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Primary School Pupils’ Art Features In Council’s Road Safety Calendar

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Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Sheahan, with the winning entrants for the Kerry County Council 2018 Road Safety Calendar.

PRIMARY school pupils from Kilflynn, Ardfert, Ballyheigue and around the county demonstrated their artistic skills to highlight road safety in the 2018 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition.

This week, David Doyle, Senior Engineer, Operations, Capital Infrastructure and Safety Department, Kerry County Council presented the twelve winning pupils from various primary schools around the county with a copy of the 2018 Road Safety Calendar, featuring their artwork.

The Cathaoirleach of Kerry, Cllr. John Sheahan, presented individual prizes to the winning pupils and Eileen Cunningham, Regional Road Safety Education Officer with the Road Safety Authority for the Kerry and Limerick Area presented road safety packs to the winners.

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Pupils were invited to enter a picture containing a road safety message and the winning illustrations for 2018 are:-

• January — Rebecca Flavin,  Tarbert N.S. 6th Class

• February — Marie Keane, Dromclough N.S., Listowel 5th Class

• March, Eimear Finn, Lissivigeen N.S., Killarney 6th Class

• April — Caoilfhinn Donovan, Scoil Treasa Naofa, Kilflynn, Tralee 5th Class

• May — Patricija Pudzemyte, Scoil Saidhbhín, Caherciveen, 6th Class

• June — Odhran McDonagh, Scoil Dar Earca, Valentia 6th Class

• July — Clare Ní Allarúin, Bunscoil an Chlochair, Daingean Uí Chúis, 6th Class

• August — Darren Reardon, Scoil Bhréanainn, Portmagee, 6th Class

• September  — Julie O’Sullivan, Scoil Náisiúnta Cillín Liath, Maistir Gaoithe, Cill Áirne, 6th Class

• October — Sam Power, Castlegregory N.S. 6th Class

• November — Donnacha Horgan, Scoil Naomh Erc, Glenderry, Ballyheigue, 5th Class

• December — Tom O’Flaherty, Ardfert N.S. 6th Class

Cathaoirleach of Kerry, Cllr. John Sheahan congratulated each of the pupils on their wonderful drawings and said: “the standard of the competition is extremely high and it is great to know that these pupils, through their drawings, are contributing to raising awareness of road safety throughout the county.”

Eileen Cunningham, Regional Road Safety Education Officer praised the pupils on the high standard of their drawings and said: “the competition reinforces the message of Road Safety, encourages school children to use their imagination and illustrate road safety issues that are important to them.”

Co-ordinator of the event, Michelle Mullane, Staff Officer, Operations, Capital Infrastructure and Safety Department, was delighted with all the entries: “We had over 400 entries from schools around Kerry.  It is fantastic that the teachers/pupils got so strongly involved and it is my hope that each pupil who took part will have an increased awareness of road safety as a result”.

The 2018 Road Safety Calendar is available to download from Kerry County Council’s website: www.kerrycoco.ie

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Motorbike Girls Rev Up For Charity Calendar

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Calendar girls....Brid Coffey, Kathryn Browne, Dervil Fleming and Eilish Coffey pose in Killarney for the fundraising calendar.
Calendar girls….Brid Coffey, Kathryn Browne, Dervil Fleming and Eilish Coffey pose in Killarney for the fundraising calendar.

A GROUP of Kerry women bikers have become calendar girls to raise money for a voluntary group working to prevent suicide.

The calendar, ‘Girls Rev Up For Charity’, features women from Tralee, Listowel, Killarney and Gneeveguilla and the launch night will be held in the Porterhouse Bar and Restaurant in Killareny on Friday, September 26 at 7.30pm.

Shot in scenic locations around Killarney and Tralee, the calendar will be sold in aid of the Kerry charity, Be Aware Prevent Suicide, which organises mental wellness exhibitions in Tralee and Killarney to foster mental health and help prevent suicide.

Biker, Deirdre Stack, originally from Asdee and now living in Tralee, is one of the promoters of the charity calendar. The other women bikers taking part are Eilish Coffey, Brid Coffey, Dervil Fleming all from Killarney, Kathryn Browne from Listowel and Deirdre Staak from Gneeveguilla.

“I met a friend at the Bike Fest in Killarney last June and told her about an idea I had about producing a calendar for charity with motorbikes and women as the theme, ” Deirdre said.

“I was really thrilled to see her enthuasism and the idea took off from there. We gathered six women in total who were fantastic in supporting the idea and we had great fun working on the calendar,” she said.

Deirdre said they got “great sponsorship” from businesses whose logos would appear on the calendar

“We decided on the charity, Be Aware Prevent Suicide, as we all know that suicide has become prevalent in the last number of years. By selling this calendar, we can raise some money which will help a very worthy casue to hopefully go on to help save a loved one,”  she said.

Be Aware Prevent Suicide Chairwoman, Deirdre Fee of Killarney, said they appreciate the support very much because the charity relies totally on fundraising.

Be Aware Prevent Suicide is a voluntary group, totally reliant on the donations of the public and does not have any paid employees so all monies donated or raised go directly to help those who need it.

At the moment, the ladies are looking for businesses to stock the calendars. We’ll let you know where to get the calendars as soon as they find stockists.