Kevin Lenihan, Eamon Nolan and James McDonnell from Casteisland Community College were proud recipients of a National Garda Youth Achievement Safety Award last week. The award was presented to them at a ceremony in Portloaise. As part of their Leaving Cert Agricultural Science Project the three students were conscious of the many dangers present on…
It was a case of Tús Maith 2019 at Curranes National School, Castleisland during the week when Lee Strand visited to present a cheque of €500 in the Cash 4 Schools Draw. Valued Financial Support John O’Sullivan, General Manager, Lee Strand congratulated Curranes NS and wish all schools the best of luck in the next…
Farranfore will be full of Christmas cheer on Sunday, December 4th. The Farranfore Development Association is hosting its annual Family Christmas Fun Day in the GAA hall in Farranfore from 2pm. This will be preceded by the formal dedication ceremony of the Farranfore 1916 Memorial at 1pm. Richard Sherwood, Chairman of the Farranfore Development Association,…
The 2016 Eamon Kelly bursary recipients were announced at a presentation at Killarney Library on Thursday. The joint winners are Grace Foley, a singer and musician from Killarney and Darragh Guerin, an actor from Beaufort. Grace intends to develop her career as a singer and plans to launch a CD called Home to Kerry, a…
Since it was first mooted in a Fianna Fáil budget speech in December 2009 the proposal of a tax on water became a hot topic. Now it’s a burning issue. Irish Water bills were burned in Castleisland on Saturday in a mini incinerator in the new library car-park after the town’s second protest march in…
Gardaí investigating the attack on the local ‘Community Garden Project’ on Thursday night have been given the names of those alleged to have been involved. The attack left the poly tunnel – central to the activity of the project – badly gartered and slashed at least three dozen times along the mart-yard facing side. It…
