Archive for December 10th, 2014

TWO ladies will enjoy Christmas all the more this year as they scooped over €20,000 between them in the Rehab Radio Kerry Bingo. Patricia Dee of Ballylongford and Peggy O’Connor of Castlegregory each won €10,080 and were both presented with their cheques on Wednesday afternoon in Radio Kerry where they were joined by […]

MOYDERWELL primary school was a hive of activity on Wednesday morning with pupils, teachers and parents helping out for the school’s annual Christmas craft fair. The craft fair, where children sell the items they made themselves, is a fundraiser with all proceeds going to the school. Continued below… “The day […]

THE Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, has announced that he has approved the payment of just over €2million to the regional airports, including Kerry, under the current Regional Airports Programme. That funding is in respect of subvention payments in 2014 for Core Airport Management Operational Expenditure (OPEX). […]

TRAFFIC  came to a standstill in the town centre after Denny Street was closed off to traffic fora short time on Wednesday morning due to a fire. A small chimney fire at Finnegans B&B, which is adjacent to the KDYS, caused the street to be closed. Continued below… Two Gardai were placed […]

  TRALEE-BASED business coach, Helen Burns, has won Action Coach ‘Best Client Results 2014’ for Ireland. The award was given by Action Coach Ireland and is based on the client’s percentage increase in sales, productivity and overall running of the business. Helen Burns, a well known business figure in Munster, […]

THE Nádúr Spa at Ballygarry House Hotel launched a new line of ‘touch therapy’ treatments aimed at people suffering with cancer on Tuesday night. The new series of treatments is specifically developed for those experiencing the discomfort of common side effects associated with Radium, Chemotherapy and Cancer Related Surgery. “Unfortunately we […]

AS hundreds travelled to Dublin this morning for the national protest against water charges, Sinn Fein TD Martin Ferris has expressed outrage that a Tralee tenant received a letter from their landlord saying their water would be turned off for failing to register with Irish Water by January 8 or pay […]

Our rugby analyst, Mike O’Halloran, believes Munster can overcome Clermont Auvergne in France next weekend… Munster were bullied into submission by Clermont Auvergne last Saturday evening in Thomond Park, when they surrendered their impressive record of beating French opposition 23 times in Limerick. Munster travel to France on Sunday for […]

AUSTIN Stacks Clubhouse hosted two awards ceremonies over Sunday and Monday to honour both their ladies club and their Under 14 boys team. Last Sunday evening, players, parents and officers of the Austin Stacks Ladies club gathered for our annual awards evening. Members of the Kerry and Munster Club Championship winning […]

I HAVE an overactive mind. A seriously overactive mind. That is, when I’m not thinking about Taylor Swift and other general teenager things (and no mom I don’t mean kissing boys), my mind is constantly thinking about life. Questions reel through my mind constantly. Life’s unanswerable questions apparently. But the fact that they […]