For most students the dawning of their Leaving Cert year looms large and dominates the landscape and mindset for the duration. Not for Paddy Flynn. The St. Patrick’s College student, Cordal GAA Club PRO and now founder of the Sliabh Luachra Old Photos Project is busier than ever at this important juncture in his… Read more…
Children and their parents / guardians knocked great value from the beaches of Kerry over the past week and during and since the weekend in particular. Banna, Ballyheigue, Inch and Fenit were all buzzing with holidaymakers and the sounds of excited children at play – as only they know how. Fish are gasping for a… Read more…
At Inch Beach in West Kerry this week, Kerry County Council raised one of the county’s 14 Blue Flags for the 2017 season. Kerry beaches have again maintained their excellent standard this year with the awarding of 14 Blue Flags for 2017 by An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland, as announced in recent… Read more…
Kerry Fianna Fáil TD, John Brassil has said that the end of the long running greyhound dispute, and picket in Dublin, should be taken as an opportunity for the national greyhound industry to come together and plan for growth and renewal. “First of all, I want to thank those who engaged in picketing Shelbourne Park… Read more…
Details have been released of the 2017 Con Curtin Music Festival in Brosna Village. The village will be a hive of music related activity from June 23rd -25th this year in honour of the late, great Sliabh Luachra fiddler. The festival will get underway on Friday night June 23rd with a top class traditional concert… Read more…
A new book with the gripping title: The Great Famine in Tralee and North Kerry will be launched at O’Mahony’s Bookshop, Tralee on Thursday, June 22nd at 5:30pm. The guest speaker will be Jimmy Deenihan, former Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Eyewitness Accounts With a particular focus on eyewitness accounts, the book brings… Read more…
The official launch of the 2017 Kerry Community Games Athletics Finals took place on Friday morning at An Ríocht AC in Castleisland. It was the last official engagement on the old red tartan track as the new, two-tone surfacing material was being unloaded as the launch was going on. The event, sponsored by Denny, will… Read more…
The North Kerry College of Further Education Open Day is on the coming Wednesday March 8th between 1pm-7pm. North Kerry College of Further Education, formerly Listowel Community College, is the largest provider of Post-Leaving Certificate education in North Kerry and West Limerick. The college provides a range of accredited courses at Level 5 & 6.… Read more…
A note from Danny Healy Rae, TD highlights his continuing efforts to right what he calls the Fair Deal Anomoly – the implementation of which he knows is putting families under unfair financial pressure. “I’m glad after all my requests and demands since being elected to Dáil Éireann last year that at last the Government… Read more…
Sinn Féin TD, Martin Ferris, has accused Fianna Fáil TD John Brassil of having a brass neck after the Ballyheigue based TD accused Sinn Féin’s economic policies of being ‘wilfully negligent.’ Sinn Féin proposed that a €175 million tax break for hotels be abolished and the money be used to provide services and tax breaks… Read more…
For most students the dawning of their Leaving Cert year looms large and dominates the landscape and mindset for the duration. Not for Paddy Flynn. The St. Patrick’s College student, Cordal GAA Club PRO and now founder of the Sliabh Luachra Old Photos Project is busier than ever at this important juncture in his… Read more…
Children and their parents / guardians knocked great value from the beaches of Kerry over the past week and during and since the weekend in particular. Banna, Ballyheigue, Inch and Fenit were all buzzing with holidaymakers and the sounds of excited children at play – as only they know how. Fish are gasping for a… Read more…
At Inch Beach in West Kerry this week, Kerry County Council raised one of the county’s 14 Blue Flags for the 2017 season. Kerry beaches have again maintained their excellent standard this year with the awarding of 14 Blue Flags for 2017 by An Taisce – The National Trust for Ireland, as announced in recent… Read more…
Kerry Fianna Fáil TD, John Brassil has said that the end of the long running greyhound dispute, and picket in Dublin, should be taken as an opportunity for the national greyhound industry to come together and plan for growth and renewal. “First of all, I want to thank those who engaged in picketing Shelbourne Park… Read more…
Details have been released of the 2017 Con Curtin Music Festival in Brosna Village. The village will be a hive of music related activity from June 23rd -25th this year in honour of the late, great Sliabh Luachra fiddler. The festival will get underway on Friday night June 23rd with a top class traditional concert… Read more…
A new book with the gripping title: The Great Famine in Tralee and North Kerry will be launched at O’Mahony’s Bookshop, Tralee on Thursday, June 22nd at 5:30pm. The guest speaker will be Jimmy Deenihan, former Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Eyewitness Accounts With a particular focus on eyewitness accounts, the book brings… Read more…
The official launch of the 2017 Kerry Community Games Athletics Finals took place on Friday morning at An Ríocht AC in Castleisland. It was the last official engagement on the old red tartan track as the new, two-tone surfacing material was being unloaded as the launch was going on. The event, sponsored by Denny, will… Read more…
The North Kerry College of Further Education Open Day is on the coming Wednesday March 8th between 1pm-7pm. North Kerry College of Further Education, formerly Listowel Community College, is the largest provider of Post-Leaving Certificate education in North Kerry and West Limerick. The college provides a range of accredited courses at Level 5 & 6.… Read more…
A note from Danny Healy Rae, TD highlights his continuing efforts to right what he calls the Fair Deal Anomoly – the implementation of which he knows is putting families under unfair financial pressure. “I’m glad after all my requests and demands since being elected to Dáil Éireann last year that at last the Government… Read more…
Sinn Féin TD, Martin Ferris, has accused Fianna Fáil TD John Brassil of having a brass neck after the Ballyheigue based TD accused Sinn Féin’s economic policies of being ‘wilfully negligent.’ Sinn Féin proposed that a €175 million tax break for hotels be abolished and the money be used to provide services and tax breaks… Read more…
