KILLARNEY
PARK HOTEL
ACKNOWLEDGES 20 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE
SEVEN members of the team at Killarney Park Hotel and The Ross have been rewarded for 20 years of loyal service.
Familiar faces since the Killarney Park Hotel opened its doors in 1992, James Coffey, Noreen McSweeney, John O’Brien, Jerry Cremin, Dermot Keogh and Beatrice Murphy received awards at the function at the Killarney Park last Friday evening, while Eleanor O’Doherty, who has worked at The Ross for over 27 years, also received special recognition at the event.
The owners of the hotel, Padraig and Janet Treacy, with general manager Niamh O’Shea and Kathryn Cronin, presented the awards as part of the ongoing celebrations to mark the hotel1s 20th year in business.
The five-star Killarney Park Hotel is centrally situated in the heart of Killarney Town. The hotel has 70 bedrooms and a luxury spa. The Killarney Park Hotel is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World and Good Food Ireland.
Telephone the Killarney Park Hotel on 064-6635555 or check out www.killarneyparkhotel.ie
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Presidential salute for Kerry Life Skills
KERRY Life Skills (formerly Kerry Life Education) has been honoured with the Irish Rural Links Award for 2012.
The award was presented to Kerry Life Skills by President Michael D Higgins last Thursday, May 10, at the Irish Rural Links annual conference in Letterfrack, Co Galway.
This coveted award follows a national competition and is given to community groups whom the judges consider to have made a real impact upon the quality of life in the rural communities in which they work.
Kerry Life Skills operates a mobile service that travels to the heart of all communities in Kerry providing social, personal and health information/education support to primary and second level students and their families’ aimed at helping young people to make healthy choices as they grow older.
“Primary school students will be familiar with the ever-popular Harold the Giraffe who is a feature of the service,” said Chris Barrow, project manager, Kerry Life Skills. “Programmes are age-appropriate and interlinked, covering topics such as health, hygiene, diet and nutrition, exercise and lifestyle, self awareness and self-esteem, peer dynamics and bullying and substance and alcohol misuse.”
Kerry Life Skills is a registered charity and depend upon donations and charitable sponsorship for around 43% of their annual running costs.
“We are holding a street collection in Killarney Town on Saturday, May 26. If anyone could spare a couple of hours to help with the collection then we’d be very grateful,” said Chris. Contact Chris on 086-8797718 for further details.
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THANK YOU FROM KENYA
EDUCATION PROJECT
THE organiser of the recent table quiz in aid of the Kenya Education Project, Eddie Sheehy, has thanked all those who supported the event.
Eddie, a teacher and guidance counsellor at St Brigid’s Presentation Secondary School, Killarney, travels to Kenya this summer on his 10th mission of mercy. A table quiz he organised in recent weeks at the Castlerosse Hotel helped raise much-needed funds for the young people who benefit from the project.
“I would like to thank everybody especially all the business people in the town who donated spot prizes for the quiz, which was a huge success with 51 tables,” said Eddie.
Eddie will travel to Kenya on June 24 with his son Eamonn and his daughter Triona and two other local primary schoolteachers, Michael Finnegan from Muckross and Louise Doyle from Whitebridge. |