Saving Killarney House - A project to take pride in

MINISTER for Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar announced a €7 million restoration for the beautiful but dilapidated Killarney House and its grounds on Saturday.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2011 - 01:00

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He is not the first — or even the second — politician to do so but let us hope he is the last.

The 18th-century house is the centrepiece of the very beautiful Killarney National Park and was entrusted to the state’s care.

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