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A NEW €2m flood relief scheme in Listowel was officially opened on Friday by the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran. The works, completed by Kerry County Council and the Office of Public Works will protect 57 properties at risk from flooding […]
Áras Mhuire & Ard Chúram Day Centre both announced that it has received an award of €28,000 from the third annual AIB Community €1 Million Fund, to help with its work in the Listowel community. Over the last two years, the AIB Community €1 Million Fund has supported over 150 […]
MINISTER Patrick O’Donovan, T.D with responsibility for the Office of Public Works has today announced funding of almost €1million to Kerry County Council for flooding works in the town of Listowel. The funding of €955,000 will be used for flood defences to protect some 50 properties at risk from flooding […]
A NURSE from Cork was the big winner at at McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races on Friday. Maritess McCarthy glamorous red dress was a big hit with judge Celia Holman Lee, who had a very difficult job such was the style on shoes. Maritess, who is originally from […]
A €200,000 grant has been awarded to Listowel under the Historic Towns Initiative. This funding will be used for the regeneration of the town’s public domain, the conservation of landmark buildings, improved maintenance of St John’s Theatre and general improvements to streetscapes and conservation-led public realm works. In total €1.5 […]
WB YEATS, Percy French, Gerard Manley Hopkins and many more poets had their work read aloud at a charity event with a difference last night in Listowel. The brainchild of Radio Kerry presenter Deirdre Walsh, ‘Poetry From The Pulpit’ saw well known Kerry people take to the stage in St John’s […]
OVER €1.3m has been allocated for a transformative regeneration project for Kerry under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. Listowel Food Hub in Clieveragh will receive the €1.365m— announced this morning by Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring —for the project which will deliver a Food Hub in Listowel with […]
THE Festival of Light Independent Arts Festival will take place again in Listowel from Thursday, October 31 to Saturday, November 2. The organisers say that in an increasingly isolated rural society, public art and public engagement is a vehicle for bringing people together, the participatory process is very beneficial for self […]
FORMER All-Star, Tom O’Sullivan, proved he is equally adept at catching burglars on Kerry streets as he is at stopping corner forwards running riot round Croke Park. The Garda, based in Listowel, is being hailed a hero after he chased three burglars trying to gain entry to a house […]
GRAHAM NORTON is coming to Listowel Writers Week Festival. The hugely popular and entertaining BBC TV host will be appearing at the festival on Saturday night May 30. The celebrity TV host appearance will coincide with the publication of the paperback of his memoir ‘The Life and Loves of […]
