The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with An Garda Síochána will run its annual seven-a-side Soccer Blitz on Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th of July 2017. The event will be held in the Soccer Pitch, Limerick Road here in Castleisland. Applications are invited from teams from the Castleisland area interested in taking part…
Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum organised a very successful event for a group of second level students in the Castleisland area on Tuesday. The event, which took place in the Ivy Leaf Art Centre, was organised for third and transition year students from all three post primary schools. The keynote address was given by Dr. Fergus…
There have been years when the annual, Castleisland based KDYS / An Garda Síochána Soccer League coincided with a major tournament of European or worldwide status. On these occasions the local tournament is elevated to whole new heights. Dreams of stardom are dreamt by day and night. It’s in these dreams that humanly impossible goals…
A couple of weeks ago Currow teenager, Eimear Horgan was preparing to take part in the European Youth Event (EYE) which took place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg from 20-21 May. The St. Joseph’s Presentation Secondary, Castleisland student did just that with a group of fellow students from around the county and beyond. The…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with An Garda Síochána is running its annual seven–a-side soccer blitz tournament on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd of July 2015. The event will be held in the Castleisland AFC grounds on the Limerick Road. Applications are invited from team and team management from the Castleisland area…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with the Castleisland Garda Siochana ran their annual soccer tournament at Castleisland Soccer Field, Limerick Road on Wednesday, July 2nd. The event was a great success. Eleven teams and around 90 players took part in the tournament which has been held every year since it was established by…
A huge 32% of youths in this general area told a survey that they obtained alcohol in Castleisland with no I.D. while 17% said they used a fake I.D. to purchase drink here. The report, which has just been published by the Castleisland Interagency Youth Forum, was established in 2010 by Castleisland/Farranfore Primary Care Team…
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…
