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St Oliver’s is a hub of Irish activity

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St Oliver’s National School is embracing our native language, participating in a number of events to mark ‘Seachtain na Gaeilge’.

From Irish performances and interviews to Irish Spelling Bees and Irish poetry writing, the school is a hub of Irish activity!

Recently, Kerry Comhaltas ran a ‘Cum Dán’ competition. Children from Third to Sixth Class all over Kerry were invited to write an Irish poem based on the theme of ‘Saoirse’ meaning freedom.

St Oliver’s pupils embraced this challenge, coming up with some wonderful poems through the medium of Irish. Three of the pupils were awarded prizes at the Munster Technological University (MTU) on Sunday last.

Rian Gleeson and Daniel Quinlan from Ms O’Donoghue’s class won second place and a Teastais Fiúntais (merit award) respectively in the Third/Fourth Class category and Jagoda Szwedo from Ms Brosnan’s Sixth Class also won a Teastais Fiúntais (merit award) in the Fifth/Sixth Class categories.

To further mark Seactain na Gaeilge, co-ordinated by Mr Gleeson, pupils from St Oliver’s will participate at 12 o’clock Mass in the Cathedral on St Patrick’s Day.

"The children will lead us in prayer through Irish and members of the Glenflesk Comhaltas branch will provide Irish music," St Oliver's teacher and Chairperson of Glenflesk CCE, Micheál Gleeson, told the Killarney Advertiser.

"It will be an uplifting Mass to celebrate our patron saint. We would love to see as many children and families as possible. 'Is fearr Gaeilge briste, ná Béarla cliste'!"

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Massive Park Road housing development given green light

A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road. The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near […]

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A private developer has been given planning permission to build 249 new residential units at Upper Park Road.

The development, which will be built on a recently cleared site near An Post’s sorting office, will include a variety of properties from five-bed houses to single apartments, along with a crèche and over 500 car spaces and over 300 bike spaces.

The development has been welcomed by local councillor Martin Grady.

“Killarney has a massive housing shortage so this is very positive. It will retain young families in the area, stimulating economic growth,” he said. “After 17 years of different planning applications it’s finally coming to fruition.”

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Ballydribeen residents living in fear due to anti-social behaviour

Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate. Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits […]

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Residents in the Ballydribeen are living in fear as a result of increased anti-social behaviour in the estate.

Several serious incidents in the estate have resulted in several Garda visits in the last week.

Local councillor Martin Grady told the Killarney Advertiser that residents are “living in fear” as a result of very serious incidents in the last week alone.

One house in the estate was badly damaged when fire crackers were placed inside a letter box.

Another house had its windows smashed in over the weekend.

“It’s a major problem,” added Grady after meeting residents there earlier this week.

One of the most serious incidents occurred on Tuesday night.

A passing motorists had rocks thrown at his car while driving along the bypass whch is adjacent to the estate.
Taking to social media, local primary-school teacher Pádraig O’Sullivan posted:

“Travelling home tonight, at 11.05pm on the Killarney side of the bypass our car was hit by a rock – not a pebble – from the Ballydribben side , which hit the passenger door.

“It was centimetres away from hitting the window where my father, who is visually impaired, was sitting.

“This could have caused catastrophic permanent injury to him.

“The Killarney Garda were on the scene within three minutes.

“They can’t be patrolling the bypass all night.

“It comes down to parenting. You should know where your children are at this hour and be able to teach them what’s funny and what ruin a person’s life or cause a fatal crash.“

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