up for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday.

Phillip has already completed four half marathons at various locations around Killarney – all in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group – or the Cancer Bus as it popularly called.

This is the second time that Phillip has run four half marathon and an official race for the charity.

Back in 2021 he finished with 5km Run Killarney event but his finishing race this time around is over eight times the distance at 42kms.

“We are delighted with Philip’s continued fundraising support but also with his awareness raising for the charity,” Breda Dyland, Service Manager Kerry Cancer Support Trust.

“We are getting busier all the time and still get no statutory funding so are dependent on fundraisers like Philip’s to keep us on the road. We have just put our new wheelchair accessible bus on the Cork route so Philip’s funding will be going towards the operation of this vehicle.”

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KIFF Film Club to screen Gerry Adams documentary

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KIFF Film Club to screen Gerry Adams documentary

KIFF Film Club to screen Gerry Adams documentary


The Kerry International Film Festival (KIFF) Film Club continues its monthly series next week with a screening of the award-winning documentary, Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man.


The screening will take place on Wednesday, April 22, at 8:00pm at Cinema Killarney. Supported by Screen Ireland, the film club aims to bring modern Irish cinema to local audiences in a relaxed and social environment.
Directed by Trisha Ziff and winner of the Best International Documentary award at the 2025 Galway Film Fleadh, the film offers an intimate and uncensored portrait of the former Sinn Féin leader. Filmed over five years, it traces his journey from a teenage activist in Belfast to a key architect of the Good Friday Agreement, featuring previously unseen archival footage and personal reflections.

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Members of the Killarney Racegoers Club pictured at Linehan’s Bar for the presentation of a €2,000 cheque to the Kerry Hospice Foundation

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GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION: Members of the Killarney Racegoers Club pictured at Linehan’s Bar for the presentation of a €2,000 cheque to the Kerry Hospice Foundation, following their successful Cheltenham preview night. Front from left: Jimmy Coppinger, Pat Doolan (Chairman, Killarney Hospice) and Joan O’Leary. Back from left: Cathal Walshe, Ita Looney, Tom Tobin, Maura O’Riordan and Dermot O’Reilly. Photo: Eamonn Keogh

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