Kerry FC fall just short of a share of the points on a tough St Patrick’s Night in Wexford

Kerry FC came close to securing their first win of the new season but fell short against Wexford FC on a wet and windy St Patrick’s night in Ferrycarrig Park. Wexford got off to a strong start, with Mark Hanratty scoring in just three minutes. However, Kerry responded well to going down early on and had shots from Leo Gaxha and Nathan Gleeson, forcing Wexford goalkeeper Noel Heffernan into action. Wexford had chances too, and Kerry goalkeeper Wayne Guthrie was forced into making some big saves in the first half. In the second half, Kerry started brighter and appealed for a penalty that was not given, while Wexford took advantage of a short corner to score their second goal in the 78th minute through Brendan McCann. However, Kerry kept pushing and were rewarded when Gaxha scored with a glancing header in the 87th minute. Despite Kerry’s late pressure, they were unable to find an equalizer. The performance was a significant improvement on their previous game away to Galway United, providing encouragement for manager Billy Dennehy. Kerry’s starting XI included Guthrie, Williams, Quaid, Hannafin, Aladesanusi, Keane, O’Reilly, Kennedy, Gaxha, and Gleeson.

€250,000 to regenerate Castleisland’s main street

Minister for Education and Kerry T.D Norma Foley welcomes this weeks

Government announcement of €250,000 in funding for Castleisland under the 2023 Historic Towns Initiative (HTI). The HTI seeks proposals that encourage the specific re-use of historic buildings with works on this year’s projects to be completed before the end of the year.

Welcoming this funding, Minister Foley said, “It is so important to support our communities in their efforts to repair, preserve and restore our built heritage.

“I was delighted to receive confirmation that this funding will support the community-led regeneration of Castleisland’s main street, underpin urban revitalisation and promote conservationled improvements to historic fabric in a number of buildings to ensure occupancy and address vacancy.

“It further underlines this Government’s continuing commitment to protect and preserve our built environment and create town centres that function as viable, vibrant and attractive locations for people to live, work and visit.’’ Minister Foley concluded by saying that she was looking forward to seeing the completed works and the economic benefits it will bring to the town.