DELIVERY: Fiona O'Carroll, pictured here delivering to Denis Tagney in March last year, continues to operate her volunteer motorcycle delivery service. Photo: Valerie O'Sullivan

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By Sean Moriarty

She is as familiar a sight on the streets of Killarney as the post men and women doing their daily rounds. For 10 months local motorcycle enthusiast Fiona Carroll has been helping locals who cannot get out and about due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Every week, Fiona from Mill Road, goes shopping for elderly people in the Killarney area and delivers the goods on her Harley Davidson Road King.

Last March she started out by joining Legion GAA Club’s volunteer network (see separate story) despite not being a member of the club.

Since then she has struck up a friendship with several of her ‘customers’ to the point where they now contact her direct and bypass Legion’s network.

Every Tuesday and Thursday she goes shopping for one elderly gentleman whose sight is fading, and an elderly couple who live in a remote area outside town but who have been medically advised to continue cocooning.

“I started out in March when the schools closed first. Since then I have built up a trust with these people,” she told the Killarney Advertiser. “It gives me an anchor and a purpose in my week.”

Fiona is a member of the Volunteer Network. Anyone requiring help can contact the club’s co-ordinator Lara O’Brien on 087 7766551.