Dr. Katherine Zappone, TD has today announced that more than €6.5m in capital funding has been allocated through the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to 1,006 pre-school providers nationwide. This represents an increase of over €2.5m on the amount of €4m announced for this programme in February 2016. Grants of up to €10,000 per… 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…
An email from Kerry TD Danny Healy Rae outlines the busy week he had in Dáil Éireann and the home related issues he raised with the various ministers. Have a read down along and you’ll find that Castleisland Horse Fair Day and World Fiddle Day in Scartaglin were mentioned in the Dáil. Good man Danny.… Read more…
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar yesterday committed “that his Department will no longer take any measures which seek to actively influence customer choice in the manner of payment away from cast payments at the Post Office,” This was in response to a Priority Question from Kerry Deputy Michael Healy-Rae – a sub-postoffice master in… Read more…
Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin described British prime minster David Cameron’s decision to hold a referendum as “reckless” in the wake of the shock in the UK in the early hours of Friday morning. And he said he found it hard to understand the UK government’s decision that it could renegotiate its EU membership and… Read more…
There is a hat-full of ways of describing the Friday, July 8th Boxing promotion being staged by the Castleisland Desmonds GAA Club at the local community centre. Desmonds players and supporters are swapping their football boots for boxing gloves on that night from 8pm and it’s all for the sake of their club. It has… Read more…
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…
I abstained from the vote for Taoiseach today, I did so after spending 70 days trying to ensure that many of the issues and problems that are facing the people of Kerry and all of Rural Ireland were going to be addressed in the programme for Government. I believe that the final document is not… Read more…
Kerry Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin has warmly welcoming the announcement by BBC, Top Gear presenter, Chris Evans, that the programme is to visit West Kerry today. “Two years ago I contacted the BBC and invited the Top Gear programme to come to Kerry and the Wild Atlantic Way, as I believed that the landscape,… Read more…
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…
Dr. Katherine Zappone, TD has today announced that more than €6.5m in capital funding has been allocated through the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to 1,006 pre-school providers nationwide. This represents an increase of over €2.5m on the amount of €4m announced for this programme in February 2016. Grants of up to €10,000 per… 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…
An email from Kerry TD Danny Healy Rae outlines the busy week he had in Dáil Éireann and the home related issues he raised with the various ministers. Have a read down along and you’ll find that Castleisland Horse Fair Day and World Fiddle Day in Scartaglin were mentioned in the Dáil. Good man Danny.… Read more…
Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar yesterday committed “that his Department will no longer take any measures which seek to actively influence customer choice in the manner of payment away from cast payments at the Post Office,” This was in response to a Priority Question from Kerry Deputy Michael Healy-Rae – a sub-postoffice master in… Read more…
Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin described British prime minster David Cameron’s decision to hold a referendum as “reckless” in the wake of the shock in the UK in the early hours of Friday morning. And he said he found it hard to understand the UK government’s decision that it could renegotiate its EU membership and… Read more…
There is a hat-full of ways of describing the Friday, July 8th Boxing promotion being staged by the Castleisland Desmonds GAA Club at the local community centre. Desmonds players and supporters are swapping their football boots for boxing gloves on that night from 8pm and it’s all for the sake of their club. It has… Read more…
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…
I abstained from the vote for Taoiseach today, I did so after spending 70 days trying to ensure that many of the issues and problems that are facing the people of Kerry and all of Rural Ireland were going to be addressed in the programme for Government. I believe that the final document is not… Read more…
Kerry Fine Gael TD, Brendan Griffin has warmly welcoming the announcement by BBC, Top Gear presenter, Chris Evans, that the programme is to visit West Kerry today. “Two years ago I contacted the BBC and invited the Top Gear programme to come to Kerry and the Wild Atlantic Way, as I believed that the landscape,… Read more…
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…
