Archive for September, 2014

TRALEE IT will welcome the world-renowned parenting author, Steve Biddulph this month, as part of their ‘Parenting Our Children Art & Science’ seminars. Steve Biddulph is one of the world’s best known parenting authors. A psychologist for 25 years, he is now retired but continues to write and teach. His […]

THE rail strike has been called at Iarnród Éireann meaning the chaos for Kerry fans on All-Ireland day has been averted. Rail tickets for Sunday, September 21, will now go on sale at 11am today (Wednesday) so if you’re planning on going up on the day by train make sure you […]

The last two weeks have been very successful for both our u-16 and u-14 teams.Firstly the u-16swon the Div 5 County league after a replay out in Ballyduff against Moyvane/Tarbert. This team was captained by Thomas Linehan.They won on a score-line of 4-12 to3-14. Again the scoring in chief was […]

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 […]

Our football columnist, Barry O’Shea, says Kerry showed great determination in Saturday’s clash with Mayo and the management deserve credit for their progress this year… THERE were are a number of moments in the match where I thought Kerry are up for this – and it wasn’t when they got scores. People might […]

KERRY’S minors and seniors will revert back to their traditional green and gold colours  for the All-Ireland finals on September 21. It was thought that Kerry seniors might retain the blue jerseys they wore for the semi-final against Mayo because of Donegal’s similar colours, but a statement on the Kerry GAA […]

PERMISSION has been granted to build a 12 house development at Mounthawk, Tralee. It was found the original plans materially contravened the objectives of the Tralee Town Development plan 2009-2015 so the councillors debated  amendments to the plan at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday. […]

MONDAY morning saw two schools reopen their doors with Tralee Educate Together welcoming six new arrivals, while down the road two classes of  juniors began their schooldays in CBS. “It all went very well this morning,” said junior and senior infants teacher, Gail Kelly at Tralee Eductate Together at Collis Sandes […]

  THE roundabouts on the new bypass are getting a €10,000 makeover thanks to Tralee Chamber Alliance (TCA), Tralee Hoteliers Alliance (THA) and Kerry County Council. The groups have joined forces and invested heavily to transform the appearance of five roundabouts on the Tralee By-Pass. In-keeping with the overall long-term plan […]

THOUSANDS of Kerry fans travelled to Limerick on Saturday for the Kerry V Mayo game and here are some more photos of them enjoying the atmosphere in the Ardhú bar near the Gaelic Grounds and on the terraces. (See previous fan pics here) Scroll down for photos…  

SO now is the time that we start to think about one of our big wardrobe investments, a winter coat! Much to the despair of my very own Irish mammy, I love the colour black so much that it makes up 90% of my wardrobe. She thinks I look like […]

NA GAEIL CYCLE Our Annual cycle fundraiser for the club took place in brilliant sunshine last Saturday. Well over 160 cyclists took part and all enjoyed a tough, but very satisfying day. Na Gaeil would like to thank all who took part and to all who worked in tirelessly in […]

A VOLUNTEER with the Tralee Red Cross has had €3,000 worth of his belongings stolen from his van while doing work for the Red Cross. The theft took place from his vehicle which was parked outside the Red Cross building in Killerisk on Sunday sometime between 11.30am and 6pm, while […]

TWO burglaries took place in the Oakpark area last week and Gardai are asking the public for help in solving the crime. A number of windows were smashed in premises near Subway on the Oakpark Road in Sunday night August 25/Monday morning August 25. Nothing was taken but there was significant […]

Swims The weather was unkind to us last week resulting in the postponement of 2 swims. Round 7 of the World Series was to take place last Wednesday but high winds delayed the swim until last Monday eve. Also The Blennerville to Fenit Swim was postponed until Saturday 13th September […]

LOTTO The Lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday 25th August 2014. Numbers drawn were 7,20,23,28. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Joe Galvin, Ballydwyer (annual) 2. Kathleen Riordan, Ballymac 3. Ciara Healy, c/o Paula Silles 4. Bridget Leen, Kilquane 5. Rita Prenderville, Ballydwyer Sellers Prize : […]

SENIOR MEN County League We have two games left in the county league, round 10 away to Gneeveguilla on September 28th and Home to Laune Rangers in the final round, Date T.B.C. St. Brendans Board Senior League Final We are away to St. Pats in the Final date T.B.C. SENIOR […]

JUVENILE CLUB NOTES PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) Football next Sunday…as usual. (ii) More Under 6/8/10 football on Thursday at 5:45pm. PEIL FAOI 11: Our Under 11 boys, having won all their matches to date, await a back Gpeil PEIL FAOI 12: (i) After recent competitive and enjoyable performances against Ballymac […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL Austin Stacks 1-14 St. Michaels/Foilmore 1-9 Our first ever trip to the Dungeagan pitch (some say by any Rock team) ended with a five points win in our round 8 back-game, thus putting us into our 3rd Co. League Final in four seasons. The results of our two […]

Juveniles U6/8/10 Normal service resumes for this age group on this Saturday the 6th of September at 11am. We look forward to seeing all of our regular players back and also look forward to welcoming new ones. ​U8/10 Girls U​8/10 girls are back playing challenge games in preparation for their […]

Lotto There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €12,100. The numbers drawn were 07, 08, 16 & 17. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Celia O’Brien, Caherina; Catherine Fitzgerald, Clash; Jemma O’Shea, Betty’s Bar; Luiz O’Sullivan, Marian Park & Batt O’Connor c/o Skelper Quane’s. This week’s jackpot […]

ABOUT  160 cyclists set off for the annual Na Gaeil GAA club cycle on Saturday morning. The annual event is a major fundraiser for the club and there was a good turnout in the sunshine to see the riders off. There were two routes, the first of which took them from Na Gaeil out to […]

THERE was great excitement for many youngsters last week as they began their schooldays at Tralee primary schools. “There was tears from one or two children but they all settled very quickly,” said Ms Mary Dillane, junior infants teacher at Listellick NS. “A lot of them would know each other […]

PEOPLE ask me all the time; ‘do I need a toner?’ Most confusion about toner stems from the fact that the term “toner” can be used to refer to several different types of beauty aids, including traditional toners, astringents and fresheners. Traditional toners consist of moisturizers, oils and extracts that […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, looks at the weekend’s Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-finals… Kilmoyley 0-13 Ballyduff 0-10 Kilmoyley powered their way to their first Kerry Senior Hurling Final since 2009, when the completely overwhelmed a timid Ballyduff challenge in Austin Stack Park on Friday night. Ballyduff went into this game […]

THE green and gold hordes invaded Limerick on Saturday for the semi-final against Mayo. From very early on there was a good smattering of Kerry colours in the city centre while down on the quays in The Sin Bin hundreds of Kingdom fans enjoyed a drink before heading across the bridge […]