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St Oliver’s National School wins award for Christmas film

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St Oliver’s 2023 Christmas video called ‘The Old Bike’ has won a National FÍS Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film Making.

Students Dara, Rian, Derek, Ava and Ellie starred in a moving short film about student’s looking after one another.

They travelled to the Helix Theatre in Dublin as nominees and were delighted to receive the award for ‘Best Story’.

The video also featured an original song penned by teacher and director Noel O’ Sullivan, which was performed by teacher Sinéad Flynn and school principal Colm Ó Súilleabháin.

The video was filmed and produced by Oisín O’Connor, while the story was created by Elaine Price, Noel O’Sullivan and Oisín O’Connor.

“It was a great day out for everyone and the students (and adults) felt like movie stars travelling to the Big Smoke for an awards ceremony,” said principal Colm Ó Súilleabháin.

“The award was brought to our attention by our good friend Catherine Mangan who is a Killarney woman and a specialist in Digital Learning.”

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Harps performance at Library

The public is invited to a special evening of festive music as ‘Ceol Cruite Na Nollaig’ (Christmas Music on Harps) takes place at Killarney Library on Thursday, December 4. The […]

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The public is invited to a special evening of festive music as ‘Ceol Cruite Na Nollaig’ (Christmas Music on Harps) takes place at Killarney Library on Thursday, December 4.

The event will run from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm and features performances by six harpers: Margaret Looney, Nina Wagner, Sr Colette, Marina Blyth, Niamh O’Brien, and Reidun Schlesinger.
The concert is being hosted by Leabharlann Chiarraí – Kerry Library.
For further details regarding the performance, attendees are asked to contact the library directly at (064) 6632655 or by email at killarney@kerrylibrary.ie.

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Cahill seeks funding assurance for Innovation Centre

Kerry TD Michael Cahill says he is pushing to ensure the Killarney Innovation Centre secures the funding it needs for its planned expansion. Deputy Cahill raised the issue in a […]

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Kerry TD Michael Cahill says he is pushing to ensure the Killarney Innovation Centre secures the funding it needs for its planned expansion.

Deputy Cahill raised the issue in a recent Parliamentary Question to Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Peter Burke. The centre has applied to the Smart Regions Enterprise Innovation Scheme under Enterprise Ireland to support future projects.
Minister Burke told Deputy Cahill that the centre’s application will receive “appropriate consideration” and confirmed that Enterprise Ireland will assist the organisation in shaping proposals that match the aims of the scheme.
Deputy Cahill said the support would give the Killarney Innovation Centre “a first run to the ball” in identifying suitable projects that can attract national funding. He added that the centre has received strong Government backing for more than 30 years.
The Minister also noted that three other Kerry projects are progressing under the same national scheme, including a €1 million allocation for the AI Navigator Programme at the RDI Hub in Killorglin, which is designed to help small businesses adapt to artificial intelligence.

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