The Bank of Ireland National Enterprise Town Awards Ceremony took place at the Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny last night, November 28, 2018. It was announced there that Letterkenny is the most enterprising town in Ireland.The town was the overall winner of the 2018 Bank of Ireland National Enterprise Town Awards. Letterkenny will now receive a cash…
Cllr. John Sheahan, Cathaoirleach of Killarney Municipal District teamed up at the weekend with Castleisland librarian, Eileen Murphy at the presentation of certificates to the children who completed the Summer Stars Reading Adventure at Castleisland Library. Reading Programme Summer Stars is a nationwide, library based and focused reading programme which is available free of charge…
St. Mary’s Basketball Club was one of the recipients of the 2018 Kerry County Council Community Support Fund. By Liz Galwey, PRO The funding was used by the club to purchase gear which will be worn by the U-18 squad when they travel to Dublin in early November for the first round of the National Cup.…
A record 5,500 volunteers took part in the Kerry County Clean Up last month which saw 8,000 bags of litter collected, the highest ever tally in the seven years in which the environmental and community initiative has existed – according to Kerry County Council statistics. Litter Analysis KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council have completed…
The annual call for applications by Kerry County Council for arts grants and bursaries is currently underway. The application process is managed by the Arts Office of the council is co-ordinated by Arts Officer, Kate Kennelly. “We welcome applications across all our funding streams and see the awarding of grant-aid as an essential part of…
The organisers of last weekend’s three-day Kerry tourism promotional visit to Berlin have hailed it an outstanding success. The 35-strong group, led by Minister Brendan Griffin TD and Mayor of Kerry, Cllr John Sheahan, held a series of engagements with tourism trade, media and consumer groups. They also held a high level political meeting with…
Castleisland archaeologist, historian and Skellig Michael tour guide, Maggie Prendiville-Keane, will give a talk on the his/story of the Patrick O’Keeffe monument and on its creator, Mike Kenny in Scartaglin on Friday, September 22nd. at 7pm. If the weather obliges on Culture Night the talk will be delivered on the plinth. If not there are…
