Category Archives: Ballybunion

Do You Have a Telifís Feirme Certificate from 1965 / 67

Do You Have a Telifís Feirme Certificate from 1965 / 67

The always excellent, Saturday morning RTÉ Radio One, CountryWide put out a request, this morning, for memorabilia from a groundbreaking agri/educational programme which was presented by the late Justin Keating. Telifís Feirme was the title of the programme and on this morning’s CountryWide, presenter Damien O’Reilly asked people who followed the series if they had… Read more…

New Business Flowing Through Irish Host Family Initiative

New Business Flowing Through Irish Host Family Initiative

Few natives ever give Castleisland and its environs the kind of credit it gets from the director of a rapidly growing and innovative business which she founded and based here. Antoinette Butler is a native of the deeply historic county of Waterford and she’s the director of Irish Host Family.ie. This is a fast-growing Castleisland-based… Read more…

The late Mossie Reidy, Cordal West, Castleisland

The late Mossie Reidy, Cordal West, Castleisland

Maurice (Mossie) Reidy, (65) Cordal West, Castleisland Co Kerry, April 6th 2016 at University Hospital Kerry. Beloved brother of Joan, Mary, Sonny, Norrie, Neily, Tess, Timmy, Eileen, John and the late Kitty. Sadly missed by his loving family, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends. Moss worked in the building trade locally for most of… Read more…

Rural Post Offices Under New Threat Following ‘Social Protection Letter’ – Healy Rae

Rural Post Offices Under New Threat Following ‘Social Protection Letter’ – Healy Rae

A new attack on the future of the community Post Office in rural areas may be the catalyst in Deputy Michael Healy Rae’s decision to support any new government formation. Deputy Healy-Rae, while issuing a statement on his own behalf,  may withhold support for any new government unless Electronic Fund Transfer letter is withdrawn. We… Read more…

Radio Kerry and Randles Bros Invite Votes for Local Sports Stars

Radio Kerry and Randles Bros Invite Votes for Local Sports Stars

Radio Kerry and Randles Bros have just issued invitations to listeners to vote for their Kerry Sports Star of the Month. Radio Kerry launched the Kerry Sports Awards in 2014 with the support of sponsor Randles Bros, main Nissan dealers for Kerry located at Manor West, Tralee and Muckross Road, Killarney. A New Departure Up… Read more…

Kerry Joint Policing Committee agrees Six-Year-Strategy

Kerry Joint Policing Committee agrees Six-Year-Strategy

The Kerry Joint Policing Committee met this week to agree its Annual Plan for 2016 as well as a Six Year Strategy for the committee for the years ahead. The JPC is a forum for consultations, recommendations and discussions on matters affecting policing of the Kerry Division of An Garda Síochána. The meeting this week… Read more…

Local GAA Clubs Preparing for June and Féile Peile na nÓg

Local GAA Clubs Preparing for June and Féile Peile na nÓg

Féile na nÓg is a GAA club festival for Gaelic football and Ladies Gaelic football at Under 14 level and it involves teams from across the world-wide reach of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Féile na nGael National tournaments will be held in Kerry, West Limerick and West Cork on the weekend of 24th –… Read more…

Kerry U-16A Ladies Cruise Past Cork with Polished Display

Kerry U-16A Ladies Cruise Past Cork with Polished Display

All-Ireland champions Kerry remain on course to make it two-in-a-row following an emphatic 12-points victory over rivals Cork in the first round of the Munster Under 16 A Ladies Championship played in Castleisland today. The final score was 3-10 to 0-7 in Kerry’s favour but, really, it could have been more as this Kerry side… Read more…

Enumerators In Training for Census 2016

Enumerators In Training for Census 2016

Training for Census 2016 enumerators for this area has been ongoing at the North, East & West Kerry Development buildings at The Crageens for the past few weeks and Census night is Sunday, April 24th 2016. When training is complete they will be tasked with collecting all the information about population trends and other valuable… Read more…

Darragh’s Driving School’s 90% Plus Success Rate

Darragh’s Driving School’s 90% Plus Success Rate

A Ballymacelligott based Approved Driving Instructor can point to a 90% plus test-pass rate as one of the defining markers in the success of his business. Darragh Stack is a ‘beginner and pre test specialist’ in the ‘so much to learn’ world of the learner driver. Darragh’s Driving School provides use of a dual control… Read more…

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Category Archives: Ballybunion

Do You Have a Telifís Feirme Certificate from 1965 / 67

Do You Have a Telifís Feirme Certificate from 1965 / 67

The always excellent, Saturday morning RTÉ Radio One, CountryWide put out a request, this morning, for memorabilia from a groundbreaking agri/educational programme which was presented by the late Justin Keating. Telifís Feirme was the title of the programme and on this morning’s CountryWide, presenter Damien O’Reilly asked people who followed the series if they had… Read more…

New Business Flowing Through Irish Host Family Initiative

New Business Flowing Through Irish Host Family Initiative

Few natives ever give Castleisland and its environs the kind of credit it gets from the director of a rapidly growing and innovative business which she founded and based here. Antoinette Butler is a native of the deeply historic county of Waterford and she’s the director of Irish Host Family.ie. This is a fast-growing Castleisland-based… Read more…

The late Mossie Reidy, Cordal West, Castleisland

The late Mossie Reidy, Cordal West, Castleisland

Maurice (Mossie) Reidy, (65) Cordal West, Castleisland Co Kerry, April 6th 2016 at University Hospital Kerry. Beloved brother of Joan, Mary, Sonny, Norrie, Neily, Tess, Timmy, Eileen, John and the late Kitty. Sadly missed by his loving family, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends. Moss worked in the building trade locally for most of… Read more…

Rural Post Offices Under New Threat Following ‘Social Protection Letter’ – Healy Rae

Rural Post Offices Under New Threat Following ‘Social Protection Letter’ – Healy Rae

A new attack on the future of the community Post Office in rural areas may be the catalyst in Deputy Michael Healy Rae’s decision to support any new government formation. Deputy Healy-Rae, while issuing a statement on his own behalf,  may withhold support for any new government unless Electronic Fund Transfer letter is withdrawn. We… Read more…

Radio Kerry and Randles Bros Invite Votes for Local Sports Stars

Radio Kerry and Randles Bros Invite Votes for Local Sports Stars

Radio Kerry and Randles Bros have just issued invitations to listeners to vote for their Kerry Sports Star of the Month. Radio Kerry launched the Kerry Sports Awards in 2014 with the support of sponsor Randles Bros, main Nissan dealers for Kerry located at Manor West, Tralee and Muckross Road, Killarney. A New Departure Up… Read more…

Kerry Joint Policing Committee agrees Six-Year-Strategy

Kerry Joint Policing Committee agrees Six-Year-Strategy

The Kerry Joint Policing Committee met this week to agree its Annual Plan for 2016 as well as a Six Year Strategy for the committee for the years ahead. The JPC is a forum for consultations, recommendations and discussions on matters affecting policing of the Kerry Division of An Garda Síochána. The meeting this week… Read more…

Local GAA Clubs Preparing for June and Féile Peile na nÓg

Local GAA Clubs Preparing for June and Féile Peile na nÓg

Féile na nÓg is a GAA club festival for Gaelic football and Ladies Gaelic football at Under 14 level and it involves teams from across the world-wide reach of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Féile na nGael National tournaments will be held in Kerry, West Limerick and West Cork on the weekend of 24th –… Read more…

Kerry U-16A Ladies Cruise Past Cork with Polished Display

Kerry U-16A Ladies Cruise Past Cork with Polished Display

All-Ireland champions Kerry remain on course to make it two-in-a-row following an emphatic 12-points victory over rivals Cork in the first round of the Munster Under 16 A Ladies Championship played in Castleisland today. The final score was 3-10 to 0-7 in Kerry’s favour but, really, it could have been more as this Kerry side… Read more…

Enumerators In Training for Census 2016

Enumerators In Training for Census 2016

Training for Census 2016 enumerators for this area has been ongoing at the North, East & West Kerry Development buildings at The Crageens for the past few weeks and Census night is Sunday, April 24th 2016. When training is complete they will be tasked with collecting all the information about population trends and other valuable… Read more…

Darragh’s Driving School’s 90% Plus Success Rate

Darragh’s Driving School’s 90% Plus Success Rate

A Ballymacelligott based Approved Driving Instructor can point to a 90% plus test-pass rate as one of the defining markers in the success of his business. Darragh Stack is a ‘beginner and pre test specialist’ in the ‘so much to learn’ world of the learner driver. Darragh’s Driving School provides use of a dual control… Read more…

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