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St Brigid’s wins top prize as most enterprising school

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The St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary School students who won the award for most enterprising school.
St. Brigid’s Secondary School, Killarney won the most Enterprising School Award for its work in fostering entrepreneurship within the school. PICTURE: DOMNICK WALSH

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IT HAS garnered an enviable reputation for fostering entrepreneurship among its students and during the week St Brigid’s Secondary School in Killarney received a well-deserved award.
The students shone at the final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards last Friday.
The girls and their teachers were among the outstanding performers, with 60 min-businesses being set up at the event, in the Institute of Technology, Tralee, by over 200 second level school students involved in the competition.
St Brigid’s Secondary School, Killarney won the coveted Most Enterprising School Award and was presented with the Cantillon Perpetual Cup. “Well done to all the students involved and their business teachers, Ms Aisling Coffey and Ms Noreen McAuliffe,” said deputy principal
Mairéad Lucey.
 

 
The St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary School students who won the award for most enterprising school.
PICTURE: DOMNICK WALSH

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Farming representatives in Kerry are calling on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a financial incentive for hunters to control the county’s growing deer population.

The request has been supported by Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill.
Deputy Cahill said the number of Red and Sika deer in Kerry has increased sharply in recent years, with animals now appearing in fields, gardens, and on roads across the county. He warned that deer pose a danger to public safety and can carry ticks that spread Lyme disease.
“Everybody is aware that the Red and Sika deer have moved far beyond the confines of Killarney National Park, roaming freely through Kerry, damaging crops and gardens and are a real threat to life and limb on our roads,” he said.
He added that previous efforts to cull herds have been unsuccessful. “Our farming body representatives are among the stakeholders who should be consulted and all possible solutions considered to improve the situation,” Deputy Cahill said.
Similar bounty schemes have been used successfully in the past for foxes and seals. Deputy Cahill confirmed he has submitted a Parliamentary Question to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon to introduce a bounty for deer.
“I believe it is important to incentivise hunters to control deer numbers and assist in preventing accidents and tragedies in County Kerry,” he said.

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Killarney Royal Townhouse has appointed Pat McGrath as its new General Manager.

Originally from the West of Ireland, Pat brings more than a decade of hospitality experience in Killarney, including leadership roles at Lough Rynn Castle, The Landmark Hotel, Killarney Plaza Hotel, The Ross Hotel, and most recently as Head of Hospitality at Killarney Brewing & Distilling Company.
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