Archive for October, 2014

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí- Post Primary School in Clash has launched ‘The Next Instalment’, an anthology of poetry and prose, produced by students of the school. The book, which has been published locally, is a sequel to their earlier anthology of poetry and prose, entitled ‘The Write Stuff’ which was published […]

Seniors: Fenit Samphires 6 Killarney Celtic B 0 We had a great result against Killarney Celtic B on a sunny autumn morning in Fenit. Daniel Clinton put us one up after ten minutes and this was closely followed by goals from Ger McCarthy and David Sullivan. We went in at […]

Siobhan Cotter Tournament Last Sunday, in glorious sunshine, the Juvenile club hosted the annual Siobhan Cotter Tournament. Teams from Ballymac, Austin Stacks and John Mitchels along with Churchill, competed for the Siobhan Cotter Cup, won last year by Ballymac. The U7s, U8s, U9s and U10s from each club played each […]

  OK, so it was the early nineties and except for the dodgy perm, the thinking behind the look was quite ingenious even if I say so myself. I am talking about my debs dress. I restyled my mother’s cousin’s wedding dress. Life was an awful lot simpler then, there […]

HERE’S something to get Austin Stacks fans in the mood for the county final. The passion of the Rockie hordes is captured brilliantly on a short audio documentary made by Ballyduff native Kathryn Smith. At the time Kathryn, who is married to a Connolly Park man, John Smith, was doing a […]

THE website of Kerry-based Upfront PR, Event and Model Management has been nominated for the .eu Web Awards under House Category. Upfront, owned and run by Orla Diffily, is one of three finalists in the House Category and there are five categories in total. The .eu Web Awards is an […]

  DO Kerry people just spend their time buying lottery tickets or are we just lucky? Ellen Brosnan from Knocknagoshel, is the latest player to scoop a big cash prize of €43,000 on the ‘Winning Streak’ show, following on from last week where two Kerry people, one from Knocknagoshel, were big winners. Ellen, […]

THE curtain came down on Kerry Film Festival 2014 last Saturday night when the best films were honoured in an awards ceremony at Siamsa Tire. “We’re very confident and enthused by this year’s festival,” said one of the organisers, Neil Brown. “Numbers are up all across the board, we travelled to […]

TWO Cork men were arrested after a car was allegedly stolen from outside a house in Boherbee last Friday. Two men from the Cork region were apprehended by Gardai on the Listowel Road. The men appeared before a special sitting of Killarney District Court on Saturday and are in currently in custody […]

CONCERN’S Chief Executive Dominic MacSorley, who is just back from visiting Concern projects in Sierra Leone and Liberia, will speak at the Grand Hotel in Denny Street in Tralee on Thursday, October 16. Over 3,000 people have died in Liberia and Sierra Leone from Ebola, which is now an epidemic […]

SENIOR MEN County League We have one match left in the county league, where we are at home to Laune Rangers. Date T.B.C. Coiste Tra li Championship The Coiste Tra Li championship is provisionally fixed for the weekend of the 2nd November. SENIOR LADIES The team played Finuge/St. Senans in […]

NA GAEIL SENIOR Na Gaeil faced St Pats in the semi-final of the Brendan’s Championship. Played in Killeen in ideal weather conditions it  was the home side who registered the first score, but it was to be St Pats who enjoy the best of the exchanges in the opening fifteen […]

AUSTIN Stacks fans will be happy to know they have a ‘home’ venue for the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Football final against Mid Kerry on Sunday, October 26. In a surprise move, the CCC decided on Monday night, to fix the game for Austin Stack Park at 3pm in two […]

GARDAI are following a definite line of enquiry after reports of a man in his 20s claiming to be from Irish Water, went from door to door demanding money to connect the water supply in the past week. The man was in Rockwell Estate and the Oakpark area wearing a boiler suit as he […]

Gavin O’Connor reports from yesterday’s Austin Stacks v Dingle county senior championship final in Austin Stack Park and talks to Kieran Donaghy… DONAGHY was the catalyst for the purple purple patch at the end of the first half which left Dingle’s hopes black and blue. On current form he is quite […]

Juveniles U6/8/10 Girls and Boys had a very busy morning on Saturday last with all having matches against their counterparts from An Ghaeltacht who made the long journey to visit us. Everyone had a very enjoyably morning with a fine show of football on offer. U12/14s started indoor training on Thursday last. […]

FORMER Tralee town councillors, who are now over 50, shared over €111,000 in retirement gratuities according to figures released by Kerry County Council. The six who receive the payments are Ted Fitzgerald (FF) €52,623; Johnnie Wall (FF) €28,851; Pat Hussey (FG) €16,650; Gillian Wharton-Slattery (Lab) €13,667; Mairead Fernane (FG) €8,316 and Dan Galvin (Lab) €5,154. Johnnie […]

Lotto There was no winner of last week’s jackpot of €12,700. The numbers drawn were 06, 11, 12 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Ger McCarthy c/o Betty’s Bar; Brendan & Shannon Quille, Lohercannon; Margaret & Lorraine Kennedy, Asdee; James Counihan, Curraheen & Rory Denn, Blackrock, Cork. […]

TWO sisters have decided to raise funds for the Recovery Haven after the amazing care the centre showed for their aunt who passed away from cancer last year. Charlotte and Sarah Higgins are holding a ‘Chop Or Change’ event in the Slieve Mish Bar this Friday night at 8pm and […]

LOTTO The Lotto was held in Ballygarry House on the 6th October 2014 for a jackpot of €3,600.  Numbers drawn were 5,11,13,27.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. James O Hara, c/o  Tom Leen 2. Eoin Lyons, Chutehall 3. Eamonn Donovan, c/o Tom Leen 4. J O Sullivan, c/o […]

JUVENILE CLUB NOTES PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) Our Under 7, Under 8, Under 9 and Under 10 football teams took part in the annual Siobhán Cotter Blitz at Churchill on Sunday. All our teams had a most enjoyable day of football in magnificent weather conditions. The Under 9s were winners over John […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL Austin Stacks 2-13 Dingle 1-9 Our seniors qualified for their 19th Co. Championship final in total, and their third in the last five seasons, with a good solid performance in glorious summer-like sunshine at Austin Stack Park on last Sunday afternoon. With both sides testing the waters in the […]

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí is gearing up for its inaugural Open Day this Saturday, October 18 from 10am to 1pm. The post primary school will display the new developments which have taken place to date on the campus in Clash. The former Tralee Community College now no longer exists and instead two separate entities- Coláiste […]

KERRY star Kieran Donaghy took time out from his preparations for yesterday’s county championship battle with Dingle to help launch a charity campaign. Tesco Ireland have name Temple Street Children’s Hospital as their charity of the year and the Stacks man was happy to help out on Saturday. “Today [Saturday] we’ve […]

MERCY Mounthawk held special awards ceremony on Saturday morning, to honour the students from the school who achieved over 600 points in the Leaving Certificate this year. Principal John O’Roarke presented the four teenagers with a special memento to mark the achievement while their families and staff from the school […]

Pharmacy Focus O’Neill’s Pharmacy, 3 Abbey Court, Tralee is one of the last remaining independent pharmacies in Tralee. Anne O’Neill, originally from the Oakpark, has over 25 years experience in community pharmacy having studied pharmacy in Trinity College. In the bustling Abbey Court area, O’Neill’s Pharmacy is busy dispensing  prescriptions both […]

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 […]

THE Austin Stacks fans are renowned for the colour they bring to matches and Sunday was no exception. They even had a special guest in the form of Fungi dressed in an Austin Stacks jersey (see video below). The fans gathered at headquarters in Connolly Park and paraded up to Austin […]

Gavin O’Connor reports from Austin Stack Park where Austin Stacks booked their place in the county final in two weeks time Austin Stacks 2-13 Dingle 1-9 KIERAN Donaghy was the main man for Stacks as they beat Dingle by seven points to book their place in the county final. Players […]

THE Tralee branch of Soroptimist Ireland came together in the Meadowlands Hotel on Saturday night to celebrate 50 years of activity in Tralee. The Soroptimists are a ladies only club with their origins stemming from 1920’s USA. Since then the organisation has spread progressively worldwide. In attendance for the 50th year celebration were two […]