This is a huge year for anniversaries somehow. You can’t turn these days but you’ll bump into an anniversary of one sort or another – and we’re not even thinking about JFK and Dallas and November. Locally and musically it’s no different. I mentioned here earlier this year that we raised glasses of heart and… Read more…
Kerry County Council is inviting expressions of interest from educators to elect their school or youth groups to participate in gaining insights from young people about Creative Events in their area. This will be in the form of an interactive, engaging one-hour workshop with a creative practitioner. We want to hear the voice of the… Read more…
Kerry Fianna Fáil County Councillor, Michael Cahill has called on both the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and the Fórsa Trade Union to agree a conciliation process to resolve the issues at the heart of the present industrial action. As part of this dispute, members of Fórsa have put an indefinite ban on engagement on… Read more…
This week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket Draw €800 winner is an on-line player, Mossie O’Leary from Lyreacrompane. Mossie’s ticket was drawn at Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar by Breda McCarthy. Last week’s €1,000 winner, Micheál Reidy, Castleisland and Galway, had his cheque collected by his mom Cathleen from club PRO Brian O’Sullivan earlier in the week. Next weekend’s draw will… Read more…
“President Michael D. Higgins is over-stepping his role by getting involved in the climate action debate where he is advising people to eat more plant based food and change their diet,” said Deputy Danny Healy Rae. His statement came in response to an inclusion in a speech made by President Higgins at the National Ploughing… Read more…
The Ballymacelligott Vintage Club is turning its attention to Sunday, October 1st and its tractor car and motorbike run in aid of the Castleisland Day Care Centre. It will set out and end at the Halfway Bar in Ballymacelligott after registration from 9:30am and setting off at 11am. V92 HD79 “There will be two separate routes,… Read more…
I celebrated a significant birthday last week, Significant enough for me to believe that I’m on the home straight and hoping that I’ll pass a couple of these milestones yet. In case, God forbid, that, like all of us, the fragility of my existence here didn’t dawn on me and that I didn’t realise that… Read more…
When the month of September comes around, members of the farming community and rural dwellers in general look forward to a less hectic daily schedule and maybe a little rest and relaxation at some of their favourite pastimes. The GAA All-Ireland finals have been moved to mid-summer, which makes them a bit inconvenient for busy… Read more…
Presentation Castleisland has kicked off its new after-school karate club for students and members of staff, to run for the full year. The school is the first in Kerry to offer the activity, and there has been a great uptake. The club runs after school every Monday and is led by a team from Kerry… Read more…
A Met Éireann Weather Warning for the Kerry and Galway areas forecasts very strong and gusty south to southwest winds. The potential impacts of these conditions includes: a chance of falling branches/trees and loose debris blowing around and difficult driving conditions. Valid: 17:00 Tuesday 19/09/2023 to 05:00 Wednesday 20/09/2023. Issued: 11:38 Monday 18/09/2023 and updated… Read more…
This is a huge year for anniversaries somehow. You can’t turn these days but you’ll bump into an anniversary of one sort or another – and we’re not even thinking about JFK and Dallas and November. Locally and musically it’s no different. I mentioned here earlier this year that we raised glasses of heart and… Read more…
Kerry County Council is inviting expressions of interest from educators to elect their school or youth groups to participate in gaining insights from young people about Creative Events in their area. This will be in the form of an interactive, engaging one-hour workshop with a creative practitioner. We want to hear the voice of the… Read more…
Kerry Fianna Fáil County Councillor, Michael Cahill has called on both the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and the Fórsa Trade Union to agree a conciliation process to resolve the issues at the heart of the present industrial action. As part of this dispute, members of Fórsa have put an indefinite ban on engagement on… Read more…
This week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket Draw €800 winner is an on-line player, Mossie O’Leary from Lyreacrompane. Mossie’s ticket was drawn at Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar by Breda McCarthy. Last week’s €1,000 winner, Micheál Reidy, Castleisland and Galway, had his cheque collected by his mom Cathleen from club PRO Brian O’Sullivan earlier in the week. Next weekend’s draw will… Read more…
“President Michael D. Higgins is over-stepping his role by getting involved in the climate action debate where he is advising people to eat more plant based food and change their diet,” said Deputy Danny Healy Rae. His statement came in response to an inclusion in a speech made by President Higgins at the National Ploughing… Read more…
The Ballymacelligott Vintage Club is turning its attention to Sunday, October 1st and its tractor car and motorbike run in aid of the Castleisland Day Care Centre. It will set out and end at the Halfway Bar in Ballymacelligott after registration from 9:30am and setting off at 11am. V92 HD79 “There will be two separate routes,… Read more…
I celebrated a significant birthday last week, Significant enough for me to believe that I’m on the home straight and hoping that I’ll pass a couple of these milestones yet. In case, God forbid, that, like all of us, the fragility of my existence here didn’t dawn on me and that I didn’t realise that… Read more…
When the month of September comes around, members of the farming community and rural dwellers in general look forward to a less hectic daily schedule and maybe a little rest and relaxation at some of their favourite pastimes. The GAA All-Ireland finals have been moved to mid-summer, which makes them a bit inconvenient for busy… Read more…
Presentation Castleisland has kicked off its new after-school karate club for students and members of staff, to run for the full year. The school is the first in Kerry to offer the activity, and there has been a great uptake. The club runs after school every Monday and is led by a team from Kerry… Read more…
A Met Éireann Weather Warning for the Kerry and Galway areas forecasts very strong and gusty south to southwest winds. The potential impacts of these conditions includes: a chance of falling branches/trees and loose debris blowing around and difficult driving conditions. Valid: 17:00 Tuesday 19/09/2023 to 05:00 Wednesday 20/09/2023. Issued: 11:38 Monday 18/09/2023 and updated… Read more…
