David Clifford Helps Curranes N.S. Raise Its Second Active School Flag

David Clifford Helps Curranes N.S. Raise Its Second Active School Flag

There was great excitement at Curranes National School on Wednesday last when Kerry star footballer, David Clifford visited and helped the pupils to raise their second Active School Flag. Active School Flag is a Department of Education initiative, supported by Healthy Ireland and part of the National Physical Activity Plan. The initiative provides schools with…

Post Office Network is of Vital Importance – Michael Healy Rae, TD

Post Office Network is of Vital Importance – Michael Healy Rae, TD

March 2021 has been an extremely important month for the future of the Post Office Network in Ireland – according to Michael Healy Rae, TD. The conversation around the future of the Post Office and its place in towns and villages in Ireland has been thrown a life-line with the recent withdrawal of services from…

Rural Bank of Ireland Closures Simply Don’t Add Up – Michael Healy-Rae T.D.

Rural Bank of Ireland Closures Simply Don’t Add Up – Michael Healy-Rae T.D.

Kerry Independent TD Michael Healy Rae has condemned Bank of Ireland and its decision to close 103 branches in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland as revealed this week. As of September 2021 branches in Castleisland, Killorglin and the student branch at MTU in Tralee will all close leaving Kerry with only six branches…

Castleisland Gets Its ’20 Minute Parking Bays’

Castleisland Gets Its ’20 Minute Parking Bays’

“I’m glad that Kerry County Council has finally got working on the five designated ’20 minute’ parking bays around the town of Castleisland,” said Cllr. Jackie Healy Rae. “These bays are for short term parking for vulnerable people using facilities such as pharmacies and the post office only. Observance and Respect “I hope they’ll be…

Castleisland: Preparing for Life on the Streets – But Not as we Know It !

Castleisland: Preparing for Life on the Streets – But Not as we Know It !

Members of Castleisland Chamber Alliance held a conference call with representatives of the Castleisland Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District recently. What transpired between them mightn’t be the most reassuring reading today if you’re looking out a window or door on a rain and windswept street. However, optimism reigns in the former, indomitable market town in an…

Wondering at the Motives of the Big Banks this Week

Wondering at the Motives of the Big Banks this Week

Wouldn’t you have to wonder at the motivation and the lack of consideration and sensitivity of Ireland’s two biggest banks this week. Bank of Ireland announced yesterday that it is to close branches throughout the country and the office in Castleisland is one of those. And there’s a note pinned on the front door which…

Bank of Ireland Invite to Financial Wellness Talk as ATM Sell-off Concerns Rise

Bank of Ireland Invite to Financial Wellness Talk as ATM Sell-off Concerns Rise

Two contrasting messages arrived by Email recently and both concern Bank of Ireland. One is warm and inviting,  the other unveils the icy cold face of business to which huge streaks of rural Ireland have been exposed in recent years. The first came from Castleisland Chamber Alliance officer, Neil Browne who was passing on the…

Pres / St. Pats Junk Kouture Teams Qualify for Regional Finals

Pres / St. Pats Junk Kouture Teams Qualify for Regional Finals

The joint Transition Year Programme of Presentation Secondary School and St. Patrick’s Secondary School, Castleisland recently received great news. Their Junk Kouture teams have qualified with two entries for the regional finals of the Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture competition in UL on March 8th. Wearable Pieces of Art “Junk Kouture is a competition run…

Ferris Calls for Release of Former Castleisland Publican Brian McCarthy

Ferris Calls for Release of Former Castleisland Publican Brian McCarthy

Right to Water campaigner and Killarney native, Brian McCarthy was jailed last week by a court in Ennis for supporting a man who was being evicted from his home . Kerry Sinn Féin members held a protest in support of the former Castleisland publican today outside the Bank of Ireland in Tralee. Ennis Circuit Court…

Pres and St. Pats in Junk Kouture Joint Venture

Pres and St. Pats in Junk Kouture Joint Venture

Transition Year students from Presentation Secondary School and St. Patrick’s Secondary School in Castleisland have joined their creative forces to proudly present their Junk Kouture entries for 2019. Bank of Ireland Junk Kouture is an all island competition for secondary school students which takes elements such as fashion, design, engineering and environmental sustainability and transforms…