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FREE KENMARE NEWS February 2011 Vol 7, Issue 12 087 2513126 • 087 2330398 Want to become our friend? Is you local community important to you? Do you want to know what’s going on in Kenmare and surrounding areas? Do you have friends and family abroad who would enjoy receiving news from home? Become a Kenmare News facebook friend and receive a live daily news feed with all the news from YOUR area. Also online at www.kenmarenews.biz SeanadóirSenator Marcus Mark O’Dalaigh Daly SherryAUCTIONEERS FitzGerald & VALUERS T: 064-6641213 Daly 26 Heather Park, Kenmare Kenmare • 3 Bed Semi Hospital Planning Detached House Permission • Builders Finish – 1313 sq ft Mob: 086 803 2612 Decision • Close to Kenmare The Healy-Rae's are far more effective working as a Town team than any of the political parties in representing Asking Price: the needs of the people of the entire South Kerry Constituency €145,000 IT'S YOUR CHOICE ON POLLING DAY LET THE HARD WORK CONTINUE BER Energy Rating Vote No. 1 or next highest preference Suzanne Teahan at Sean Daly & Co is a Qualified BER Assessor for both New and Existing Dwellings. Healy-Rae Contact Suzanne today for a quote. Michael Sean Daly & Co Ltd, 34 Henry St, Kenmare T: 064-6641213 Your Real Independent Voice I would ask my friends and colleagues to please vote 1, 2 (in order of your preference) for TAXI KENMARE Tom Sheahan TD and Denis & Mags Griffin Cllr. Brendan Griffin. 087 614 7222 Cllr. Patrick Connor-Scarteen Kenmare Furniture Bedding & Suites 064 6641404 OPENINGKenmare Business HOURS: Park, Killarney MON.-SAT.: Road, Kenmare. 10am-6pm Email: [email protected] Web: www.kenmarefurniture.com PageThe 2 March editionPhone of The 087 Kenmare 2513126 News • 087 will 2330398 be published on KenmareFriday March News 18th and closing date for submissions is Friday March 11th. THE KENMARE NEWS, 4 DAVITT PLACE,KENMARE PHONE 087 2330398 / 087 2513126 FAX 021 4385030 [email protected] believe, and the library is opened on Tuesday to Saturday Letters to the Editor.... from 10.00am to 5.00pm, or is it 6.00pm?, and are closed Sundays and Mondays. I think I have the times right. Dear Editor, However, there is no parking allowed at these times. It’s only for OVERT OBSERVATIONS movies and theatre goers at selected night performances. or DID YOU KNOW Oh yes, that's when money is spent and earned by the Hall. The or DOES THIS MAKE SENSE library doesn't bring in any income. Kerry County Council did a splendid job on renovating Carnegie There simply is no day parking at this public venue. Nor is there a Hall; complete with theatre, an upgraded library, counter Zebra crossing for pedestrians on this main road into Kenmare. KCC refreshments and toilet for all. They also installed an elevator for the seems to disregard common sense precautions. It is lucky that with disabled, allowing them access to Kerry County Council (KCC) the increased traffic we haven't had more accidents. offices one floor above ground level. I also observe that the pavement affronting the Carnegie Hall is But did you notice there is no sign saying these KCC offices exist, outside the roads building line, thus narrowing the road for car users. from outside the building? There is a sign opposite the library This was recently exasperated by further narrowing the road and entrance and stairwell, but this is inside the building's lobby. Did you adding the ubiquitous bollards; as this seems to be the tidy towns also note there is no disabled parking facilities for the disabled, sorry, norm (and no horses to tie them to). Senator Mark Daly did finally get two (2) places out of KCC, around At the front of Carnegie Hall there a useless wall with fence topping, the back of Carnegie Hall, but, and it’s a big BUT, you can as a that serves no purpose, if removed the space available is sufficient for disabled person park there (and then walk all around the building to 6 parked cars and 1 disabled slot. Thus during daylight/working the entrance) but when? Read on! hours more people would have the parking space required for library Monday to Wednesday parking permitted between 6.30pm to 8.00am users and visitors to the KCC offices. Thursday from 9.00pm to 8.00am, Friday and Saturday 6.30pm to As for reversing into the main road, well we backup into the main 9.00 pm, Sunday all day road from the existing disabled parking position. Now, let's see... KCC is open to the public from 9.00am to 5.00pm, I Now, a note, regardless of the time of day it is illegal to reverse into a main road. Yet we all do it every day on Main Street. To reiterate, it would be beneficial to the general public and the disabled for these parking spaces to be established; as is a Zebra crossing with or without pedestrian controls. At Carnegie Hall this would be observed by everyone, seeing proper amenities coming forth. Demonstrating that KCC public employees actually serve the public at large and not just vested interested parties. I think that's enough complaining for one session. Mark my words there is more dissatisfaction to come and, if I’m allowed to say it in print, you’ll hear from me again. The Oracle R.W. Julian, ‘The House’, Cappanacush, Greenane, Killarney, Co. Kerry. Brook Lane Hotel Thursday 17th March 2011 7.00 – late € Kenmare Mobile: 0868533830 foto Entry 5.00 [email protected] • Irish Dancing Exhibitions from Kenmare Irish Weddings, Dancing School Press, • Live music with Realóg, Amergin and others • Raymond O’Sullivan, Seanachai Portraits, • Ceili with Joe Shea and friends Private functions, A revolution in the Tickets available from Kenmare Dance Studio, wedding album; Soundz of Music, Roddys and the Post Office The wedding [book] Family tickets available up o 70 pages, full page, In aid of images and two-page panoramas. Kerry Cancer Support Group CALL TO VIEW SAMPLE www.kerrycancersupport.com Kenmare News [email protected] Page 3 Page 4 Phone 087 2513126 • 087 2330398 Kenmare News Osteoporosis is the leading bone disease in the world, it affects 1 in 5 men, 1 in 2 women over 50 will break bones from Like Facebook? osteoporosis, children are even affected. There will be two lectures on Osteoporosis organised by The Greater Kenmare Like The Area Womens Network in Kenmare in March. All are welcome. Kenmare News? All you need to know about Osteoporosis Tuesday 8th March 2011 from 11am- 1pm The Kenmare News Brook Lane Hotel, Kenmare. is now on facebook Legislation affecting Women Tuesday 8th March 2011 from 2.15-4pm with live daily news Brook Lane Hotel, Kenmare. from YOUR area. The lectures are sponsored by The Brook Lane Hotel and there will be lunch specials starting from €7 Michael Healy Rae, Jack O'Connor and Michael The Clifford family pictured at the Memorial Matches O'Connor celebrate Jacks 60th birthday in the Inny for Thade Morley and Johnny O'Sullivan Myles in Old Tavern. Michael Healy Rae presented Jack with a gold Dromore Sportsfield Blackwater. Back Row; Peggy Tie Pin for his birthday. pic Mary O'Neill Clifford, Laura and Melissa Stauch, Suzanne Teahan and Amber Stauch. Front Row; Cira Stauch and Sibh Teahan. pic Mary O'Neill It would Kenmare & Locality Animal Welfare Society be a 087 970 4480 www.klawskerry.com I wish to start by sending a huge thank you to our foster homes. We great are always short of foster homes but are so lucky with the fosterers little that we do have. The work that they do for our animals is absolutely invaluable and in a lot of cases these people are the first country if act of kindness that these animals have ever encountered. It is these only we wonderful folk who start the cat or dog on the road to recovery often in body and nearly always in mind and start the process of could put them learning to trust in the human race. We are grateful each and every day to you all for your generosity and patience a roof Our bric a brac stall in the SuperValu Mall on a Friday is becoming over it! a regular event and seems popular with the locals and visitors alike. We wish to thank the management for their support. If you have any unwanted decent bric a brac please let us know either at the stall or call the KLAWS mobile Please have a look at our website to see events coming up for you and your pets. 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