An information booklet has been compiled by students at Castleisland Community College and supervised by teacher Elaine Murphy. The publication, backed by the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum, sets out to address a lack of awareness by young people in the college catchment area of the range of activity in their own localities. The booklet was…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with An Garda Siochana held their annual basketball blitz on Good Friday. The blitz was held for the seventh successive year at Castleisland Community Centre. It was organised by Helena Falvey Youth Justice worker with the KDYS in conjunction with Garda Liz Twomey Junior Liaison Officer, Killarney…
The KDYS in the Castleisland area is running summer camps open to all first and second year students. There are three summer camps, which will run from 1st to 4th July and 8th to 11th July and 15th to 18th July. Activities will include: A day trip to Jamie Knox Activity Centre in Castlegregory which will include a surfing lesson, water…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service in partnership with the Castleisland Garda Siochana will hold their annual soccer tournament at the soccer field, Limerick Road here in Castleisland. Applications are invited from teams from the Castleisland area who are interested in taking part. The competition will take place on Wednesday, July 2nd and Thursday, July 3rd…
The KDYS in partnership with An Garda Siochana ran their annual basketball blitz on Good Friday for the sixth successive year at Castleisland Community Centre. The event was organised by Helena Falvey Youth Justice worker with the KDYS in conjunction with Garda Liz Twomey Junior Liaison Officer at Killarney Garda Station. The event was…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with An Garda Síochána is running its annual Basketball Blitz tournament on Good Friday. The event will be held, as usual, in Castleisland Community Centre. Applications are invited from teams from the Castleisland area who are interested in taking part. The tournament will take place over one…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service office in Castleisland is looking for adults with an interest in volunteering within their services. In particular, they need people to work in the youth café facility or with specific group areas such as: helping with homework; cooking; health and beauty and IT issues and so forth. “Volunteering is very…
As part of a career progression and life long learning course in the KDYS An-tOileán and the Garda Youth Diversion Project, nine young people took part in a three session ‘Introduction to Cookery’ programme, funded by the European Social Fund. Personal Development The aim of the course was to facilitate personal development, enhance the young…
