Messages of congratulations are being showered on the Castleisland Community College debating team which competed in and won the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum final against Saint Patrick’s Secondary School. The final took place in the Ivy Leaf Theatre on Wednesday. The community college team passed the motion: ‘That alcohol causes more harm than illegal drugs…
The Ivy Leaf Arts Centre, Castleisland will play host to a debate between transition year students from two local second level schools on this Wednesday morning, December 4th from 10am to 12:30pm. Student teams from St. Patrick’s Boys Secondary School and Castleisland Community College will debate the motion ‘Alcohol Causes More Harm Than Illegal Drugs…
On Friday, November 8th in the Ivy Leaf Arts Centre in Castleisland, transition year students will debate the motion: That Teen Drinking is a Serious Problem in Ireland. St. Patrick’s Boys Secondary School and Presentation Castleisland will take part in the semi-final of a debating competition organised by Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum. The competition is…
Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum will welcome former Governor of Mountjoy John Lonergan to Castleisland on Tuesday evening, April 24th at 7.30pm in the River Island Hotel. A native of Co. Tipperary, Mr. Lonergan first entered the prison service in 1968 and spent the following 42 years there before retiring in 2010. Twenty four of those…
St. Joseph’s Presentation Secondary School student, Patrycja Rzucidlo won first prize at the Creative Tech Festival Design Awards 2 at Google headquarters in Dublin recently. Representing the Castleisland KDYS Centre, Patrycja’s winning entry was in the 15 plus age category. Her design was originally done for the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum Logo competition – which…
Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum organised a very successful event for a group of second level students in the Castleisland area on Tuesday. The event, which took place in the Ivy Leaf Art Centre, was organised for third and transition year students from all three post primary schools. The keynote address was given by Dr. Fergus…
Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum is hosting an evening with Dr. Fergus Heffernan on this Wednesday, April 13th at 7:30pm in the River Island Hotel. Dr. Heffernan is a leading educator in the area of family dynamics and stress management and how it connects to our well being. He has worked in a variety of conflict…
St. Bridget’s U-12s are County League Champions St. Bridget’s U-12 Basketball team from Currow, winners of the Kerry Division 3 County League title. They were presented with their medals at the Kerry Basketball Board Awards night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. Front from left: Julia Curtin, Clodagh Coffey, Ciara Casey, Cara Fleming, Mia Key and…
An information booklet has been compiled by students at Castleisland Community College and supervised by teacher Elaine Murphy. The publication, backed by the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum, sets out to address a lack of awareness by young people in the college catchment area of the range of activity in their own localities. The booklet was…
A huge 32% of youths in this general area told a survey that they obtained alcohol in Castleisland with no I.D. while 17% said they used a fake I.D. to purchase drink here. The report, which has just been published by the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum, was established in 2010 by Castleisland/Farranfore Primary Care Team…
