Archive for May 18th, 2021

Austin Stacks GAA Club News

Austin Stacks GAA Club News

May 18, 2021 at 1:15 pm Comments are Disabled

SENIOR FOOTBALL: This season’s Co. League will be curtailed to take account of the time lost due to the lockdown. Divisions one to five will be divided into two groups of six with each team playing five games in each round. Our Senior are in division 1A along with Dingle, […]

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New Book By Local Historian Tells Story Of The Ballymacandy Ambush

New Book By Local Historian Tells Story Of The Ballymacandy Ambush

May 18, 2021 at 11:46 am 1 comment

A NEW book on the Ballymacandy Ambush of June 1921, where a senior figure in the IRA in Tralee was the only casualty on the IRA side, has just been published by a local author and historian. Owen O’Shea’s book tells the story of the ambush which happened in mid-Kerry just […]

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Ballygarry House Hotel staff present the cheque to Louisa New of Barnardos.

Ballygarry House Hotel Raises Over €1,000 For Barnardos

May 18, 2021 at 11:15 am Comments are Disabled

THE team at Ballygarry House Hotel were delighted to hand over a cheque for over €1,000 to Barnardos last week. For the last decade, Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa has hosted an annual Easter egg hunt to raise funds for both local and Irish charities. Unfortunately, in light of the […]

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Principal of Listellick NS Annette Dineen with Chairperson of the Board of Management Francis Day and Minister for Education Norma Foley at the school on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Construction Work On New Listellick School Expected To Start During Summer

May 18, 2021 at 11:03 am Comments are Disabled

CONSTRUCTION work on the new Listellick NS is scheduled to begin this summer according to Principal Annette Dineen. Ms Dineen said the tenders for the project were back in and work will start on the site, directly across the road from the current building, during the summer months. Minister for […]

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The names for the winning class are Standing (L-R)Willem Stack, Saoirse O Hanlon, Naomi Flaherty, Eric O Sullivan, Holly Galloway , Kneeling (L-R)Jack Fay, Jack Cashman, Fionn Guerin 

St Joseph’s Ballyheigue Pupils Win €1,000 For School In Film Competition

May 18, 2021 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

THE pupils from St Joseph’s NS in Ballyheigue are once again collecting filmmaking accolades as they have just taken the overall prize in the TrendMicro Film Competition for schools. Their film ‘The School Around The Corner’ won the overall prize in their age category and € 1,000 is on the […]

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Over €325,000 In LEADER Funding For Kerry Projects

Over €325,000 In LEADER Funding For Kerry Projects

May 18, 2021 at 9:45 am Comments are Disabled

THE Government has allocated €325,866 in funding to Kerry projects/clubs under the new LEADER Transition Programme. In this tranche of funding, North and East Kerry Development (NEWKD), receives €89,881 as part of a transnational co-operation project with Finland aimed at supporting rurally-based cosmetic companies in both countries whose products utilise […]

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