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image captionThe artist behind the Irena Sendler sculpture took inspiration from video recordings of Holocaust survivors
A statue is being unveiled in honour of a Polish civil servant who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War Two.
The town has several connections to Poland and plays home to a number of Polish war graves.
Town mayor Lisa Geary said the statue was a fitting tribute to Mrs Sendler s inspirational life.
During World War Two, Mrs Sendler - also known as Irena Sendlerowa - worked at the Department for Social Welfare and Public Health in German-occupied Poland.
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The mother of a woman with down syndrome has said the planned Cork to Limerick motorway will destroy her daughter s sensory garden.
It comes as there were over 40,000 interactions from the public and stakeholders recorded by the team involved on the project.
The N/M20 road is a key element in Project Ireland 2040 - but numerous
residents groups have formed in opposition to the plans, which were first presented back in 2008.
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Mary O Connor, who lives three miles from Blarney,
told Lunchtime Live the issue is very personal for her. It is proposed to run through my garden, and it s running through the trees that my grandmother grew over 100 years ago.
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