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Sewage pumped into lakes during heavy rains

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By Sean Moriarty

Sewage from the Killarney Urban District gets pumped into the lakes during heavy rains, a Kerry County Council official has confirmed.

The official was responding to a motion raised by Cllr Donal Grady at Wednesday’s Killarney Municipal District meeting.

Cllr Grady asked: “How much raw sewerage is going into our rivers and lakes and how much is being by-passed at our Waste Water Treatment Plant in heavy rain?”

A council engineer stated that the practice of releasing sewage into a water network during heavy rain is a common engineering practice all over the world.

“The sewer pipe network in Killarney is a combined system wherein the foul and storm water drainage is all collected in a common pipe,” he said.

“Occasionally, where there is heavy, sustained rainfall, the excess flow of waste water is designed to be released through outlets referred to as Storm Water Overflows. Storm Water Overflows act as emergency safety valves and release the excess flow from the sewer directly into local waters, such as rivers. These Storm Water Overflows are common practice and without these releases there could be a greater risk to the environment and people’s health because the sewer and treatment plant could become inundated, resulted in flooding in urban areas. These discharges from Storm Water Overflows are diluted by the coinciding rainwater.”

He added that the level of dilution is so great during heavy rain that it does not pose any sort of health risk and that the water quality in Lough Leane in Killarney is extensively and comprehensively monitored on an ongoing basis.

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Legion GAA Club’s set dancers claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing

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Killarney Legion GAA Club’s set dancers recently claimed the County Final title in Set Dancing at Scór na bPáistí, held in the Tinteán, Ballybunion.
The winning group includes Diarmuid and Hannah O’Regan, Aoibheann and Cliona Hegarty, Sadie and Grace Brosnan, and Mark and Anne Marie O’Sullivan. Also pictured is their dance teacher, Hanna Majella O’Donoghue. The club was also represented at the finals by Abbey O’Leary, who performed in the solo dancing category.

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O’Leary and Lynch among local stars as Kerry win Camogie league final

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The “trilogy” between Kerry and Meath ended in triumph for the Kingdom on Saturday, as the Kerry Intermediate Camogie team secured the Division 2 league title in Banagher.


In a match dominated by a fierce breeze and relentless defending, Kerry edged out their rivals by 1-07 to 0-08. While the scoreboard remained low, the impact of the Killarney-area players was a decisive factor in securing Division 1B status for next season.
Kate Lynch of Glenflesk, a mainstay of the attack this season, started in the forward line and contributed to an offensive effort that gradually wore down the Meath backline. However, it was the second-half introduction of Rathmore dual star Danielle O’Leary that helped shift the momentum.
Entering the game in the 43rd minute, O’Leary sharpened the Kerry attack during the intense midfield battles of the final quarter. Her impact was most evident when she combined with fellow substitute Shannon Collins to set up Patrice Diggin’s only score from play, providing the platform for the game’s decisive moment.
In the 55th minute, Collins fired a low shot into the net to nudge Kerry ahead. Despite a late Meath rally, Patrice Diggin held her nerve to slot over two late dead-ball scores to seal the win.
While Kathryn Ryan, Áine Devlin, and Tiarna Dineen were part of the matchday panel and have played key roles throughout this unbeaten campaign, they were not called upon from the bench on this occasion.
Scorers for Kerry: P Diggin 0-07 (4fs, 2 45s); S Collins 1-00
Kerry: A Fitzgerald, T McCarthy, S Murphy, M Costello, R Quinn, N Leen, E O’Donoghue, P Diggin, C Spillane, A O’Sullivan, J Horgan, K Lynch, R O’Connor, L Collins, E Conway. Subs: D O’Leary for Conway, S Collins for Lynch (43); A Behan for Quinn (43)

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