Killarney News

CHRISTMAS DAY DIP: Niki McCarthy is organising the 11th Christmas Day Dip at Dundag for charity Aware. Photo: Michelle Crean   By Michelle Crean   One way to wake yourself from that sleepy slumber this Christmas Day is with a nice dip in Dundag while helping a...

A KIND GESTURE: The team of volunteers behind the Killarney and South Kerry Team Hope Shoebox Appeal which this year received approximately 4,000 boxes thanks to the kindness of the public. Photo: Michelle Crean   By Francis Foley The Team Hope charity has outdone...

NEW DISTILLERY: Maurice O’Connell, of Lakeview House on the shores of Lough Lein, the site of a new distillery. Photo by Valerie O’Sullivan   A new whiskey distillery – with a direct connection to Daniel O’Connell The Liberator – will open for production in Killarney...

HELPING HAND: Transition Year students from St Brendan’s College, Callaum O’Grady, Colm O’Callaghan, Jack O’Sullivan and Aaron O’Sullivan with Tree Surgeon, Billy Tangney from Killarney, who assisted with assembling the 3000 individual energy efficent bulbs for the...

DYNAMIC DUO: Musicians Brian Kennedy and Liam O’Connor will play the Friary Church on December 15. By Sean Moriarty   Well-known local musician Liam O’Connor will join forces with Eurovision hero Brian Kennedy for a special Christmas performance that will take place...

  Exclusive If local Hollywood legend Michael Fassbender is home for the Christmas holidays - you may not recognise him – as he has completely changed his look for a new movie role. His usual ginger hair has been dyed a platinum ashy blonde for his latest movie ‘Next...

REFRESHING: Mayor of Killarney, Cllr Michael Gleeson, demonstrating the new water station installed outside Killarney Courthouse.   By Michelle Crean A brand new water fountain – the first by Kerry County Council – has been installed outside Killarney Courthouse – as...

  By Michelle Crean   There was great sadness in the town over the weekend with the news of the death of centenarian John Coffey. John, from Lewis Road, passed away peacefully on Friday last in the Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee, after a short illness. Funeral Mass took...

SURPRISE: Book reviewer and musician Rian Gleeson was shocked that staff on The Late Late Toy Show arranged for him to meet musician Sharon Shannon. Picture Andres Poveda   By Michelle Crean   Over 1.35 million viewers stayed up late and tuned into the most watched...

  By Anne Lucey   Veterinary tests have identified “copper deficiency” in Killarney National Park as the probable cause of a recent distressing condition among the region’s unique Red deer.   The Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht say tests of a small...

    By Sean Moriarty   Teachers and students have this week been praised for remaining calm after getting caught up close to last Friday’s London terror attack on London Bridge.   The Leaving Cert class from St Brigid’s Secondary School were on their annual...