Our neighbouring parish of Currow has been hit yet again with the devastating loss of a young husband and father to a farming related accident. A pall of sadness descended on Saturday evening as the news spread of the accidental and tragic death of Shane Foley (43) in a farm machinery accident. Mr. Foley of… Read more…
An MNG Airlines Airbus A300 cargo plane departed Shannon Airport last week and bound for Kigali in Rwanda with an early morning stopover in Cairo. On board were 37 in-calf heifers, three bulls for the Rwandan Government National Bovine Breeding Scheme, 260 pigs, 100 goats, and 5,000 chicks. Flying Ark Also on board were 5,000… Read more…
Members of the ad-hoc committee and friends presenting the proceeds of the 2016 Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor and Vintage Run to Theresa Walsh of University Hospital Kerry at Hughes’ Bar on Saturday night. The group would like to thank once again most sincerely all the farmers, tractor drivers and vintage enthusiasts who took part in the… Read more…
The death has occurred of Maurice (Mossie) O’Leary, Breahig, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry, September 15th 2016, peacefully after a short illness. Beloved husband of the recently deceased Hannah (Nee Curtin) and much loved father of Billy, Anne and Eileen. Sadly missed by his loving family, daughter-in-law Geraldine, son-in-law Brendan, his adored 5 grandchildren, Gearoid, Ronan,… Read more…
The organisers of the fifth annual Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor / Vintage Run declared themselves delighted with the turnout at the starting line in Cordal on Sunday. “We had 130 entries, mostly large tractors and about 15 cars at the start and the weather conditions were perfect really. We had some rain in Castleisland and… Read more…
Radio Kerry has been nominated for seven awards in this year’s National PPI Radio Awards, the highest number of nominations received by a local station in this year’s competition. Weeshie Fogarty has been nominated for Sports Broadcaster of the Year. In the Current Affairs Programme category, the Kerry Today show – presented by Jerry O’Sullivan… Read more…
Fadó, fadó I sat in a building site hut on Aughinish Island and watched a man dislodge what we called a Scirtán from a workmate’s back. His only qualifications for the job were his long fingernails, good eyesight and the fact that he smoked. While the island crawled with safety officers, there was no mention… Read more…
The fifth annual Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor and Vintage Run will start in Cordal at 1pm. on Sunday, September 11th 2016. It will also finish there at the end of the run. It will set out at from the yard of Cordal Community Centre / GAA grounds and head to Brosna by the Black Banks… Read more…
Volunteers in Irish Veterinary Assistance (VIVA) is a charity group which helps set up and maintain livestock aid programmes in the developing world. Shane McAuliffe is its local and vocal representative and he mounted a campaign corner at Castleisland Co-Op Mart yard on Sunday during the Castleisland Chamber Alliance Summerfest. “It was this time four… Read more…
On Tuesday, members members of the Defence Forces shot dead five cows at a farm in Monaghan. A security detail made up of the Army and Gardaí were accompanying a debt collector onto the property. The fact that Irish Army men were used by a financial debt collecting company to shoot cattle belonging to a… Read more…
Our neighbouring parish of Currow has been hit yet again with the devastating loss of a young husband and father to a farming related accident. A pall of sadness descended on Saturday evening as the news spread of the accidental and tragic death of Shane Foley (43) in a farm machinery accident. Mr. Foley of… Read more…
An MNG Airlines Airbus A300 cargo plane departed Shannon Airport last week and bound for Kigali in Rwanda with an early morning stopover in Cairo. On board were 37 in-calf heifers, three bulls for the Rwandan Government National Bovine Breeding Scheme, 260 pigs, 100 goats, and 5,000 chicks. Flying Ark Also on board were 5,000… Read more…
Members of the ad-hoc committee and friends presenting the proceeds of the 2016 Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor and Vintage Run to Theresa Walsh of University Hospital Kerry at Hughes’ Bar on Saturday night. The group would like to thank once again most sincerely all the farmers, tractor drivers and vintage enthusiasts who took part in the… Read more…
The death has occurred of Maurice (Mossie) O’Leary, Breahig, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry, September 15th 2016, peacefully after a short illness. Beloved husband of the recently deceased Hannah (Nee Curtin) and much loved father of Billy, Anne and Eileen. Sadly missed by his loving family, daughter-in-law Geraldine, son-in-law Brendan, his adored 5 grandchildren, Gearoid, Ronan,… Read more…
The organisers of the fifth annual Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor / Vintage Run declared themselves delighted with the turnout at the starting line in Cordal on Sunday. “We had 130 entries, mostly large tractors and about 15 cars at the start and the weather conditions were perfect really. We had some rain in Castleisland and… Read more…
Radio Kerry has been nominated for seven awards in this year’s National PPI Radio Awards, the highest number of nominations received by a local station in this year’s competition. Weeshie Fogarty has been nominated for Sports Broadcaster of the Year. In the Current Affairs Programme category, the Kerry Today show – presented by Jerry O’Sullivan… Read more…
Fadó, fadó I sat in a building site hut on Aughinish Island and watched a man dislodge what we called a Scirtán from a workmate’s back. His only qualifications for the job were his long fingernails, good eyesight and the fact that he smoked. While the island crawled with safety officers, there was no mention… Read more…
The fifth annual Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor and Vintage Run will start in Cordal at 1pm. on Sunday, September 11th 2016. It will also finish there at the end of the run. It will set out at from the yard of Cordal Community Centre / GAA grounds and head to Brosna by the Black Banks… Read more…
Volunteers in Irish Veterinary Assistance (VIVA) is a charity group which helps set up and maintain livestock aid programmes in the developing world. Shane McAuliffe is its local and vocal representative and he mounted a campaign corner at Castleisland Co-Op Mart yard on Sunday during the Castleisland Chamber Alliance Summerfest. “It was this time four… Read more…
On Tuesday, members members of the Defence Forces shot dead five cows at a farm in Monaghan. A security detail made up of the Army and Gardaí were accompanying a debt collector onto the property. The fact that Irish Army men were used by a financial debt collecting company to shoot cattle belonging to a… Read more…
