“A Boom Spraying Pesticides Application Course QQI Level 5 will be held on the following dates:Course 1 – June 11th/12th/13th Course 2- June 15th/16th/17thThe course will run over two days and day three will be assessment. Course Cost is €140 Light lunch and refreshments are included on day 1 and 2. Completion of this course…
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…
A day-long course covering all aspects of Level 2 Food Safety and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) will take place at Kitchen Incubators Kerry, Farranfore on February 11th 2015. The course will run from 9am to 5pm and is free of charge to job-seekers. “This is a great opportunity for any Job-seekers wanting…
Two very significant developments in Kerry this week speak volumes on how the so-called ‘Green Shoots’ of the Irish economy are having little or no bearing on counties like ours. That we’re paying the price for our detachment from the main hubs of activity is undeniable. It’s undeniable too that the suffering and mental anguish…
North & East Kerry Development has been informed that Pobal will continue to support its four Community Services Programmes in 2015 and 2016. The four services in question include: Revamp Furniture Recycling Enterprise based in Castleisland; Older Persons Maintenance Service based in Listowel and surrounding areas; and two Community Halls Projects providing support to community…
A note from North & East Kerry Development expresses delight at the announcement of the continuation of the Revamp Furniture Recycling Enterprise to 2017. The news means that it has secured the direct employment for 12 local people in Castleisland. It also allows them to continue providing affordable, good quality, pre-loved and upcycled furniture. “Our funder Pobal has just approved our…
North and East Kerry Development (NEKD) will send representatives on a delegation to the European Commission in Brussels on the 17th and 18th November. Brigid Ní Chonchúir and John Loughrey of NEKD will travel as part of a delegation with Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada, to make representations on behalf of Communities in North, East…
North and East Kerry Development has joined forces with other local development companies from across the country. They’re calling on communities to get behind the forthcoming LEADER Rally in support of the retention of the bottom-up approach of LEADER, by local development companies. The rally will take place on Wednesday July 9th at 1.30pm at…
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…
Those who attended the North and East Kerry Development support meeting on Tuesday night would be forgiven the perception that the sky would fall if the company folded. That there would be a pall of sadness and sorrow bordering on grief in the wake of its demise. A procession of volunteers spoke with great passion…
