Archive for November, 2014

SENIOR FOOTBALL Austin Stacks 0-15; Ballincollig 1-9. After a hard fought game in Austin Stack Park on Sunday afternoon (16th Nov), which had to go to extra time, we qualified for our 4th Munster Club Final in total and our first since December 1976 with three points to spare after an energy-sapping […]

​LOTTO Ballymac GAA Lotto was held in Glenduff House on Monday 10th November 2014 for a jackpot of €4100.  Numbers drawn were 8,9,14,20.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Robert Harris, c/o Paula Silles 2. Shelia & Gary Ennis, Co Clare 3. Padraig Harris, c/o Paula Silles 4. Tom […]

Lotto After the hysteria of last week’s lotto win, there was great interest in last week’s lotto to see if it was going to be won two weeks on the bounce, especially considering it commenced again at the higher figure of €3,000. However, no winner emerged from the draw on […]

SCÓR NA nÓG (a) Tralee area Scór na nÓg: we need a good solo singer asap. (b) The Scór na nÓg finals will be held at 2pm on Sunday 30th November in Glenbeigh. (c) The Scór rules (especially new rules on quiz and on léiriú) may be read (under Cultúr) […]

GARDAí are looking for the public’s help in relation to two criminal damage incidents in the Tralee area over the past week. First of all, there was an incident where firecrackers were put through a letterbox at a house in Ballincullig, Kielduff. The incident occurred on Tuesday, November 11.30pm and caused quite a […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information regarding a serious assault on a bar owner in Tralee two weeks ago. Ger Hennessy of Hennessy’s Bar in Castle Street sustained a serious eye injury in the random assault on Tuesday, November 4, at approximately 2.15am. The person who attacked Mr Hennessy was unknown to him and […]

THE date and venue has been set for the Munster Club Championship Final between Austin Stacks and The Nire from Waterford. The match will take place at Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork city on Sunday, November 30 at 2pm. Expect a big crowd to travel from The Rock for that one! […]

  A BALLYMACELLIGOTT native has won €54,000 in prizes at the National Lottery’s Winning Streak gameshow on Saturday. Mary Cremin, who now lives in Lisselton, won a Suzuki Grand Vitara and cash prizes on the RTE show. Mary and husband John are dairy farmers in the north Kerry town land. […]

WE’VE already shown you the Austin Stacks and Ballincollig fans creating fun on the streets of Tralee yesterday. But TraleeToday.ie was also at the clubhouse on Sunday morning with the fans and we followed them on their journey to the stadium, on the terraces, right through to the final whistle. […]

AUSTIN Stacks booked their place in this year’s Munster Club Final yesterday, but not after an incredibly tough contest against the Cork champions, Ballincollig. Here is a selection of how it all went down on the ‘Twittersphere’… The Irish Examiner’s Tony Leen was setting the record straight in the buildup […]

OVER 100 people attended Tralee Credit Union’s Prize Giving Night dedicated to their Youth on Friday night in Manor West Hotel. Presentations were made to students from primary, secondary and third level for Tralee Credit Union’s Annual Art Competition, their Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards, their schools’ credit unions […]

STILA is the latest No.1  premium brand to be launched by Sam McCauleys. Previously only available in Harvey Nichols, Brown Thomas etc., this brand is always heavily featured and loved by beauty editors worldwide and Victoria Beckham is just one of their celeb super fans. Here are some of their popular […]

Gavin O’Connor (who correctly predicted a three point win for Stacks in our preview on Saturday) reports on an epic Munster semi-final clash yesterday in Austin Stack Park. Photos from the match at the end of report… Austin Stacks 0-15 Ballincollig 1-9 AUSTIN STACKS have booked their place in the […]

THE GAA seems to bring out the best in people and Sunday was no different in Tralee. The Austin Stacks fans paraded through town and came upon the Ballincollig supporters, who came out from Turner’s and The Sportsfield Bar to witness the colourful carnival. Both sets of fans greeted  and wished […]

IT wasn’t the greatest of games, but it was certainly an epic! Austin Stacks booked their place in the Munster Club Championship final after a three point win, 0-15 to 1-9, over Ballincollig at a sunny Austin Stack Park on Sunday afternoon. They become the first Tralee team to contest […]

TRALEE Lions Club continued their sterling work in the community with a charity quiz in the Meadowlands Hotel on Thursday. For a Thursday night in November, there was a very healthy crowd present to participate in the quiz, with funds going towards the Saoirse Foundation’s, Bumbleance campaign. The Bumbleance is an ambulance […]

A PLAQUE was unveiled to commemorate the birthplace of Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty on Saturday afternoon. Hugh O’Flaherty was Ireland’s answer to Oscar Schindler in the sense that he saved over 6,500 lives of Jews and anti-fascists during World War 2, by hiding them in monasteries and ushering them to safety. […]

  THERE was a wonderful array of crafts and baking goods on sale at the Recovery Haven Christmas Craft Fair on Friday afternoon. A steady stream of people arrived at the Haig’s Terrace service from 4-8pm to see and buy some of the knitwear, cakes, jewellery and Christmas decorations on […]

Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ cooking school in Firies, on the ugly duckling of vegetables… The poor old Celeriac certainly wasn’t at the front of the queue when good looks were being given out. But don’t let that but you off trying this ugly, but truly delicious and versatile vegetable. […]

AS I wrote in my previous article (here), in the area of psychological illness (depression anxiety, panic attacks etc.) I believe many lives have been saved due to medical intervention. However, unfortunately,  I also believe many lives have been lost because adequate attention has not been paid to the other […]

SO this is how people spend their break time in a sports store. This very short video of one Tadhg Fleming pranking his co-workers, in an unidentified Tralee sports store, made Joe.ie yesterday. Ah, the endless possibilities of the sellotape/door combination… See video below… Post by Snapped at Tralee I.T.

IT was a glamorous affair in the Ballyseede Castle Hotel on Friday night as the Tralee Rotary Club held their annual Gala Ball. A different charity is picked to benefit every year and it was Enable Ireland’s Kerry Services who will receive funding from the €80 a head dinner last night. Continued […]

IT Tralee, held its annual open day for second level  and other prospective students at the North Campus on Friday morning. “We’ve had a fantastic day. We’ve had students from as far afield as Dundalk, Portlaoise and Cork here,” said Carol Fitzgerald of the IT Tralee. “They really seem to […]

Gavin O’Connor previews the Austin Stacks v Ballincollig Munster Club Championship semi-final at Austin Stack Park on Sunday (2pm) THIS is a weird one for Stephen Stack and his band of champions to prepare for. The celebrations and good vibes that spread across the town when Stacks won the county final would […]

The Leebrook Bar, Ballygarry House Hotel WE’VE had some rain this week! And, unfortunately, it finally started to get cold as well. The first two weeks of November is one of the most miserable times of the year (along with all of January and the first two weeks of February) as the […]

  THE Kerry Citizens Information Service (KCIS) recently received the EFQM Gold Star Service Excellence Quality Mark having reached the quality standards of customer service excellence required. The service underwent a rigorous in-depth assessment to measure their performance against the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) principles. On receipt of […]

‘Mr. Turner’ By John Lyons SINCE mid-October, every time I’ve made a trip to the cinema, a poster for ‘Mr. Turner’ has greeted me in the hallway. And every time I saw it, I got really excited. Not because of the film’s subject matter, but because it’s the new film […]

  A TRALEE girl who died last year will be remembered again this December at the second annual Tralee 5Km Santa Fun Run. The run had a hugely successful debut in 2013 with over 800 participants on the day raising a total of €13,060.44, all of which went towards granting wishes for Kerry children with […]

  BRIDGET Boyle, of Derrymore scooped an incredible €13,000 in the St Pats lotto on Sunday night last. With her winnings from a jackpot which had not been won in over two years, Bridget, mother of club secretary Terry Boyle, is planning to do up her house. “We’re delighted that […]

Hello Friday, tis well you’re looking! As the hours tick by until clocking-off time, let’s look at the endless…ok maybe not endless, but the many possibilities the upcoming weekend has to offer in and around town… Friday 1. Roll Up, Roll Up! Yes folks, the circus is in town, or […]