Archive for October 1st, 2014

Fourteen Patients Waiting On Trolleys on Wednesday In KGH

Fourteen Patients Waiting On Trolleys on Wednesday In KGH

October 1, 2014 at 4:09 pm Comments are Disabled

ACCORDING to the Trolleywatch figures supplied by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, there were 14 patients waiting on trolleys at Kerry General Hospital on Wednesday. This is the highest figure since September 15, when there was the record number of 16, the most since the INMO started keeping records nine […]

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Town Estate Should Be Exempt From Water Charges Says Daly

Town Estate Should Be Exempt From Water Charges Says Daly

October 1, 2014 at 2:48 pm Comments are Disabled

SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Pa Daly has said there is huge anger in St. Brendan’s Park in Tralee over the introduction of water charges despite high levels of lead in the water found over the past few months. Cllr. Daly said that one house in the estate was recently found […]

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NAMA May Sell Fels Point Hotel As A Going Concern

NAMA May Sell Fels Point Hotel As A Going Concern

October 1, 2014 at 2:18 pm Comments are Disabled

IT is being reported that NAMA is considering selling the Fels Point Hotel. Bookings and jobs would not be affected as the hotel, located on the Dan Spring Road, would be sold as a going concern. The state body says the sales of five Irish property portfolios worth around 600 million euro, […]

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Fitness: Eight Reasons Why Running Is Great For You

Fitness: Eight Reasons Why Running Is Great For You

October 1, 2014 at 12:47 pm Comments are Disabled

Michael Ryan of RnR Fitness, Tralee, on running… Running is an ancient sport and has it origins as far back as 490BC when Pheidippides ran the first ever marathon as a wartime messenger for the Greeks. It is a very primal and effective form of exercise and one to which […]

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Looking Forward To Foodies’ Heaven In Manor West

Looking Forward To Foodies’ Heaven In Manor West

October 1, 2014 at 12:21 pm Comments are Disabled

THE hugely popular ‘Taste of Kerry’ event returns to Manor West Retail Park this month with food artisans from all over the county showing their wares. The event will take place on Saturday/Sunday, October 11/12 and will run from noon to 6pm on both days. Among the producers who will have stands at the […]

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‘We’ll Be Treating Sunday’s Game Like A County Final’ Says Austin Stacks’ Boss

‘We’ll Be Treating Sunday’s Game Like A County Final’ Says Austin Stacks’ Boss

October 1, 2014 at 11:17 am Comments are Disabled

Click on above ad for great student offer AUSTIN STACKS return to senior county championship football once again this weekend after a long gap when they face West Kerry in Killarney, this Sunday at 3.30pm. The Stacks will play in the second game of a double header which also features […]

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A Wild Time For Entrepreneurs In IT Tralee

A Wild Time For Entrepreneurs In IT Tralee

October 1, 2014 at 10:48 am Comments are Disabled

THE innovative Wild Atlantic Startup event (WASup) is on its way to Kerry on Friday October 17th. WASup Kerry will be run in association with the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (CEED) at Institute of Technology, Tralee Friday. WASup is the brainchild of Shane McCarthy, CEO of BlueChief, which […]

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Drugs Worth €16k Found In Ballyseedy Area

Drugs Worth €16k Found In Ballyseedy Area

October 1, 2014 at 10:43 am Comments are Disabled

DRUGS with an estimated value of €16k were found in the Ballyseedy area last week. On Thursday last, members of the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit, acting on confidential information, uncovered the suspected amphetamines weighing over a kilo, in an area of woodland on the outskirts of town, near a popular walking and jogging […]

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Confirmed: Tommy Walsh Is Coming Home

Confirmed: Tommy Walsh Is Coming Home

October 1, 2014 at 10:27 am Comments are Disabled

TOMMY WALSH has confirmed he is leaving the Sydney Swans and coming home to Tralee. The former Kerry star told Sydney Swans TV he is leaving and returning to Ireland at the end of 2014. “I’ll be going back to my club Kerins O’Rahilly’s and I don’t know, but maybe Kerry […]

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Zoe’s World: What’s Wrong With Having Expensive Taste?

Zoe’s World: What’s Wrong With Having Expensive Taste?

October 1, 2014 at 9:53 am Comments are Disabled

I BELIEVE in buying more expensive things. I believe in spending that extra bit of money on something, purely because I know that it will last. You would think that would be okay. A lot of people however, don’t seem to share the same views. When someone asks you where you […]

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Music To Play A Big Part In Upcoming Kerry Film Festival

Music To Play A Big Part In Upcoming Kerry Film Festival

October 1, 2014 at 9:47 am Comments are Disabled

A WEEK long feast of cinema in Tralee will kick off this Saturday when the first screenings of the Kerry Film Festival 2014 get under way. The festival is now in its 15th year and has been an important part of the county’s cultural landscape ever since the beginning. The […]

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