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  • November 2018

  • Irish Rescue Services Honoured

    19 November, 2018

    At a packed Award Ceremony in Killarney House last evening, members of Kerry Mountain Rescue, Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI, accepted the 2018 Hugh O’Flaherty Humanitarian Award. For the first time in the Award’s history, it was presented not to an individual humanitarian but to three life-saving organisations.

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  • "Gooch" encourages the Young Generation to read History

    19 November, 2018

    Speaking at the Killarney Launch of Patricia Murphy’s new novel for young readers, “Leo’s War”, Colm “Gooch” Cooper said, “While most of his out-of-school time was taken up with kicking football and other sporting activities, he regretted not making more time for looking at the history of his home place and the great characters and real-life heroes that came from his town and in particular his school, The Mon”.

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  • 2018 Schools Essay and Poetry Competition

    19 November, 2018

    At a special ceremony in Killarney Library this morning, Prizes were presented to the winning entrants in the 2018 Hugh O’Flaherty Schools Literary Competition, under a number of categories.

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