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Minister Foley Launches ‘Beyond Boundaries’ – At Castleisland’s Acquired Brain Injury Ireland

Minister Foley Launches ‘Beyond Boundaries’ – At Castleisland’s Acquired Brain Injury Ireland

Minister Norma Foley, TD has launched a new five-year strategy for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Ireland during a visit to its resource centre in Castleisland on Friday. The strategy, titled ‘Beyond Boundaries’, represents an ambitious vision for the future of the organisation and for the people it serves. While the strategy affirms the organisation’s long-standing… Read more…

Great London Experience for St. Pats Transition Year Students

Great London Experience for St. Pats Transition Year Students

The Transition Year students from St. Patrick’s Secondary School in Castleisland recently enjoyed a sunny three-day cultural trip to London. The journey offered a mix of famous sights, thrilling adventures, and captivating entertainment, helping the students to learn and grow. Their London experience began with an open-top bus tour in the evening. As the city… Read more…

Miles for Mairéad Organisers Present €17,154,00 to Kerry Hospice Foundation

Miles for Mairéad Organisers Present €17,154,00 to Kerry Hospice Foundation

The late Mairead Browne nee Nolan, Church Street , Castleisland lost a long battle with illness on May 13th 2024. Some six months later her family members turned their thoughts to an appropriate memorial on a day which would include a 5km walk on Saturday October 12th. The walk, they planned, would start out at… Read more…

Dust Settles on 2025 RÁS Mumhan but Planning for Event 2026 is Underway

Dust Settles on 2025 RÁS Mumhan but Planning for Event 2026 is Underway

As the dust is settles on a very colourful and successful Easter weekend Dornan RÁS Mumhan, the committee is in the final stages of wrapping up the post event work – which is all part of what becomes the planning for future events. The event exists because of many factors that all interact to produce… Read more…

Timmy Brings Split Cash to Ballymac as Andrew Collects Mandy’s Cheque

Timmy Brings Split Cash to Ballymac as Andrew Collects Mandy’s Cheque

Andrew Kelly collected his wife’s Mandy’s €600 from last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket draw. Saturday night’s draw at Fagan’s Bar saw host Jerome doing the honours and picking out the most recent draw winner, Timmy Collins, Ballymacelligott for a €563 win. This weekend’s draw is on in Eileen’s bakery on Saturday evening at… Read more…

Friday Evening’s An Ríocht Cheque Presentation in Bridget Jones’ Diary

Friday Evening’s An Ríocht Cheque Presentation in Bridget Jones’ Diary

An Ríocht 50/50 draw took place at Den Joe’s on last Friday evening. Dan O’Halloran from Abbeyfeale collected his cheque for €525 from club president Denis Brosnan. The winning ticket pulled out belonged to Bridget Jones from Glountane. Bridget won €550. Tonight’s draw will take place at Browne’s Bar around 9pm. How to Play An… Read more…

Out of Traps with the Good Weather News and Promise of More

Out of Traps with the Good Weather News and Promise of More

Me and my equals are always straight out of traps when it comes to spreading the news on bad weather forecasts. But we are, more often than not, reacting to requests from Kerry County Council to do our bit in getting the news out of one impending period of doom and gloom or another. However,… Read more…

Currow Graveyard Clean-Up on Saturday – An All Day Event

Currow Graveyard Clean-Up on Saturday – An All Day Event

Currow Rural Development in association with Killeentierna Parish Church are organising a ‘Clean-Up Day’ at St Michael’s Graveyard, Currow, on Saturday the 10th of May. This will be an all day event. “Everyone is invited to attend to help maintain and tidy up around their own family graves and adjacent pathways prior to the graveyard… Read more…

Browne’s Open Day – Bolstered by a Solid Customer Base Formed over Generations

Browne’s Open Day – Bolstered by a Solid Customer Base Formed over Generations

One of the most enduring of Castleisland’s big commercial occasions is the annual Browne’s Agri, Steel and Builders Merchants Open Day. The 2025 version is on today and will get underway at 11am this morning and continue up to 3pm. This is an event which draws people from all over the county and from neighbours… Read more…

Final Water Outage Tonight from 8pm to 2am as New Supply Line is Connected

Final Water Outage Tonight from 8pm to 2am as New Supply Line is Connected

Cllr. Charlie Farrelly was on to let his constituents and customers of Uisce Éireann in Castleisland know that contractors, Ward and Burke will be making a final connections to the new water mains tonight in the vicinity of Rice’s Height and the Carnegie Building on the Brosna Road. As a consequence there will an interruption… Read more…

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Author Archives: admin

Minister Foley Launches ‘Beyond Boundaries’ – At Castleisland’s Acquired Brain Injury Ireland

Minister Foley Launches ‘Beyond Boundaries’ – At Castleisland’s Acquired Brain Injury Ireland

Minister Norma Foley, TD has launched a new five-year strategy for Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Ireland during a visit to its resource centre in Castleisland on Friday. The strategy, titled ‘Beyond Boundaries’, represents an ambitious vision for the future of the organisation and for the people it serves. While the strategy affirms the organisation’s long-standing… Read more…

Great London Experience for St. Pats Transition Year Students

Great London Experience for St. Pats Transition Year Students

The Transition Year students from St. Patrick’s Secondary School in Castleisland recently enjoyed a sunny three-day cultural trip to London. The journey offered a mix of famous sights, thrilling adventures, and captivating entertainment, helping the students to learn and grow. Their London experience began with an open-top bus tour in the evening. As the city… Read more…

Miles for Mairéad Organisers Present €17,154,00 to Kerry Hospice Foundation

Miles for Mairéad Organisers Present €17,154,00 to Kerry Hospice Foundation

The late Mairead Browne nee Nolan, Church Street , Castleisland lost a long battle with illness on May 13th 2024. Some six months later her family members turned their thoughts to an appropriate memorial on a day which would include a 5km walk on Saturday October 12th. The walk, they planned, would start out at… Read more…

Dust Settles on 2025 RÁS Mumhan but Planning for Event 2026 is Underway

Dust Settles on 2025 RÁS Mumhan but Planning for Event 2026 is Underway

As the dust is settles on a very colourful and successful Easter weekend Dornan RÁS Mumhan, the committee is in the final stages of wrapping up the post event work – which is all part of what becomes the planning for future events. The event exists because of many factors that all interact to produce… Read more…

Timmy Brings Split Cash to Ballymac as Andrew Collects Mandy’s Cheque

Timmy Brings Split Cash to Ballymac as Andrew Collects Mandy’s Cheque

Andrew Kelly collected his wife’s Mandy’s €600 from last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket draw. Saturday night’s draw at Fagan’s Bar saw host Jerome doing the honours and picking out the most recent draw winner, Timmy Collins, Ballymacelligott for a €563 win. This weekend’s draw is on in Eileen’s bakery on Saturday evening at… Read more…

Friday Evening’s An Ríocht Cheque Presentation in Bridget Jones’ Diary

Friday Evening’s An Ríocht Cheque Presentation in Bridget Jones’ Diary

An Ríocht 50/50 draw took place at Den Joe’s on last Friday evening. Dan O’Halloran from Abbeyfeale collected his cheque for €525 from club president Denis Brosnan. The winning ticket pulled out belonged to Bridget Jones from Glountane. Bridget won €550. Tonight’s draw will take place at Browne’s Bar around 9pm. How to Play An… Read more…

Out of Traps with the Good Weather News and Promise of More

Out of Traps with the Good Weather News and Promise of More

Me and my equals are always straight out of traps when it comes to spreading the news on bad weather forecasts. But we are, more often than not, reacting to requests from Kerry County Council to do our bit in getting the news out of one impending period of doom and gloom or another. However,… Read more…

Currow Graveyard Clean-Up on Saturday – An All Day Event

Currow Graveyard Clean-Up on Saturday – An All Day Event

Currow Rural Development in association with Killeentierna Parish Church are organising a ‘Clean-Up Day’ at St Michael’s Graveyard, Currow, on Saturday the 10th of May. This will be an all day event. “Everyone is invited to attend to help maintain and tidy up around their own family graves and adjacent pathways prior to the graveyard… Read more…

Browne’s Open Day – Bolstered by a Solid Customer Base Formed over Generations

Browne’s Open Day – Bolstered by a Solid Customer Base Formed over Generations

One of the most enduring of Castleisland’s big commercial occasions is the annual Browne’s Agri, Steel and Builders Merchants Open Day. The 2025 version is on today and will get underway at 11am this morning and continue up to 3pm. This is an event which draws people from all over the county and from neighbours… Read more…

Final Water Outage Tonight from 8pm to 2am as New Supply Line is Connected

Final Water Outage Tonight from 8pm to 2am as New Supply Line is Connected

Cllr. Charlie Farrelly was on to let his constituents and customers of Uisce Éireann in Castleisland know that contractors, Ward and Burke will be making a final connections to the new water mains tonight in the vicinity of Rice’s Height and the Carnegie Building on the Brosna Road. As a consequence there will an interruption… Read more…

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