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SPIRITS were high across Killarney and Kerry as public venues, communities and arts spaces offered up a great selection of free events late into the night.

Killarney Cultural Centre and Killarney House hosted music, as well as youth choral, song, dance and theatre events, while a full house enjoyed Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny in concert at Muckross Traditional Farms. The visual arts featured also at a showcase of selected Kerry artists at Government Buildings on New Road, Killarney; this exhibition runs until October 17. Meanwhile in Fossa Community Centre song, dance and céilí entertained well into the evening, while

Killarney native Gemma Sugrue hosted a choral event with young singers at Killarney House & Gardens. Culture Night Kerry was funded by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Creative Ireland programme in partnership with Kerry County Council.
 


 
Above: Kerry Film Festival presented the first Irish short film to be nominated for an Academy Award ‘Return to Glennascaul’ at Cinema Killarney. Maeve McGrath, Kerry Film Festival, with Frances Neeson, left and Breda Lyne, Killarney.

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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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