Killarney

<h3>Killarney and District Motor Club (KDMC) presented &euro;58,293 to the Irish Community Air Ambulance from the club&rsquo;s Forestry Rally in February.</h3>
Several event suppliers gave their services for free or at a reduced cost, programme adverts generated a large amount of money but KC Print, the Killarney Advertiser&rsquo;s parent company, printed and designed the programme for free, adding to the profit of the event.
At a special function on Saturday night in the River Island Hotel in Castleisland, the event&rsquo;s headquarters, Clerk of the Course Dermot Healy and his KDMC organising committee presented a cheque for &euro;58,293 to the Irish Community Air Ambulance.
&ldquo;I am delighted and humbled by the overwhelming support from KDMC club members, neighbouring clubs, the Castleisland community and event sponsors and all those other people who gave such extraordinary support to this wonderful cause that has generated so much money for the air ambulance,&rdquo; Dermot said.
&ldquo;The team that rallied in behind me helping to put together this event seamlessly in six short weeks, were simply amazing. If it proves one thing to me, we have still an amazing amount of goodwill in this country that we can be proud of.&rdquo;
Meanwhile, the club will launch its Rally of the Lakes on Sunday afternoon at the Gleneagle Hotel.
The April 29 to May 1 event has already attracted over 200 entries ensuring a very busy weekend for the town.
Event Clerk of the Course Darren McCormick said that all are welcome to attend an afternoon of chat and photographs to mark the official countdown to the event.

Motor club raises almost €60k for air ambulance

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