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Plans for international karate competition next summer

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INTERNATIONAL: Members of the Kerry Shotokan Karate School attended the World Championships in Poland recently and were so impressed they now want to bring a similar tournament to Killarney.

By Sean Moriarty

Killarney will host an international karate competition next July.

Kerry Shotokan Karate School is organising the tournament in Killarney Sports Complex on the weekend of July 29-30 next year.

It will be the school’s second time hosting an international meeting following on from its Killorglin event in 2011.

However, this time around the school hopes to make it into an annual event.

Officials recently attended the World Championships in Poland.

“The world competition in Poland inspired us to host an international karate event in July next year. We are thinking of doing something similar to what they did in Poland but bigger and with cash prizes to attract delegates and professional athletes from Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world. It is guaranteed that this competition was never done before in Ireland. This in turn should bring significant revenue to the whole Killarney town both locally as well as attract more tourists from abroad,” Charles Neri the Chief Sensei with Kerry Martial Arts School, said.

“We are well capable of running an international event professionally as we did back in 2011. With the help of the national and world bodies that we are affiliated with we are hoping to run this event on a yearly basis, once it gets popular and we are hoping that it will be a national event in the coming years. This will be an amazing opportunity for our young Kerry athletes to participate in international level events instead of travelling abroad.”

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37th annual Autumn Talk Series to return in October

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The annual Killarney National Park Autumn Talk Series will return in October for six weeks.

The series is free, seating is limited, it will also be live streamed via the Killarney National Park Facebook page @killarneynationalpark.

Long time organiser of the Talks Series NPWS Conservation Ranger, Padruig O’Sullivan said: “The speakers and subjects chosen are always engaging. The live streaming has enhanced the experience with audiences joining from all parts of the globe, which is so encouraging. The speakers stem from every walk of life this year and I’ve no doubt will prove very popular”.

For the latest updates keep in touch with the @killarneynationalpark Facebook page or instagram page.
List and dates of Autumn Talks Series 2025
9th October: Julian Friers Artist ‘Wild Ireland’ Past•Present•Future
16th October: Alan McCarthy ‘The Secret Lives of Owls in Ireland
23rd October: James Flynn ‘Killarney Arbutus Furniture History 1825-1953’
30th October: Chris Barron ‘Killarney National Park Education Centre: 40 Years of Conservation’
6th November: John Casey ‘The History of Irish Forests from Tudor to the early 20th Century’
13th November: Éamonn Meskell ‘Killarney National Park Projects and Operational Works update 2025’

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Dunloe Hotel bids fond farewell to retiring Head Chef

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It marks the end of an era for The Dunloe Hotel & Gardens as the team bid a fond farewell to their Executive Head Chef Jupp Osterloh who has recently retired.

Mr Osterloh worked in his role for nearly 31 years.

Colleagues gathered at the Grill Restaurant to celebrate his remarkable career and his culinary legacy.

The hotel thanked him for his “unwavering passion, leadership, and for making The Dunloe Hotel a place of culinary magic.”

The five-star-hotel paid tribute to his legacy which they said “will live on in every corner of the hotel’s kitchens and in the memories of all who had the privilege to work with him.”

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