Cllr. Bobby O’Connell has expressed his delighted to see that work commenced last week on the resurfacing of the old Limerick Road. An allocation of €274,000 is being spent on pavement overlay on a surface which was in a desperate condition. The work is taking in the stretch from Hartnett’s Corner to the Castleisland Desmonds…
At yesterday’s full meeting of Kerry County Council, Cllr. Charlie Farrelly, Independent, again called on the council’s road and transportation department to put arrangements in place to have a disused pedestrian bridge in Killarney transferred to Castleisland. The bridge, which cost in the region of €80,000 at its construction stage in 2017, is now lying…
Cllr. Bobby O’Connell has welcomed the money announced for the Castleisland and Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District under the Healthy Kerry Community Wellbeing Initiative. The Community and Tourism Department is responsible for the administration of the Community Mental Health Small Grants Scheme, funded through Healthy Ireland. 24 Applications Received This grant scheme was publicly advertised recently…
Limerick Road and its environs are getting quite a bit of Kerry County Council attention lately. Around the middle of last month, Cllr. Bobby O’Connell was first off the mark with the news that the badly deteriorating stretch of road from Hartnett’s Corner to the football field was to get a new and long awaited…
The following is the agenda and motions for the Castleisland and Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District meeting today, Thursday, March 18th. Notices of Motion Cllr. Bobby O’Connell: That Kerry County Council take over the Castleisland River Walk as it is an extremely important amenity for the area. Cllrs. Bobby O’Connell, Charlie Farrelly, Fionnán Fitzgerald, Jackie Healy-Rae:…
Honest to God, today I feel that if The Liberator himself, the great Daniel O’Connell, was alive and well he would have sent a message from Caherdaniel about the repair of the 400 metres of roadway from the entrance to St. John’s Park to the gate of Castleisland Desmonds GAA Club. Everyone else did. However,…
Thinking and acting along the lines that local and potential tourist attractions could do with all the help they and their promoters can get, Cllr. Bobby O’Connell heard and heeded an appeal on behalf of Glanageenty Walkways. But then the signatory to the appeal was none other than John Lenihan – a former world hill…
Cllr. Bobby O’Connell, Cllr. Charlie Farrelly, Cllr. Jackie Healy Rae, Cllr. Fionnán Fitzgerald and the busiest Minister for Education ever, Norma Foley TD all sent messages of welcome for today’s announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD of grant funding under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The messages came in…
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys has just announced almost €1.3 million to fund vehicles for 26 community-based organisations. The announcement has been welcomed locally by Cllr. Bobby O’Connell, Deputy Brendan Griffin and Cllr. Fionnán Fitzgerald. Day Care Centre’s €71,540 They particularly welcome the allocation to Castleisland Day Care Centre of €71,540. The centre is one of…
Today is December 8th and the traditional start to the Christmas time of trading and gathering the makings of the season. The spiritual side of Christmas was launched in Castleisland on Friday afternoon at 2pm at the crib by the fountain. There, just a handful of people and two small dogs gathered as Fr. Seán…
