Archive for June, 2014

A CALL has gone out for volunteers to help out in the Tidy Towns effort as there are fears Tralee could lose its Gold Medal Status. At this month’s meeting of Tralee Tidy Towns committee, it was decided to ask the public for help in getting the town into shape […]

  IS your local pharmacist deserving of a national award? That’s the question healthcare software solutions company, Helix Health, is asking, as it calls on the people of Tralee to nominate local pharmacists in the ‘Patient Nominated’ category ahead of the 2014 Pharmacist Awards. The call for Kerry people to nominate […]

Click on ad for more MANY people might know it as the home of the FCA in Tralee, but Ballymullen barracks has seen the changing of the guard on more than a few occasions over the past 200 years. Now, a book about the history of the barracks is set […]

  Click on above ad for more WHILE most sports fans are salivating at the prospect of a month of football on the box, the explosion of TV sales never materialised this year according to local and national retailers. The World Cup normally signals a rush to get the biggest, flattest and […]

A TRALEE man has won the ‘Spirit of the Games Award’ at the Go for Life Games in Dublin at the weekend. Mossy Kelleher, from Oakpark, a member of the Kerry team, was the winner of the award where 300 older people from 17 counties celebrated sport at Dublin City University on Saturday June […]

A TRALEE-BASED tutor has won a prestigious international award at a ceremony in the UK. Tara O’Halloran, Kerry ETB Training Centre Beauty Therapy Instructor, won International Tutor of the Year Award in a competition involving 37 countries and organised by the major industry and international accreditation bodies BABTAC and CIBTAC. Tara, originally […]

TWO new jobs have been created with the opening of a new men’s clothing shop in town. Ivan Maher of Marian Park is the man behind ‘Official’ on Lower Castle Street at the site of the old Swamp outlet. “We opened on Friday and trading was good while Saturday was […]

  By Chris Murray We are often asked by clients what are the advantages to operating as a limited company. Below is an outline of what limited liability means and the advantages of incorporating. Limited Liability – what does it really mean? First and foremost, the principal benefit of trading by way […]

Click on above ad for more THE Tourist Kiosk is back in the heart of Tralee but more volunteers are needed to join the roster over the summer months to pass on information about the town, its attractions, restaurants and accommodation providers to visitors and locals. The Kiosk will open […]

KERRRY Library has announced the launch of ‘Transparent Languages online’, a new language learning service which allows library customers who sign up online, to pick a language and learn it for free. From Arabic to Zulu, all library members will have over 80 different languages to choose from. The choice of languages […]

THEY say talent runs in the family and this is certainly the case with Joy Agwu and her nine year old daughter Sandra. The two of them are set to release books at the same time in the County Library on June 21. Joy originally from Nigeria has been living […]

GAA The senior team play Cromane in the county league in the Spa on Saturday evening 15th June @ 7.30p.m. The b team play Duagh in the Spa @ 7.30p.m. on Friday night  14th June The Lotto of jackpot £900  will be held in the Oyster on Friday night @ 10p.m. […]

  Click on ad for great offers ONE Tralee man has made it as an Escort for this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival. Mark Sheehy from Blackrock, Tralee, was among the group of 32 Irish lads who made it through the rigours of the Rose of Tralee Boot Camp for Escorts recently. […]

JOHN MITCHELS NOTES Co LEAGUE We are away to Spa next Sunday afternoon June 16th at 2pm. Intermediate Championship We are away to Ardfert in Round 2 June 21st. Junior John Mitchels v Kilcummin at home this Friday evening at 7-30 pm. Uuder 14 Boys We continued our Feile preparations last […]

Tralee singer/songwriter Niall O’Brien picks the music which has shaped his musical path… David Gray – White Ladder For me growing up there was never a real montage of music within my family tree but I do remember very vividly the first artist that tattooed a memory in both mind and […]

THE official launch of the 2014 Kerry Community Games Athletics Finals took place on Monday at An Ríocht, in Castleisland. The event, sponsored by Denny, will take place at An Ríocht on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday,  June 22. The finals features a full list of track and field events which […]

Click on above ad for great offers It has been five years since we had a family holiday and I forgot so many travel beauty tips. So many people I spoke to before my departure said it had also been years since their last holiday due to the R word […]

  GARDAI are investigating two robberies and another incident which have taken place in the town over the past week. On Bank Holiday Monday, June 2, between 7am and 5pm, someone broke in to an apartment in the Marina Apartments while the occupant was out. A large amount of cash was taken […]

EIGHT food artisans showed their delicious produce at the Manor West Retail Park on Saturday and Sunday at the second Taste of Kerry event at the centre this year. The producers came from Dingle, Ballinskelligs, Cromane, Ballybunion and Tralee with cakes, pates, jellies, jams and paella among the goodies on display. Always a […]

Water temps The water temperature in Fenit was hovering around 12c and rising but all of the recent rain has seen it drop back to below 11c . This combined with the poor weather has seen a drop off in the amount of swimmers in training. Please learn to recognise […]

Fixtures: The girls u12s visited Causeway, the under 11s hosted Ballyheigue, while the under 13s played a home challenge game against Lixnaw. Our under 6s were delighted to accept an invitation to the Abbeydorney fun day where the panel was split to play in two enjoyable 9-a-side games. Upcoming games: […]

Kerins O’Rahillys Club News Juveniles U6/8/10 Our 6, 8 and 10 boys trained as usual in Healy Park last Saturday. It was a day to brush up on skills in between a busy schedule of “Go Game Blitzes” and challenge games. U8/10 Girls Our U8/10 girls didn’t have the opportunity […]

OVER 600 people showed up at Christy Leahy Park on Saturday as the St Brendan’s Park FC held their annual open day for academy players and schoolboy teams. All underage academy members received a medal, numbering about 150 in total, for each team a player of the year award was […]

Austin Stacks Juvenile Club News FAOI 6: (i) More summer football on Thursday next in Caherslee at 5.45pm. (ii) Sunday morning as usual at 11.00am in Caherslee. Fáilte roimh chách. FAOI 8: Football (i) at 5.45pm in Caherslee on Thursday and (ii) at 11am in Caherslee on Sunday. (iii)Everybody in […]

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 […]

Lotto There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €10,900. The numbers drawn were 07, 21, 23 & 24. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Joe & Fiona Costello, Tonevane; Emer Ui Hogain Caheranne; Kate Brosnan c/o Martina Hanafin; M O’Connell c/o Tony Casey & Carmel Lacey Derrymore […]

CLUB WEBSITE: Readers should note that the Club Website is the only place where you are guaranteed to get full Reports of games played during the previous week. Understandably, the local publications cannot always use our full Reports through lack of space on some occasions. SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 0-9; […]

Click on above ad for great offers NA GAEIL GAA and CSKA Tralee player, Mike Griffin, is involved in another video which is getting attention on the internet. Last night Joe.ie posted a video of Mike, who is from Oakpark, walking on a Brazilian beach with former Liverpool FC striker Dirk Kuyt […]

Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-11 Feale Rangers 1-16 DESPITE being a man up for 45 minutes Kerins O’Rahilly’s could not get past Feale Rangers at this Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Football Championship Round 2 tie at Strand Road. The game went to extra time where the north Kerryman showed fresher legs and […]

By Mairead Moriarty HORAN’S Nite Club in town was the set for a different type of entertainment for Tralee on Saturday night. The showcase of muay-thai and K1 kickboxing went down a treat with the crowd who gathered to see local fighters compete in amateur and professional fights. The talent […]