It was standing room only as hundreds of Kerry Republicans turned up at the Rose Hotel in Tralee on Thursday night for the launch of the book: Ireland’s Hunger for Justice, The Story of Our Hunger Striker Martyrs. By: Cathal Foley MC for the night was Cllr. Toireasa Ferris who started proceedings by asking the…
A song composed and recorded in the mid 1960s should have more relevance now than it ever did with our world in the state it’s in. ‘What the World Needs Now’ was composed by Hal David and Burt Bacharach and it features regularly on compilations since. Local Piper, Noel O’Mahony did his own bit in…
At Inch Beach in West Kerry this week, Kerry County Council raised one of the county’s 14 Blue Flags for the 2017 season. Kerry beaches have again maintained their excellent standard this year with the awarding of 14 Blue Flags for 2017 by An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland, as announced in recent…
Castleisland Chamber Alliance recently formed a number of sub committees to focus in depth on different areas of potential development in and around the town of its concern. The sub committees have been formed in the areas like tourism, local area planning, event planning and enterprise promotion. Committee Appointees The tourism committee appointees are: Lisa…
It’s an enduringly sad and sorrowful story of the betrayal of a good man. It’s one that darkened the whole of Holy Week ever since the first, or certainly most celebrated, crucifixion over 2,000 years ago. Its dramatic story line and turns and twists in the telling is what grips us and draws us back…
The annual general meeting of St. Kieran’s GAA Club took place in Cordal on Monday night, January 23rd. 2017. The following officers were elected: President – John Breen; Vice Presidents: Jerry O’Mahony, Michael Walsh, Tom O’Donoghue and John Murphy. Chairman: Tim Dineen; Vice Chairman: Jackie Brosnan; Secretary: Jack O’Connell; Assistant Secretary: Helen O’Connell; Treasurer: Tim…
Book editor, Gabriel Fitzmaurice and myself had a wonderful afternoon in Cork yesterday at the launch of Best Loved Poems: Favourite Poems from the South of Ireland. The book’s Cork launch was in Waterstone’s Bookshop on Patrick Street and we were treated to readings by Gabriel, and Cork poets, Leanne O’Sullivan and Eugene O’Connell. This…
The Kerry Joint Policing Committee is calling on all road users in Kerry to exercise care over the winter months and to ‘Be Safe and Be Seen’ on the county’s roads. The committee has encouraged the use of high visibility clothing and is asking all road users to ensure lights are fully functional on their…
Sunday’s Irish Volunteer commemoration at The Crown Hotel in the heart of Castleisland proved an outstanding success for the handful of organisers. It was particularly satisfying for Joe Browne, Eamonn and John Breen as they had put so much work and effort into the event over the past couple of months. The weather conditions were…
The old adage that one should never let the truth get in the way of a good story certainly had its hour in the sun this week. Usually associated with newspapers, the malaise has now attached itself to radio stations and on-line publications. A hole in the ground is simply not enough of a headline…
