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Naoise PHONE 087 2330398 / 087 2513126 is pictured with her [email protected] www.kenmarenews.biz parents Mickey and Claire Orpen and Godparents Oisin Kenmare Women's Group Orpen and Sheila For anyone who hasn't heard of this group, it was O'Connor. pic formed to bring women together, to get to know Harry Masterson each other and to form friendships. October to April we hold meetings, with interesting speakers, at the Adult Education Centre, on Wednesdays, 11 am - 1 pm. During May to September, some of us meet for coffee and a chat, at the Letters to the Editor.... Brook Lane Hotel, on Wednesdays, from 11 am - 1 pm. Dear Editor, We welcome anyone who would care to join us, whether you live Kenmare residents, like me, will have been pleased to see Kerry in the area or are just visiting. We are a very varied group of County Council's Notice that remedial work is planned for the women, and I'm sure you would be comfortable with us. Why not eroded water impoundment at Lough Eirk above the town. Public try it? documentation is online at www.kerrycoco.ie (Water services, Hopefully Summer is arriving at last. I keep hearing reports of News, ... Eirk). good weather ahead, so let's hope it's true. Whatever the weeks There, we read that this is "repair work to an existing bring, be happy. embankment" which is "presently vulnerable to water infiltration" Contact me at 064 6640935 if you would like more information. Pat. and "presently being undermined" with "over topping of the embankment". Any engineer understands that an impoundment Quote of the month Careful grooming may take 20 years off a woman's age, but you (especially one that disregards all engineering standards) subject to can't fool a flight of stairs. ( Marlene Dietrich) infiltration, undermining and overtopping is in a parlous state. While the foreseen failure of the structure itself would not be of Well done to Christine and concern, the abrupt release of 90,000 cubic metres of impounded Chloe McCarthy for doing so water, plus associated debris, certainly would be! well in the Community games modelling competition. I interpret the Council's documentation as vindicating my repeated Christine brought home a warnings in 2010 and 2011. Yet the admissions are contrary to gold medal and Chloe written opinions of Council engineers at the time, and to the received a bronze for their Council's adverse and personal briefings to the local and national lovely clay models. Christine Press. Mother Nature won't be fooled, though. now goes on to represent Shortly after final and authoritative warning, the Council did patch Kerry in the national finals in Athlone this month and has the impoundment by banking it up with more sludge and rubble. also set a new precedent by Though now beginning to erode noticeably, this patching has winning county gold in both survived two winters, largely because the lake's drain tap is being art and modelling. left permanently open. Opening the drain means that the lake is full less often, which reduces the stress. However, it also means that in any dry period the lake level will fall towards the level of the submerged outlet pipe, which is below the original natural level. Consequently, Kenmare's water reserve against a dry summer is now in worse shape than at any time since 1928. It's a sorry tale, unworthy of responsible public service. John Skilling Despite the torrential rain and storm, Kenmare surpassed itself by Kenmare Mobile: 0868533830 raising €8,915 for Daffodil Day. A big thank you to all the volunteers; [email protected] those that picked, bunched and donated the daffodils, the students and teachers of Pobailscoil and a sincere thank for all the badly foto needed hot cups of tea and coffee we received during the day. Weddings, Press, Peggy & Anne Portraits, Private functions, A revolution in the wedding album; The wedding [book] up o 70 pages, full page, images and two-page panoramas. CALL TO VIEW SAMPLE See our fabulous Halloween pictures on our facebook page Kenmare News [email protected] Page 3 Kerry Western set to shoot in Kenmare enmare Local filmmaker Patrick Ryan, along with Kerry native Cabs: Tommy Fitzgerald are set to shoot their debut feature oach & 087 2480 800 film ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ in Kerry this ab Hire Late night service summer. Daily Tours Gortamullen,K Kenmare, Co. Kerry. 23 hr. service Ph. 064 6641491 Proprietors: Declan & Nora Finnegan Mobile: 087 2480800 Fax.: 064 6642636 Tried and trusted Email.: [email protected] since 1940 we’ve raised almost 8,000. But there’s still a long way to go for us. We’re putting everything we have into this film. We're hoping that we can find some support in Kerry as we'll need all the help we can get when we come down to shoot it!’, Patrick says. ‘The landscape of County Kerry is the single biggest untapped resource that the Irish film industry could use, and doesn't. Our aim is to make a film that is completely unique, something the Irish film industry hasn't done before, and hopefully show the world our native county in all it's glory’, says Tommy. The film will utilise many locations around the Kenmare area. A test scene has already been shot in Rinn na Gcros. ‘I Patrick has already attracted a lot of attention for his blood-drenched intend to use lots of locations that I grew up around’, Patrick says. ‘To me, screenplay which included being selected for the BBC Writersroom 2012; there’s also a personal investment with the Kerry area, which is something coming second in the Screenwriting Goldmine Competition; and winning I want to bring to the scenes, as ultimately, it’s a coming of age story’. twice at the ENGAGE European Pitching Forum. In support of the film, the pair have organised a screening of their short The film will star rising Irish actress Emma Eliza Regan as a troubled film work, which will take place in the Carnegie Arts Centre on the 27th teenage sharpshooter who strives to avenge the death of her estranged April at 8 p.m. They will screen seven previous works from all kinds of sister after she is found stabbed to death in a public bathroom. different genres, and also screen a presentation of their proposal for Patrick had the opportunity to sell the lauded script a few times, but ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’. Tommy and Patrick, as well as local turned the offers down for a chance to direct the film himself. Lagoon producer JJ Sullivan, an integral member of Lagoon Pictures, will be in Pictures (Tommy and Patrick’s production company) then decided to attendance to answer any questions about the project. produce the film independently. To fund the project, Tommy and Patrick If you would like to find out more about the film and campaign, to donate have set up a funding campaign on crowd-funding website Indiegogo, or share, visit - www.indigogo.com/darknessfilm, or alternatively, attempting to raise 20,000 in 44 days. ‘We are halfway through so far, and www.lagoonpictures.com, Patrick and Tommy’s production company site. Page 4 Phone 087 2513126 • 087 2330398 Kenmare News Fully 24-Hour Accredited ASK YOUR Veterinary Emergency Hospital Cover PHARMACIST Kenmare Veterinary Centre Pet – Equine – Farm Cystitis: Prevention and treatment 064 6642695/087 7710360 with Christine Bender-Pototzki Full range of Royal Canin and Hills diets Large shop with equine, pet and farm supplies Cystitis is a common condition where the lining of the W: www.kenmarevc.ie • E: [email protected] bladder becomes inflamed making urination painful. Mart Road – Kenmare – Co.