Archive for May, 2014

With the welcome return of The Brogue Inn imminent – well, July anyway – we look at other Tralee businesses which have closed down in the past and are sorely missed. Jungle Jim’s Many’s a birthday party was celebrated and many a child trampled on, as they swam through a river of […]

THERE’S great speculation about the whereabouts of celebrity couple, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, who got hitched in Italy over the weekend and are now reportedly honeymooning in Cork. As we’re only a hop, skip and a jump away, ‘Kimye’ might decide to spend some time in the beautiful vale of […]

Juveniles U6/8/10 U8: “Go Games Blitz” will be hosted by Austin Stacks this Thursday 29th in Connolly Park. Players are asked to be there at 5.30. U8s and U10 Boys will travel to An Gaeltacht on Saturday next. Bus leaves Healy Park Ballyrickard at 9.15 sharp. U8/10 Girls: U8/10 girls […]

TWO Tralee students lived through what many of their peers would consider their worst nightmare at the weekend. Leandra Nana and Nina Duggan, Transition Year students at Mercy Mounthawk took part in the experiment for Radio Kerry’s Talkabout programme to give up their phones for 72 hours. And they lived to […]

LABOUR councillor Terry O’Brien says the leaders of the party have to “grow a pair” and make some tough decisions or the party “be non-existent” after the next general election. Cllr O’Brien was speaking at the John Mitchels GAA Complex on Sunday after he was re-elected to Kerry County Council. “Labour […]

AUSTIN STACKS NOTES OF 26/05/2014. MONTH’S MIND MASS: Our Lady & St. Brendan’s Church was crowded last Friday evening (23rd May) for the Month’s Mind Mass for Trevor Barrett. Celebrant Fr. Padraig Walsh PP, in his brilliant unscripted six minute sermon, encapsulated everything that was good about Trevor in his […]

Lotto: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €10,700. The numbers drawn were 01, 12, 13 & 15. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Annette & Terry Boyle, Derrymore West; Tim Boyle c/o Terry Boyle; Mary O’Shea c/o Texaco; Geraldine & Catherine Hanafin, Curraheen & Cathy Hogan, […]

THE Rockies were out in force at the dog track on Saturday night for an Austin Stacks fundraiser to aid the purchase of the ‘Nuns Field’ in Connolly Park. One of the highlights of the night was a Bartenders race, with Niall ‘Flash’ O’Shea proving he was lightning quick on […]

CLUB WEBSITE; Our Club website is available on www.stbrendansparkfc.com . All the latest club information can be found here . All coaches are asked to submit match reports and squad photos as soon as they can after matches so that they can be posted on the site. We can also be found on […]

By Chris Murray QUITE often, in family businesses, the importance of careful planning for the passing of the control and ownership of a family business does not get the attention that it merits. In terms of planning, succession is not regarded as a business issue – indeed succession can often […]

Tralee Bay Sailing Club and School are now taking bookings for their Summer Sailing Courses which start June 23rd for juniors, teenagers and adults. Boats and equipment are supplied. Log on: www.traleebaysailingclub.com for more information and a booking form or Phone: Liam Freeman on 087 7606795 Email: info@traleebaysailingschool.com

LOTTO The Club lotto was held in Ballygarry House Hotel, on Monday 19th May 2014 and the numbers drawn were 6,8,14,25. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Mike Fitzgerald, Coolnadeed 2. Joe Arthurs, c/o Tom Leen 3. Nicola McCarthy, c/o Half Way 4. Gerard O Sullivan, Flemby 5. Joe […]

Fixtures: It has been a busy fixture list across the age groups recently. The 14s hosted Deel Rangers from Limerick, the 11s travelled to Abbeydorney the 8s played in the first of 2 Ballyduff blitzes, while the 6s had their first outing away to Ardfert. Under 11: Our U11’s travelled […]

IT’S all over in the race for Tralee Electoral Area seats as four out of the final five candidates left in the race were deemed elected before 7pm tonight. The elected candidates are Thomas McEllistrim (FF), Pat McCarthy (FG), Sam Locke (Ind) and Graham Spring (Lab). There was disappointment for […]

FIANNA Fail’s Ted Fitzgerald has been eliminated from the Tralee Electoral Area count bringing an end to 40 years in local politics. Cllr Fitzgerald was elected to Tralee UDC in 1974 and has been a great servant to the town serving both on town and county councils over the years. The […]

ANOTHER candidate has been elected to the Tralee Electoral Area of Kerry County Council. Fine Gael’s Jim Finucane was elected after getting 211 extra votes from his eliminated party colleague, Grace O’Donnell. This put him over the quota to give him a vote of 1,671. His surplus of 72 is […]

LABOUR’S Terry O’Brien has been re-elected to Kerry County Council on the sixth count, making it four candidates elected for the area. There was great celebrations from family and supporters when the presiding officer announced that he had exceeded the quota at around 3.30pm. He got 65 votes after the […]

INDEPENDENT candidate, Tommy Collins was eliminated on the fifth count in the Tralee Electoral Area elections. He received just six votes from Norma Foley’s surplus which brought him to 731, not enough to keep him in the race. The sixth count, dealing with the distribution of Collins’ votes, is due […]

Laune Rangers 1-15 St Brendan’s 0-12 ST BRENDAN’S were knocked out of the opening game in the County Championship yesterday in what was a miserable blustery evening in Killorglin. Preparations hadn’t been ideal for St Brendan’s who draw their players from John Mitchels, Na Gaeil, Ardfert, St Pat’s and Churchill clubs, […]

LABOUR Party candidate Gillian Wharton Slattery was eliminated from the Tralee Electoral Area contest on the third count earlier today. She received 29 extra votes from Pa Daly of Sinn Fein’s surplus bringing her total vote to 479. It still left her as the candidate with the lowest amount of votes and […]

NORMA Foley of Fianna Fail has been elected to the County Council for the Tralee Electoral Area in the past hour. There were jubilant scenes when the result was announced around 10.40am, following the distribution of Toireasa Ferris’ surplus, where she got an extra 139 votes to bring her to 1,680. It […]

A DAMP and miserable Tralee town centre was certainly livened up on Saturday when the Kerry Pride Festival staged their parade on Saturday. About 50 people took part in the event from the Brandon car park down Princes Street, around by The Brogue, into The Mall and up Denny Street. […]

IT was a day of celebration for the children of two schools on Saturday when pupils of CBS Primary School and Derryquay NS celebrated their First Holy Communion. St John’s Church was a hive of activity as the CBS youngsters received the sacrament with proud parents and family members looking […]

JUST two of the 14 candidates have been elected to the Tralee Electoral Area of Kerry County Council so far. Toireasa Ferris and Pa Daly of Sinn Fein were elected on the first count on Saturday night before Michael McMahon adjourned the count until Sunday morning at 9am. The first […]

FIRST-TIME candidate Pa Daly was overwhelmed with the vote he received in the Tralee Electoral Area elections to Kerry County Council. He was elected on the first count last night along with his Sinn Fein party colleague, Toireasa Ferris, who topped the poll. The Tralee solicitor garnered 2,122 first preference […]

SINN Fein’s Toireasa Ferris topped the poll in the Tralee Electoral Area and said the party is now the main opposition party to the Government. She also said she felt sorry for the ordinary Labour supporters because, as she put it, “the Labour leadership had prostituted themselves for power and abandoned […]

By Dermot Crean at John Mitchels GAA Complex A FIRST count for the Tralee Electoral Area is likely to be announced later tonight with Sinn Fein sitting pretty on top of the poll according to tallies. From the 51 boxes opened in Killarney earlier, tallies suggest that Toireasa Ferris and Pa […]

OUR Lady and St Brendan’s Church was packed on Friday afternoon as sixth year students from Mercy Mounthawk got together with their families for a special graduation ceremony. The young men and women, who started at the school back in 2008, are busy studying for the Leaving Cert, but this was a last […]

THE voting is over, now the counting begins. The Tralee Electoral Area candidates are facing into a nervous weekend as the ballot boxes were opened this morning over in the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre. The ballot boxes from the 143 polling centres throughout the county will have to be sorted, separating […]

WE’RE marking one month up and running here at TraleeToday.ie and we’ve got something to celebrate…thanks to you! In the period from April 24 to May 23 (31 days), the site has surpassed the 100,000 views mark with over 17,000 unique users. People have been logging on to the site in 83 […]