Archive for December, 2014

  A CELEBATION of  Kerry hurling was held at Parker’s Bar in Kilflynn on Saturday night for the Kerry All-Stars night. Kerry county champions Lixnaw and Kilmoyley shared the spoils with four awards each on the night, followed by Abbeydorney and St Brendan’s with two each and Crotta with one. […]

  A CORPORATE event with a difference is being planned for next March where employees will get a chance to win €2,000 for charity. The ‘Tra-lympics’, presented by Tralee Chamber Alliance with the support of Fels Point Hotel and Kerry County Council, aims to attract companies from all over the […]

Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ cookery school in Firies, gives some great tips for entertaining at Christmas… Having friends and family over for a few drinks and nibbles is the perfect stress free way to entertain. Finger food can be as impressive as a full dinner party and there is […]

MY sincerest sympathy and empathy goes out to anybody who suffers from panic attacks. Having experienced them in reality myself I can honestly say that I don’t think there is a worse feeling in the world. If you are an onlooker it is a scary experience to witness someone having […]

OH what a night! An incredible crowd, amazing performances and fantastic fun was the order of the  night in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel for the second St Pat’s GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event on Friday. Continued below… A crowd of 550 people crammed into the venue to watch the 12 […]

‘Dish’ Russell Street THERE’S a real feel around town now that Christmas is around the corner. The crowds are in the town centre, East 17’s ‘Stay Another Day’ is slithering out of the speakers and it’s getting colder. ‘What better to warm up the body than a Mexican dish’ I […]

ORIGINAL Kerry, the professional craft and design network in Kerry, has just opened a pop-up shop on Rock Street in time for the Christmas market. The shop showcases gifts that are made in Kerry and inspired by it and made by the hands of professional craft makers and designers who are based right across […]

AFTER securing Munster, Stephen Stack and his men set their sights on their next conquest, a tilt at the greatest prize in club football. The question on everyone’s lips over Christmas will be, can they go all the way? Gavin O’Connor weighs up the pros and cons of this Rock side […]

THE query I am asked most frequently (besides ‘Mum , where is….?’) is about red veins. Our celtic skin is fair and sensitive and is prone to red veins. A lady recently told me she applies her makeup then goes out. If there is a fire or alcohol, within half an hour her […]

‘St. Vincent’ by John Lyons IT’S been quite some time since there’s been a quintessential stand-out performance from Bill Murray. As far as I can remember, the last role of his that got everyone talking was in Sofia Coppola’s ‘Lost in Translation’… and that was released over a decade ago! […]

HOTELIERS from around the county gathered at the Dromhall Hotel for the annual ball of the Kerry branch of the Irish Hotels Federation. The hoteliers were no doubt reflecting on a very good year for the industry and are looking forward to 2015 which is being predicted as one of the […]

  THE death has taken place of the former Independent Deputy for Kerry South, Jackie Healy Rae. The 83 year old Kilgarvan man had been ill for some time and died in Kerry General Hospital this afternoon. A post on his son Michael’s Facebook page read: “It is with a sadden […]

A FUN event was held in Ballyroe last night in aid of the three Church of Ireland churches which were damaged in the storms earlier this year. ‘Who Wants To Be A Thousandaire’ drew a good turnout to the hotel where an amazing  €25,000 was raised by the event through advertising and […]

2014 was a vintage year for the Kingdom, with both the senior and minor championship trophies crossing the county bounds.  In a place which is GAA mad, there are loads of things you can buy for that Kerry fan in your life. We picked out five of the best.  1. […]

ANOTHER week down so it’s time to relax and enjoy the weekend. But how will you spend your time after the shopping? FRIDAY 1. Party on down… The minute the clock struck midnight on Sunday night, taking us into December, was the signal for the official start of Party Season™. If […]

THE vacancy rate for commercial units or premises recorded in Kerry in Q3 is the lowest in the country at 8.9% according to the third GeoView quarterly report on Commercial Vacancy Rates, published jointly by GeoDirectory and DKM Economic Consultants.   The report showed that the vacancy rate in Tralee had decreased by […]

A MEMBER of the Tralee Irish Red Cross branch was honoured at the National Volunteer Awards tonight. Lixnaw native Majella Forde has been honoured as an awardee in the Health and Disability category of the awards held in Dublin City Hall earlier. Majella Forde volunteers as an Area Director of […]

LAST weekend, Tralee man, Brian Carlin, was involved in a shipwreck when the yacht in which he was travelling in the Volvo Ocean Race  was grounded on a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The Tralee man, an onboard reporter, captured the dramatic incident on camera which can be seen below. […]

STRICT visitor restrictions have been introduced with immediate effect at Kerry General Hospital (KGH) due to a number of patients with suspected norovirus – commonly known as the vomiting bug. Visitors are asked to adhere strictly to the visiting times which are 2pm-4pm and 6.30pm-8.30pm. Two visitors are allowed per patient with […]

A TRALEE youth project has received a capital grant for €7,500 from the Government. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr James O’Reilly, announced that three Kerry youth organisations are to receive capital grants to upgrade their projects. Tralee, Killarney and Listowel Special Projects for youth are to receive […]

Match report and video highlights (below, courtesy of CBS The Green) of Kerry Colleges Under 18½ – O’Sullivan Cup Final… St Brendans Killarney 1-19 C.B.S The Green 1-7 A damp and wet John Mitchels GAA grounds, hosted a brilliant battle between two of Kerry’s elite level teams, St Brendans Killarney and C.B.S […]

KIERAN Donaghy and friends will lend a hand to Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn’s Annual Christmas Fair Day which takes place this Sunday, December 7 in the school hall from 1pm-4pm. Everyone is welcome and there will be plenty of crafts, auctions and spot prizes on offer, with plenty of festive fun for everyone at the […]

By Lisa De Róiste (múinteoir) A CRISP winter’s afternoon saw two past students teams battle it out in the grounds of Na Gaeil as part of the 25 year celebrations for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí. Under the watchful management of Eddie Murphy and Dónal Ó Ruanaidh, the two sides battled it out. […]

THE Kerry Motor Tax Office is to move to a new location in Tralee on Monday next. The new office will be in Prince’s Quay, formerly Tralee Town Council headquarters and across from the Brandon Hotel. From Monday, December 8, all Motor Tax queries and transactions in Kerry will be carried out in the […]

ONE Tralee resident has decided to give up her comfortable Christmas at home to go to Africa in order to bring vital supplies to a school in northern Kenya. Joan O’Regan, originally from Ballyheigue, now living in Castlemorris, is raising funds for her solo run to St Philip’s Secondary School in Kitale, Kenya by organising […]

A FORMER footballer of the year, an inspirational youth movement leader and one of our most well-known landmarks, feature in a video that showcases the astonishing skill of hurling. And it’s all to promote a new organisation which is the brainchild of a Derryquay native, Eamonn Sayers. Former Wexford hurler, Diarmuid […]

Michael Ryan of RnR Fitness in Tralee on basic exercise principles… In developing an effective physical fitness program, you must adhere to basic exercise principles, regardless of your fitness level. In the first of a three part series I will look at the principles of an effective training programme. This […]

THERE were 128 patients waiting on trolleys at Kerry General Hospital in November, up from 72 in the previous month, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). This represents an almost 80% increase and a whopping 250% increase on the November 2013 figure of 36. The […]

  IF you weren’t in Fels Point two weeks ago, there’s a chance for you to see some of the acts that performed at the Celebration of Christie Hennessy & Songwriters Festival. If you have Sky, a special half hour programme will feature on the ‘Kerry County Matters’ show on […]

THE Tralee to Dingle road is included in a €6o million shot in the arm for Ireland’s road network. The funding, which is being allocated by the National Roads Authority (NRA) who have identified the roads where works are to be carried out, will allow for construction on the selected […]