Category Archives: Farming

Ready-to-Plant Ridges Available for €25 Per Year at Community Garden

Ready-to-Plant Ridges Available for €25 Per Year at Community Garden

In the spring of 2013 funds were raised to get a Castleisland Community Garden idea off the ground – appropriately enough. A piece of land was rented for a nominal sum from the Presentation Sisters and a poly-tunnel was bought and erected. Three years and a handful of months down the road, another tunnel has… Read more…

Farmers’ Basic Payments 2015 – Balance on the Way

Farmers’ Basic Payments 2015 – Balance on the Way

Kerry Independent Deputy Michael Healy Rae has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Agriculture that the balance of the payment in the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme to farmers throughout the country will be paid out over the course of the next couple of weeks. This involves payments totaling €15million. In welcoming the development Deputy… Read more…

The late Con O’Connor, Coolnageragh, Scartaglin

The late Con O’Connor, Coolnageragh, Scartaglin

The death has occurred of Con O’Connor, (65) Coolnageragh, Scartaglin, Killarney. On May 11th 2016, unexpectedly at his residence. Beloved husband of Eileen (Lombard) and adored father of Siobhan and Juliette. Brother of the late Nora (Brosnan). Sadly missed by his heartbroken wife and daughters, Juliette’s fiancé Brendan (Holohan), brothers Liam (Clonmel) and Hugh, sister… Read more…

An Riocht AC / Lee Strand 10 Miler and 5k Road Run

An Riocht AC / Lee Strand 10 Miler and 5k Road Run

The streets and roads of Castleisland will be the focus for athletes on this Sunday morning as the fifth annual An Ríocht AC / Lee-Strand sponsored ‘Kingdom Come 10 Mile and 5k Road Race’ will be held here at 11am. Registration will open at An Riocht AC Clubhouse from 9pm. The event is set to… Read more…

Healy Rae Chairs Meeting as Government Effort Continues

Healy Rae Chairs Meeting as Government Effort Continues

A message from Kerry Deputy Michael Healy Rae this evening points out the fact that he’s glad to have organised and chaired a meeting that was held in Dublin earlier today. The meeting, of all the Independent TDs in Agriculture House, agreed a policy position on today’s proceedings in Dail Eireann. Deputy Healy Rae said… Read more…

Care Needed as Castleisland Roads Flooded

Care Needed as Castleisland Roads Flooded

Tell-tale signs of snow on vehicles coming down into the valley from the hills around – and from several directions – has left roads around the town in a dangerously flooded state. The River Maine is threatening to burst its banks along the town stretches at this lunchtime and at the rate of rain-fall now… Read more…

Woeful Weather On the Way

Woeful Weather On the Way

The Met Éireann Weather Forecast for the Munster area. Issued on Sunday, April 10th. 2016. Updated at 06:00 Today Rain today will be heavy and persistent and bring a risk of flooding. Fresh to strong easterly winds will be gale force at the coast. Highest temperatures 7 to 9 degrees. Tonight The rain will become… Read more…

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…

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…

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Category Archives: Farming

Ready-to-Plant Ridges Available for €25 Per Year at Community Garden

Ready-to-Plant Ridges Available for €25 Per Year at Community Garden

In the spring of 2013 funds were raised to get a Castleisland Community Garden idea off the ground – appropriately enough. A piece of land was rented for a nominal sum from the Presentation Sisters and a poly-tunnel was bought and erected. Three years and a handful of months down the road, another tunnel has… Read more…

Farmers’ Basic Payments 2015 – Balance on the Way

Farmers’ Basic Payments 2015 – Balance on the Way

Kerry Independent Deputy Michael Healy Rae has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Agriculture that the balance of the payment in the 2015 Basic Payment Scheme to farmers throughout the country will be paid out over the course of the next couple of weeks. This involves payments totaling €15million. In welcoming the development Deputy… Read more…

The late Con O’Connor, Coolnageragh, Scartaglin

The late Con O’Connor, Coolnageragh, Scartaglin

The death has occurred of Con O’Connor, (65) Coolnageragh, Scartaglin, Killarney. On May 11th 2016, unexpectedly at his residence. Beloved husband of Eileen (Lombard) and adored father of Siobhan and Juliette. Brother of the late Nora (Brosnan). Sadly missed by his heartbroken wife and daughters, Juliette’s fiancé Brendan (Holohan), brothers Liam (Clonmel) and Hugh, sister… Read more…

An Riocht AC / Lee Strand 10 Miler and 5k Road Run

An Riocht AC / Lee Strand 10 Miler and 5k Road Run

The streets and roads of Castleisland will be the focus for athletes on this Sunday morning as the fifth annual An Ríocht AC / Lee-Strand sponsored ‘Kingdom Come 10 Mile and 5k Road Race’ will be held here at 11am. Registration will open at An Riocht AC Clubhouse from 9pm. The event is set to… Read more…

Healy Rae Chairs Meeting as Government Effort Continues

Healy Rae Chairs Meeting as Government Effort Continues

A message from Kerry Deputy Michael Healy Rae this evening points out the fact that he’s glad to have organised and chaired a meeting that was held in Dublin earlier today. The meeting, of all the Independent TDs in Agriculture House, agreed a policy position on today’s proceedings in Dail Eireann. Deputy Healy Rae said… Read more…

Care Needed as Castleisland Roads Flooded

Care Needed as Castleisland Roads Flooded

Tell-tale signs of snow on vehicles coming down into the valley from the hills around – and from several directions – has left roads around the town in a dangerously flooded state. The River Maine is threatening to burst its banks along the town stretches at this lunchtime and at the rate of rain-fall now… Read more…

Woeful Weather On the Way

Woeful Weather On the Way

The Met Éireann Weather Forecast for the Munster area. Issued on Sunday, April 10th. 2016. Updated at 06:00 Today Rain today will be heavy and persistent and bring a risk of flooding. Fresh to strong easterly winds will be gale force at the coast. Highest temperatures 7 to 9 degrees. Tonight The rain will become… Read more…

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…

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…

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