Following the most recent meeting of the St Patricks Day Parade Committee and local Gardaí the following details were announced. By Pat Hartnett, Committee PRO Thanks to the Castleisland Co-Op Mart Committee the parade will assemble in the mart yard again this year after last year’s successful experiment. Please note that a one-way system will…
The street has been decorated and the permanent sound system is ready to go for the big event on Friday. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade here is set for the off at 1pm. from its regular blocks on Tralee Road. It will be led out again this year by the blood stirring strains of the…
They may have operated with reduced numbers this year, but, by any measurement, The Longest Day charity fundraiser has been a phenomenal success. The organising committee, based at Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar has raised close to €70,000 from its three grueling events to date. The Bumbleance children’s ambulance, the Jack and Jill Foundation and, this…
Great local events which are having a ripple effect on the wider charity communities don’t just happen. They are planned meticulously and for months in advance. The Longest Day Committee has been doing just that since the last one finished in June 2015. On Monday evening they launched their fully hatched plans with the date…
