Killarney

<h3>The festive spirit was strong in several local schools as they donned their Christmas jumpers for charity.</h3>
<p>The Student Council at St Brigid&#8217;s Killarney organised a Christmas Jumper Day in the school to raise funds for the Kerry Hospice and the Palliative Care Unit in University Hospital Kerry.</p>
<p>St Brigid&#8217;s is working with six other Killarney schools in this very worthy fundraiser and all schools will pool their donations together.</p>
<p>&ldquo;Kerry Hospice provides an invaluable service to the people of Kerry and their families. It costs &euro;10,000 a week to run. We are delighted in St. Brigid&#8217;s to join forces with other schools in our community, get into the festive spirit and raise money for this fantastic local cause,&rdquo; said a school spokesperson.<br />The fundraiser was all the more special at St Brendan&rsquo;s College. Staff and students there remembered the school&rsquo;s accountant, Clare Quinlivan, who passed away four months ago.<br />&ldquo;This fundraiser was, in our case, in memory of a very much loved and sorely missed member of the St&nbsp;Brendan&rsquo;s school community,&rdquo; said Elaine Moynihan, &ldquo;This is the third year schools across Killarney have joined forces for a common cause at Christmas and this year we were thrilled to get St Oliver&rsquo;s National School on board too.&rdquo;</p>


Christmas jumper day at seven schools

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