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LISTELLICK teenager, Con Gill, was just 10 when he began complaining of neck pain. What he thought was a crick in the neck turned out to be an extremely rare and aggressive tumour pressing on his spine. His mother Kay, warned there was a 50/50 chance surgery would kill her […]

HOLY Family National School and Listellick NS both received tricolours from the army to mark the 100th year commemoration of the 1916 rising next year. Sergeant Chris Hoare and Gunner James Power of the Irish Army, delivered tricolurs and a copy of the proclamation of independence to pupils from both school. […]

LISTELLICK national school’s  150th anniversary celebrations kicked off in earnest on Friday morning with a balloon releasing ceremony and the presentation of a jersey by former pupil and ex-Irish rugby international, Donal Spring. Each of the balloons released signified a year where ‘the academy on the hill’ provided education for children […]

PRIMARY Schools all over the town were decked out in green and gold on Friday with schools taking part in their ‘Jersey Day’ in anticipation of Kerry’s All-Ireland appearance this Sunday. Kerry being in the final was made a bit more special this year for Holy Family National School who […]

LISTELLICK Primary School are about to celebrate their 150th anniversary and a mural depicting the schoolhouses throughout its history is expected to be completed next week. It’s one of a number of ways the school is celebrating the milestone, which includes releasing  a book which charts the history of the school from […]