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This year’s competitors from Ireland (North and South), America, Scotland, England and Europe all compete for the world title over THE 2014 AN COMHDHÁIL WORLD IRISH DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BEING HOSTED at KILLARNEY CONVENTION CENTRE, FROM THE 12TH TO THE 19TH OF APRIL. DANCERS INCLUDE, SARAH SILBY, CIARA SILBY, VIVIAN MOYNIHAN, AISLING LOWE, KAYLEY RIORDAN, EMMA LOWE, FROM WatERFORD AND KERRY, RESPEctaBLY. PHOTO: VALERIE O’SULLIVAN. the eight day competition which takes place in supporters and spectators. the INEC auditorium. An Comhdháil , the organisation who run the In total, forty three competitions take place over World Irish Dance Championships, are forty the eight day championships and winners are three years in existence this year. They were the announced every day after each competition. first Irish dance organisation to bring in the no The youngest dancer in the competition is nine makeup rule for girls under thirteen years of THE 2014 AN COMHDHÁIL WORLD IRISH DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS years old and the oldest is twenty five. Over the age in 2007. ARE BEING HOSTED at KILLARNEY CONVENTION CENTRE. DANCERS course of the week the competition will see Lasting over a week, the competition will see INCLUDE, SARAH SILBY, CIARA SILBY, VIVIAN MOYNIHAN, AISLING LOWE, KAYLEY RIORDAN, EMMA LOWE, FROM WatERFORD AND over 5,000 dancers take to the stage. male and female world champions crowned KERRY, RESPEctaBLY, ALSO WITH THE DANCERS IS JacQUELINE The 5,000 competitors will be accompanied across a range of age categories from under LEIGH, DUBLIN, PRO, AN COMHDHÁIL, AND MARY O’LEARY, AN COMHDHÁIL, KILLARNEY. PHOTO:VALERIE O’SULLIVAN/ by an entourage of organisers, teachers, ten through to adult. Approximately 400 teams adjudicators, musicians, families, friends, will take part. PAYMENT PLAN TO EASE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL BOOKS COST The school year once again has almost even more significant for those schools that surpassed us as when the student’s return to are starting up a book rental scheme in their school after the upcoming Easter break, it is school. The key factor is that there is no seed only for a short term. Leaving Cert and Junior capital investment by the schools. It is a matter Cert exams will be starting the first week of June of sincere concern by all parties in a school. but for parents anxiety of the cost associated Parents need to be aware that such an initiative with school uniforms, school books, school is available. Parents and schools need to work transport and many other relevant costs will be together on issues like this as the ultimate playing on their minds going forward into the goal to be achieved by all is the best quality new school year. A local education publisher education for our children. here in Kerry, Educate.ie based in Castleisland National Parents’ Council Post Primary (NPCpp) have unveiled a payment plan to ease the does not endorse one publisher over another, financial burden associated with schoolbooks but is supportive of the initiative being cost to parents and schools. They announced undertaken by educate.ie. NPCpp will be as their school payment plan back in February. supportive of similar initiatives which would They are offering text books with free e books be as cost effective for schools and parents included at a cost of €6 a year. For schools that if offered by any of the other educational are trying to upkeep an existing book rental publishers. scheme this is a valuable component and is DON MYERS, PRESIDENT OF THE NatIONAL PARENTS’ COUNCIL POST PRIMARY (NPCPP). PIC BY OUTLOOK PICS. IF YOU Have A stoRY... Contact Aisling on 086 0400 958 or Email: [email protected] 6 11.04.14 Sales: Des 087 659 3427 or Email: [email protected] Killarney Outlook 11.04.14 7 NeWS DESK Editor: Aisling Crosbie 086 0400 958 or Email: [email protected] EXTENSIVE TREE planting underway at Killarney GOLF Club Killarney Golf and Fishing Club have taken the first steps in an ambitious tree planting programme following the devestation of Storm Darwin. In the last two weeks a total of seventy three trees have been planted. According to Cormac Flannery, General Manager ‘Considerable work has been done in redressing the storm damage.