The appearance of booms in the River Maine at Barrack Street in Castleisland over the past couple of days was the result of a low level oil leak in the locality. Kerry County Council engineer, Mark O’Sullivan confirmed the presence of oil in the river water and confirmed that the source had been discovered. Leak…
Is there anyone out there who can throw light on the death of the Grey Heron the body of which was found on the river walk between Barrack Street and Church Street bridges in Castleisland last evening. Frances Shanahan sent the photograph and I rang Edward Carty for advice. Young and Inexperienced Edward said that…
It is highly unlikely that Izaak Walton ever fished the Nuns’ Pool on the River Maine here in Castleisland. However, the great environmentalist and father figure of angling as we know it would have been proud to find that his teachings are still doing the rounds almost three-and-a-half centuries after his death in December 1683.…
Residents of River View Place, the senior citizens’ complex at Tonbwee here in Castleisland have been plagued by an outbreak on illegal dumping in the vicinity of their cosy, six house estate. Up to recently their refuse bins were being crammed at night with all kinds of rubbish. Checking on CCTV The recent installation of…
Danny Healy Rae, TD has sent the following response to Kerry County Council Director of Services, Charlie O’Sullivan’s announcement that the council would not proceed on an application for funding to the Office of Public Works for flood relief in Castleisland under the minor works flood relief programme. The council feared, Mr. O’Sullivan said, that…
In a letter to Mayor of the Killarney Municipal District, Niall Kelleher, Charlie O’Sullivan, Kerry County Council Director of Services ruled out dealing with the complications of Castleisland’s flooding problems under the proposed Office of Public Works funded Minor Works Programme. The letter from Mr. O’Sullivan to Mayor Kelleher came about from a meeting of…
Kerry Independents TDs and brothers, Deputy Danny and Deputy Michael Healy Rae with Cllr. Maura Healy Rae and Cllr. Sammy Locke, met with Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief during his visit to Kerry this morning. Flooding issues in various parts of the…
The next meeting of the members of the Municipal District of Killarney will be held in the Town Hall, Killarney in the morning, Wednesday, July 26th at 10am. The following is a list of motions and questions on the agenda in relation to the Castleisland and Scartaglin areas. Motions number 3 and 4 under the…
We’ve been keeping you up to date on the exploits of the Castleisland Community College Water Warriors over the most of the past year. They’re the ones who, under the guidance of teacher, Doreen Killington, have been cleaning up and surveying the health of the local River Maine. They’ve been taking drinks cans from the…
The transition year students of Castleisland Community College have been learning recently about the voluntary work of the tidy town’s committee. Mary Walsh and Sheila Hannon gave a talk to the students about the different aspects of the tidy town competition and how marks are awarded. Water Explorer Competition The students have already completed work…
