Castleisland Became 50th Fair Trade Town in Ireland

Castleisland Became 50th Fair Trade Town in Ireland

Castleisland is now officially the 50th Fair Trade town in the country and only the second in Kerry – Tralee is the other. Castleisland Community College received confirmation from Fair Trade Ireland that it has been achieved by the work put in by the Transition Year students at the college and their teachers, Doreen Killington…

Flour Power and Astonishing Designs at College Fair Trade Bake-Off

Flour Power and Astonishing Designs at College Fair Trade Bake-Off

“What an extraordinary, overwhelmingly positive response we had to our first ever Castleisland Community College Fairtrade Bake Off. “The number of cakes that were baked and the diversity in their design was simply astonishing,” was the delighted response of one of the organising / teaching staff members, Elaine Murphy at the college during the big…

‘I think we’ll do it alright this time’ – James O’Donoghue

‘I think we’ll do it alright this time’ – James O’Donoghue

While his attention and thoughts may have been on accounts and savings and student loans here in Castleisland last week, Kerry star, James O’Donoghue was quietly confident about today’s big challenge. The Kerry forward was greeted at the Castleisland AIB branch office by Ronan McAuliffe and manager Ger O’Connor and as many local fans of…