Archive for September, 2014

TRALEE Tennis Club will host a tournament that will run over five days next week from Tuesday to Saturday. “This year the championships are going to be bigger and better, it’s going to be an extremely exciting week of tennis,” said Rosemary Broderick PRO of Tralee Tennis Club. The five day tournament, called […]

TRALEE Rotary Club launched their annual ball in a most unusual fashion on Saturday – by taking the Ice Bucket Challenge. Five members of the club got a soaking at this year’s venue for Rotary Club of Tralee Gala Ball, the Ballyseede Castle Hotel. The ball  takes place on Friday, […]

A NIGHT of ‘Music, Fashion & Fun’ is promised at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel next month in aid of Multiple Sclerosis (Tralee/West Kerry Branch). Organised by Eileen Whelan, manager of Carraig Donn, Tralee, and Audrey Moran, PRO of Multiple Sclerosis (Tralee/West Kerry), the fashion show on Saturday, October 18 hopes to raise much […]

Juveniles U6/8/10 Saturday morning training continued on Saturday last with numbers growing as our Indian summer continues. Training continues on Saturday next at 11am in Healy Park Ballyrickard. All welcome. U8/10 Girls U10 Girls travelled to Passage West in Cork on Saturday last to take part in the Annual Passage […]

ANDREW BARRY On behalf of everyone in Na GAEIL we would like to wish Andrew Barry and all the Kerry Team and Management, all the best in the All Ireland Final.All in the club will be watching with immense pride. COUNTY JUNIOR FINAL Last Saturday evening Na Gaeil played An […]

Lotto: There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €12,300. The numbers drawn were 11, 13, 14 & 22. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Noreen Cronin, Killarney, C Regan, Keel; Bryan Quilter, Curragraigue; Johnathon Regan, Keel & Pa Casey c/o Tony Casey. This week’s jackpot will be […]

Chartered Physiotherapist, Derek Griffin, on how to prevent running injuries Running continues to grow in popularity with recent studies showing that as little as five to ten minutes of running per day results in significant health benefits. However, approximately 27% of novice runners will report an injury within the first […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, was at the Kerry SHC semi-final replay on Saturday between Lixnaw and St Brendan’s… Lixnaw 0-14 St Brendans 0-13 Only one point separated Lixnaw and St Brendan’s in the replay of Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry County Senior Hurling Championship semi-final played in Austin Stacks Park on Saturday […]

WE’VE another Kerry song everyone! This time it comes from ‘The Kingdom Krew’ who have recorded an eight-track CD, ‘Sam’s Comin Home’, with all funds raised going to the Recovery Haven cancer support centre in town. “I’m a neighbour of Dermot Crowley who is heavily involved with the centre,” said […]

THERE was a great sense of a community coming together in the name of fun on Sunday, as St Pat’s GAA club hosted their annual family day. Hundreds turned up in the autumn sunshine for an afternoon of music, puppet shows and games, with plenty food and refreshments laid on […]

PHOTOGRAPHERS from all over the county gathered at the Fels Point Hotel on Sunday to show some of their spectacular work. The ‘Kerry Landscapes Photography Exhibition’ showcased the stunning scenery the county has to offer and the event was a great success. “It’s gone great,” said one of the organisers, Keith McGlynn from […]

LADIES enjoyed an evening of fashion and fun in Expose Hair Studio in Mounthawk on Sunday. The event was the autumn/winter launch of their Friendtex range of clothing and customers enjoyed some bubbly and refreshments before seeing the range worn by local models, described by MC for the evening, Orlagh Winters. […]

JUNIOR B FOOTBALL: Legion 2-10; Austin Stacks 1-13. On a splendid summer’s evening (Sat, 13th Sept) at the Derreen pitch in Killarney this pulsating Co. League final ended all square after both sides had provided an exhibition of football with every player out on their feet after giving their all. […]

ALL-IRELAND FINAL TICKETS All-Ireland tickets will be distributed next Friday evening September 19th at 8pm in Camp Ballyseedy. Note only fully paid up members are eligible to be considered for tickets. BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK Best wishes and good luck to both the Kerry Minor and Kerry Senior teams […]

LEE STRAND: Lee Strand Under 13 Tournament results:- Plate: Legion defeated Nemo Rangers; Shield: Ennistymon defeated Na Gaeil; Cup: Salthill/Cnoc na Cathrach defeated Club Aibhistín de Staic. Féasta iontach peile! PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: Under 6/8/10 football will NOT take place on Sunday next. Why not? Ciarraí v Dún na nGall, […]

ACADEMY SEASON; Our academy for ages 5 to 10 years continues every Saturday . All our coaches are fully qualified so your child is guaranteed the very best of Coaching .Proof of this is that our academy has been running since 2006 and over 100 kids attend every Saturday. The […]

LOTTO Ballymac GAA Lotto was held on Monday, 8th September 2014 in Ballygarry House Hotel for a jackpot of €3,200. Numbers drawn were 12,21,24,25 and there was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Joe O Connor, Scart, Gortatlea 2. Eamon Donovan, c/o Tom Leen 3. Robert Leen, Chutehall 4. Ashling and […]

  THIS time of year people think about pigmentation. No matter how hard we try after a good summer we all get a little sun damage. UVA stimulates your pigment cells called Melanocytes to manufacture the pigment called Melanin. This is responsible for your tan and also your unwanted dark […]

By Dermot Crean WE’RE less than a week away from throw-in and butterflies have taken up residence in our extended tummies here at TraleeToday.ie. All-Ireland week brings out the madness in all of us so we’ve decided to compile a few indications that final day is nearly here… Continued below… 1. […]

WE thought you’d like to see this great time lapse video of Fenit and Blennerville in the glorious weather we’ve been enjoying. It was uploaded by Spinning Yarns Video Productions on Thursday and features beautiful sunsets, spectacular scenery and, on 0:35, divers from Fenit pier.

THE Meadowlands Hotel was the venue for the retirement party of Paul Dolan, who spent 36 years as a trainer with FAS. Paul, originally from Dublin, came to Tralee in 1978 to work with FAS on the motor engineering course. In 1987 he started the highly successful video production course which […]

A YOUNG girl who suffers from a rare condition handed over a cheque for €5,000 to an organisation which has done so much for her over the past number of years. Erin O’Sullivan who is a sufferer of a rare condition called Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) handed over the cheque raised by her father Paul […]

Our food columnist, Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ in Firies, says salads don’t have to stop once summer is over… “SALADS? They’re rabbit food!” I hear you say! Most people’s idea of a salad is limp lettuce with tasteless tomatoes and a bit of cucumber, but there is so much […]

THE Bon Secours will go green and gold next Friday to show support for the Kerry team, but they’re also hoping to celebrate a victory of their own that day. “We have JCI which is Joint Commission International accreditation going on in the hospital next week, which is the gold […]

THERE is a saying that goes like this: ‘If you always do what you always did you will always get what you always got’ (Definition of madness: keep on doing the same thing and expecting a different result!). This is what I call a ‘truism’, in other words – our […]

  By Chris Murray AS a self employed individual you are regulated for Income Tax, PRSI and Universal Social Charge which are collected by the Revenue under the Self Assessment Tax System. The obligation is on you to send in tax returns to Revenue and voluntarily pay your tax liability. […]

WELL done to all at Moyderwell Mercy Primary School in Tralee who made this fantastic video (below) to support Kerry next Sunday. Pupils from Múinteoir Eoin Sayers’ 5th Class adapted the lyrics of Taylor Swift’s – ‘Shake it Off’ to a version that will definitely get the Kingdom moving over the […]

A BALLYRICKARD woman has organised a quiz night in her place of work in aid of the Recovery Haven. Claire Maher, manager of the Costa Coffee branch in The Mall, decided to run the event on Wednesday, October 1, for the centre as it is a place close to her […]

THE gorgeous weather we had Friday afternoon was put on ice for the teachers of Blennerville Primary School who were the latest  school to take on the Ice Bucket Challenge. Two lucky children from each class were chosen to dunk icy water over a teacher, while all the other pupils […]

THE National Library is looking for Kerry students to enter the annual Poetry Aloud Competition. This year marks the eighth annual Poetry Aloud competition organised by the National Library of Ireland and Poetry Ireland, and students from all over Kerry are encouraged to enter. Poetry Aloud, an annual poetry speaking […]