Cllr. Jackie Healy Rae has called for an emergency meeting of Kerry County Council, along with management of University Hospital Kerry and of the South/South West Hospital Group to brief the local authority on Kerry’s preparedness in dealing with the inevitable arrival of Covid-19 to the county. Colleagues Rowing In “My request has been supported…
The death has occurred of Fr. Willie Stack, (75) St. Patrick’s Missionary Society, Kiltegan, Co. Wicklow and formerly of Doon, Tralee, Co. Kerry; Calabar, Nigeria; Galway; Castleisland; Grenada; West Indies and Cork. June 20, 2019, peacefully in the Care Unit at St Patrick’s, Kiltegan. Predeceased by his sister Joan and by his brother John Brendan;…
In the course of his recent Kerry County Council election campaign, Charlie Farrelly ran into many local issues ‘on the doorsteps’ as they say. One of the most pressing was – and still is – the discoloured water in the public supply in the Kilbanivane area of Castleisland. Kilbanivane and Water Problems Kilbanivane and water…
There’s a lot of nail-biting and nervousness across all parties and none as the tallying concludes for the Castleisland Electoral Area at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this morning. It’s early days yet but it looks like Jackie Healy Rae is following in the significant footsteps of his father Michael and the grandfather whose…
Castleisland Area Community Activist And Independent, Local Election Candidate, Charlie Farrelly Sat Down With The Maine Valley Post To Do One Of Our Rare Podcasts. Charlie spoke about the huge amount of ground and road the new Castleisland Local Election Area takes in. He also speaks about the requests he’s getting on ‘The…
Those of us who believed that questionable tap-water quality in Castleisland was a thing of the past will get a bit of a suck-in to find out that all is not ‘well’ – if you’ll pardon that. Some time in the late 1960’s there was a rumour that the town’s supply of water from the…
Castleisland’s Gold and Silver Medal Special Olympics Hero Gary O’Sullivan was out and about sharing the kindness at the core of his being during the week. Gary paid a visit to O’Connell Demense, off the Limerick Road here in Castleisland, to present a timely gift of a pair of sunglasses to his friend Killian Horgan-Lyons.…
If Charlie Farrelly can motivate the Castleisland area electorate as he did for Gary O’Sullivan’s glorious homecoming on Saturday night – then he’s home and dry in the May 24th local elections. “He’ll top the poll,” said one man in the wrap of delight, excitement and wonder at the events unfolding before him on the…
With an eye on the sky and the weather forecast, Charlie Farrelly told me last night that he’s fulfilling a promise he made to Castleisland’s Special Olympic Champion, Gary O’Sullivan about nine months ago. Lidl to The Ivy Leaf “We are planning to gather at the Lidl car-park on the Tralee Road – opposite the…
In spite of the huge turnout in Castleisland for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade there were aspect of the event that people missed this year and intrusions others didn’t appreciate. While the organising committee members under Charlie Farrelly were delighted with the ‘footfall’ on the street during the parade they missed the business floats…
