The just retired Bank of Ireland, Castleisland branch manager, Paddy Garvey surprised a couple of innocent bystanders on the street of the town on Friday evening. Donning a present of an autographed county hurling jersey, Paddy came out as a Clare man. “I was sure he was from West Kerry,” was one man’s response to…
Wouldn’t you think that the element of surprise would be missing from Friday night’s Bank of Ireland Castleisland Enterprise Town Expo ? Not so. It was, after all, on its second lap around the business houses of the town and district – and whoever else wanted to be there. There were people, many people, who…
As the Fox said when he had his tail cut: ‘It won’t be long now.’ There it is. Castleisland Community Centre looking its best and in a state of readiness for the rapidly approaching Castleisland Business & Community Expo. There is a palpable sense of community spirit as people help each other out in erecting…
After the success story of the Enterprise Town Expo 2015 there was huge appetite locally for more of the same. Local businesses responded in a way which had to be seen to be believed or understood. Castleisland is after an almost unprecedented five days of non-stop cash generating activity. This began on Friday evening with…
RTÉ broadcaster and journalist, Miriam O’Callaghan has been confirmed as the key speaker for next month’s Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Expo. No stranger to Castleisland, Ms. O’Callaghan has extensive family connections in the Currans and Farranfore areas and has been down here several times recently on family occasions. She visited Castleisland Day Care Centre…
Summing up last November’s Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Expo, I finished off my piece with the verdict of a man I encountered at the end of the first night at Castleisland Community Centre. Manners took a back seat as he spoke between and through massive mouthfuls of a free-of-charge burger he had just been…
Castleisland Chamber Alliance will host a public meeting with general election candidates to discuss the issues currently facing the Castleisland area. The meeting is scheduled for this Thursday night February 4th at 8.15pm in the River Island Hotel. Most of Kerry’s General Election 2016 candidates have accepted the invitation to attend in spite of the…
Anticipation, anxiety, relief and satisfaction are often thrown into the same bowl – one after the other and in that order. Bank of Ireland, Castleisland manager, Paddy Garvey his fellow event co-ordinator, Denise Mullane and their committee will know the feeling well this morning. Their creation, Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Expo was a rip…
In what has been described by local teachers as “an amazing achievement” two Castleisland school’s teams have qualified for the national finals of the F1 in Schools Competition to be held in Dublin Castle on May 4th. Team JAMCAS from St. Patrick’s Secondary School and Team Flight from Presentation Secondary School will battle it out…
