Do yourself a favour and have a look at this documentary about West Kerry musician, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich and his fifteen year battle with Kerry County Council to build a small traditional home in his ancestral village on the Dingle Peninsula. Over the hour or so he highlights how he was threatened with jail and…
On tonight’s Eco Eye programme on RTÉ One at 7pm, 2010 Rose of Tralee and clinical psychologist, Dr. Clare Kambamettu will examine where the real danger of radiation exposure lies in Ireland today. In the programme titled, Radiation: The Silent Killer, Dr. Clare will also debunk some surprising myths about the threats posed by radiation. …
Gardening Together is a new television series on RTÉ One and BBC One Northern Ireland and the coming Friday night’s episode on RTÉ One at 8pm will feature Castleisland’s Shane McAuliffe and the fruits of his relatively recent conversion to the joys of gardening. Presenter, Diarmuid Gavin will focus on Shane’s massive and time consuming…
In 2015 a documentary team, led by Dublin native and one time Scartaglin resident, Vincent Hyland, filmed the series Call of the Wild. The five-part series was due to begin its run on RTÉ One on Saturday morning last at 10:35am. However, due to the evolving news of the government formation on that day, the…
In 2015 a documentary team, led by Dublin native and one time Scartaglin resident, Vincent Hyland, filmed the series Call of the Wild. The five-part series will begin its run on RTÉ One on this Saturday morning at 10:45am. The series includes a close up look at the curse of plastics on marine life and…
This evening’s RTÉ One Ear to the Ground programme will feature the results of a visit by Presenter Darragh McCullough and the TV crew to McAuliffe’s Pig Farms here in Castleisland before Christmas. The programme will focus on the threat of African Swine Fever on the pig population of the world. “This is a viral…
There won’t be a calf or a cat fed in Currow or Knock tonight as ‘their Rose’ Shana Pembroke, representing Chicago, is scheduled to be first on the RTÉ One show with Dáithí Ó Sé at 8pm. The 24-year-old graduate student from Chicago, Illinois is the youngest in her family and has two older sisters.…
They’re one of the the hardest working political families in the whole of Ireland. Their attention to detail and to the needs of the people of their now sprawling constituencies are truly legendary. And, in case you didn’t get your fill of Healy Rae canvassing, mantra and posters up to this time last week, you’re…
Castleisland Camera Club will hold its AGM on Thursday night, February 7th at 7.30pm in the RCC Building, Tralee Road Industrial Estate. New members will be welcomed. In existence since March 2017, the club has had a couple of very successful charity exhibitions / coffee mornings, talks and outings. Meanwhile, club members and photography enthusiasts…
After a six year apprenticeship on the highways and byways of Kerry and Munster, Farranfore film-maker, David Pembroke has moved his base to Dublin and his name will be seen on our screens more often. Call of the Wild Also, David’s five part environmental series Call of the Wild will soon be broadcast on RTÉ.…
