Daily Archives: November 14, 2021

News

Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses To Incident Where Man Sustained Head Injury In Tralee

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Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following an incident in Tralee on Sunday, November 7.

At approximately 7pm man in his 60s sustained a head injury in the course of an incident outside the entrance to University Hospital Kerry with hospital personnel.

Following the incident the injured man was treated a University Hospital Kerry. He has since been transferred to Cork University Hospital where his condition is currently understood to be serious.

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Investigating Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and are particularly appealing to anyone who was in the vicinity of the entrance to A&E at University Hospital Kerry between 5pm and 8pm to come forward.

They are also appealing to anyone with camera footage (including dash cam) to make it available to them.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Tralee Garda Station 066 7102300, the Garda Confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda Station. This investigation is ongoing.

News

Kerry People Urged To Take Part In GOAL Mile Christmas Fundraiser

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Pictured at the launch of the GOAL Mile Fundraiser are Irish Rugby International Jenny Murphy, Senior Dublin ladies’ footballer Sinead Ahearn, award-winning writer Paul Howard, Irish Paralympic athlete Greta Streimikyte and Shamrock Rovers’ Captain Ronan Finn.

THE people of Kerry are asked to stand with GOAL this Christmas as the annual GOAL Mile Fundraiser returns, supported by AIB.

The Irish humanitarian aid agency is launching this year’s hugely popular event for people across Ireland and abroad, with registration now open at www.goalmile.org.

The annual event sees people across the country gather over the Christmas holidays to run, jog or walk a mile in support of vulnerable communities across 14 countries where GOAL works in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.

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Started first in 1977, this year’s GOAL Mile is supported by AIB in the first of a new three year partnership, announced last month.

This year marks the first time that both in-person and virtual GOAL Miles are taking place following the move online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prior to the pandemic, over 170 GOAL Miles were organised across Ireland, with approximately 50,000 people raising over €250,000 in 2019.

To register for your local GOAL Mile or to arrange one at a new location, please visit: www.goalmile.org.

Beauty&Fashion, Entertainment, Lifestyle, News, WHAT'S ON

An Afternoon Of Fine Food And Fashion At Connect Kerry Ladies Lunch

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Connect Kerry’s Margaret Kissane and Shauna Cashell of Stylesearch.ie looking forward to the Connect Ladies Lunch at The Ashe Hotel on November 28. Photo: John Walsh

CONNECT Kerry is preparing to host a fantastic event later this month, bringing ladies together safely for an afternoon of food and fashion.

While it couldn’t go ahead for obvious reasons last year, their annual Ladies Lunch returns and take place at The Ashe Hotel on Sunday, November 28.

They have a fantastic day lined up kicking off at 1pm with bubbly, gin, and other treats, lunch will be served at 2pm with fine wines and there will be a host of entertainment for the afternoon.

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This will include how to restyle your wardrobe with founder and CEO of fashion site stylesearch.ie Shauna Cashell, who will dispense some great advice on the day.

The Bon Secours Cosmetic & Hair Restoration Clinic will also explain what services are available at their new state of the art service The new Cosmetic and Hair Restoration Clinic (CHRC) at the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee.

The goodie bags are packed with luxury treats for all guests attending.

The day itself will have a charity raffle as always strongly supported by the local businesses of the county and this year’s will support the Phoenix Women’s Centre.

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Speaking at the launch organizer Margaret Kissane said; “In these strange times we are in its so difficult to organize events, but the time has come to realise that after all this time Covid is going to be here for some time to come and we have to find a balance and live with it. Our event will be operating the requested covid control procedures with covid cert confirmation at the door, we will also be carrying out temperature checks to facilitate the safe attendance of our guests.”

“Our numbers capacity is greatly reduced on other events like this, but again it’s for safety and comfort of our guest and we look forward to welcoming you all to a great day out to kick off Christmas and reconnect with your friends,” added Margaret, who can contacted on 086 2408237 for ticket details.

News, SCHOOLS

Schools: Mercy Mounthawk Students To Take Part In National Think Languages Event

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EXCITEMENT is building in the Transition Year classes at Mercy Mounthawk as they prepare for the national #ThinkLanguages2021 event which will take place on Monday, November 22.

#ThinkLanguages, an annual initiative organised by Post Primary Languages Ireland  has gone from strength to strength, enjoying the participation of over 12,000 students nationwide in 2021.

All 197 TY students will enjoy seven workshops throughout the day including Spanish Football, Chinese Culture and Calligraphy, Filipino Martial Arts, Irish Sign Language, World Cinema, Italian Cuisine and Spanish Flamenco.

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Students, while showing initiative in the organisation and preparation for the event, expressed their gratitude for the support of, not only the teachers and management at Mounthawk for making this happen,  but also Post Primary Languages Ireland who  provided guidance, merchandise and opportunities to enter competitions for scholarships to further the students language learning into the future.