Archive for September, 2014

By Mike O’Halloran THE Kerry minor hurlers made it three titles in a row on Saturday when they defeated Meath in Nenagh on Saturday on a scoreline of Kerry 3-18 Meath 2-15. Kerry started brightly and led 1-1. to 0-3 before the magnificent Charlie Bird, the Meath number eight, put […]

HE may be on the other side of the world, but former Kerry star Tommy Walsh felt the tension of last weekend’s Kerry V Mayo game just as much as any Kingdom fan. Tommy, who is over in Australia playing for Sydney Swans, said he was delighted especially for his […]

The Streat Manor East I DECIDED to abandon the town centre eateries this week for the bustling Manor area, which has seen an upsurge in the amount of places to grab lunch in recent years. You have the The Style Restaurant in Manor West Retail Park, the bar in Manor West […]

  THE sun may have been shining in town on Friday, but staff from two Tralee schools had a wet start to the weekend. Teachers in Caherleaheen National School and the CBS primary school took on the Ice Bucket Challenge after Holy Family nominated them earlier this week. “Some of the teachers […]

By Aoife De Bhailís (Transition year student) LAST Thursday, Gaelcholáiste’s newly formed transition year, as well as our teachers, Iníon Ní Dheargáin and Iníon Ní Laocha, decided to start the year by taking a venture into the wild and heading off to Killarney to hike over Torc Mountain. Bright-eyed and […]

‘Sex Tape’ By John Lyons THIS week’s film has perhaps the most blunt title that I’ve seen in a long time… ‘Sex Tape’. And as you may have guessed, it’s not exactly a wholesome family-friendly film. Instead ‘Sex Tape’ is a raunchy comedy about a married couple, Annie and Jay […]

MARIA Walsh said the judges and committee had no idea that she was gay before she was crowned Rose of Tralee. She was speaking on RTE’s ‘The Late Late Show’ on Friday night. The 27 year old was asked about everything from coming out to her love of Mayo football. She […]

LONDON-BASED Tralee born International Soprano Miriam Murphy returns to her alma mater, Kerry School of Music tomorrow (Saturday) to give an intimate song recital accompanied by school Director Aidan O’ Carroll. The 7.30pm performance will kick off the Fleischmann Studio’s Autumn recital series. Miriam, who has sung at Covent Garden and at opera houses […]

A TRALEE pharmacist and a teacher in Presentation Milltown have made the long list in the new writer category of the annual  creative writing competition, Over The Edge. Anne O’Neill, owner of O’Neill’s Pharmacy, Abbey Court, and Victoria Kennefick who is originally from Cork, but now living in town, have made the […]

  OVER 20 students received their qualifications  at the annual VTOS awards ceremony at the centre in Clash on Thursday night. “Tonight is all about the VTOS programme and celebrating the achievements of the students here who got their results during the summer,” said Sharon Browne, Adult Education Officer at the Kerry […]

THE scramble for All-Ireland final tickets is in full swing, but if you’re planning on staying in the capital that weekend, you better have already booked! As of this Friday morning, the only bed available in the city centre on the Saturday night is a double in the Maldron Hotel, Smithfield for the […]

TRALEE dog owners are being urged to ‘Chip It Check It’ as part of a nationwide ‘National Chipping Month’ campaign during September. The initiative highlights the benefits of microchipping pets and  reminds pet owners to make sure that telephone numbers and contact details are up to date and correctly registered […]

The following is the full open letter from the Chief Executive of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, Anthony O’Gara addressing unfair criticism of the Festival… “It’s time to correct some misconceptions about the Rose of Tralee International Festival that are foisted on the unsuspecting public annually by some zealous, angry, if perhaps, […]

THE Chief Executive of the Rose of Tralee International Festival has hit out at critics of the event in a strongly worded open letter. Anthony O’Gara defended the festival and the Roses from what he sees as “zealous, angry, if perhaps, misguided social commentators” and said our festival is “by a […]

WE just passed 4,000 likes for our Facebook page, so thanks to all of you for choosing to keep up with the happenings around town on TraleeToday.ie. With 222,000 pageviews during the month of August, from 24,000 unique users (figures from Google Analytics), we had our best month yet! To date we’ve had 690,000 […]

THE KDL pitch in Mounthawk recently saw a bicycle kick goal that could grace the Bernabeu or Nou Camp from the boot of new Dynamos player Gintaras Paketuras. “It was something I’ve managed to do many times in training. I’ve always thought why haven’t I been able to do it in […]

BRIEF news from the monthly Tralee Municipal District meeting at Kerry County Council buildings on Monday. • THE contract to replace lead water pipes in St Brendan’s Park is to be awarded in the next two weeks. At the Tralee Municipal District meeting, councillors heard the tendering process by Irish Water is […]

  DATES have been announced for this year’s ‘A Celebration of Christie Hennessy’ Festival. It will be take place at the Fels Point Hotel on Friday and Saturday, November 21-22. The popular ‘Troubadour Club’ will take place on the first night of the festival. Ten artists from Tralee and further afield […]

IT was all smooth sailing in Fenit and Caherleaheen national schools as pupils started their schooldays in the past week. “We have ten junior infants this year, there were no tears from them on Thursday and there have been no been no tears since,” said St Brendan’s Fenit, school principal, Aisling […]

THE new President of Tralee Lions Club, Michael Higgins, officially received his chain of office this week from outgoing President Mark Boyle. Michael is an accountant with Ardfert Quarries and is originally from The Kerries, now living in Blennerville. A member of the Lions Club for the past three years, Michael lived […]

Our fitness expert, Siobhan Sentry of Advanced Fitness Education, says downloading the right app can be like having a personal trainer in your pocket… As some of you know I did some work for a fairly big computer company for a while, one of the projects I worked on was making […]

ALMOST €2m has been spent in Kerry on 96 works carried out under the Home Renovation Scheme since its inception. The scheme, introduced in last year’s Budget, provides tax relief to homeowners who undertake renovation and improvement to their property, using tax compliant tradespeople. “In a great boost to the […]

• To highlight Migraine Action Week (September 1-7) the Migraine Association of Ireland (MAI) will hold an informal support group in the foyer of the Fels Point Hotel,  Tralee, on Thursday, September 4 at 7pm. The meeting will be chaired by Patrick Little, CEO of the Association and all are welcome. Mr Little will […]

THE  Kerry Association London has selected John Griffin as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Kerry Person of the Year award. Mr Griffin, whose father hails from Glenbeigh, was selected by the Kerry Association London’s Person of the Year sub-committee in recognition of his life time achievements and great support […]

A FIANNA Fail councillor has proposed a type of ‘Park Patrol’ pilot scheme for the summer months because of problems in the Town Park playground. Cllr Norma Foley put forward a motion at the monthly meeting of the Tralee Municipal District on Monday, that measures be put in place to improve the children’s playground in […]

A VIDEO made by a popular make-up blogger about her visit to Tralee, where she praises CH Chemists and The Grand Hotel, has received over 28,000 hits in just two days since she put it on Youtube. Cork city-based, Sinead Cady, who is behind ‘The Make-up Chair’ website, was in town […]

IT’S been three years since we’ve had one, but big crowds will be expected in Killarney for the Pre-Final Kerry Supporters Open Day in Fitzgerald Stadium on this Saturday, September 6. The day is a chance for young and old to meet with the Kerry players, have their photo taken and get […]

PUPILS at Holy Family National School got to soak their teachers on Tuesday when staff took the Ice Bucket Challenge – and now the gauntlet had been thrown down to three more schools! One lucky child from each senior class got the opportunity to dump a bucket of icy water over a teacher’s […]

Everyone rushes to judgement on people and it isn’t right says our teen columnist Zoë O’Connor… Something hit me the other day. It wasn’t a bus or a car, but a Lulu Guinness iPad cover. This was not my own purchase but a gift from the amazing Orlagh Winters. Not only […]

TRALEE Bay Sailing Club will host the ‘Optimist Munster Championships 2014’ this coming weekend September 6-7. At the competition, which takes place in Fenit, over a hundred or so young dinghy sailors ranging in age from 7 to 14 will compete in what promises to be an exciting and fun […]