Archive for December, 2014

A BLENNERVILLE native has won €350,000 in the Lotto Plus 1 draw last Wednesday and will share his winnings with his children. John Foley (77), now living in Williamstown, Co. Galway, his daughter Annette Keegan and son Timothy Foley celebrated winning €350,000  today at National Lottery offices in Dublin. When asked how he plans to enjoy his […]

SECONDARY school teachers in Tralee joined their comrades all over the country in the one day strike yesterday over changes to the Junior Certificate. Thousands of students attending Presentation, Mercy Mounthawk, CBS The Green, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and Coláiste Gleann Lí had a day off as members of teaching unions walked the picket […]

We would like to wish our player Brian O’Regan the best of luck in Lake Macquarie, Australia where he is competing in the International Children’s Games. Brian is the goalkeeper for the soccer team who have travelled to Australia and we know he will do his best and do us proud! […]

Grant The club got a grant of £6986 from the Munster Council and the school got a grant of £ 5,000.Again a huge thanks goes to Dermot Crowley for preparing the submission for the club and to Tim Murphy of the County Board for all his help. National Draw Following […]

THE Kerry Hurling All Stars 2014 will be held in Parker’s Bar, Kilflynn on this Saturday night at 7.30pm. The annual awards night, now in its second year, was the brain child of TraleeToday.ie’s hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran who, along with the meticulous work of Timmy Sheehan set up an […]

KERRY Volunteer Centre will be launching the first edition of ‘Volunteering Matters’ on ‘International Volunteer Day’ this Friday. Volunteering Matters is a monthly electronic newsletter for all things pertaining to the voluntary sector in Kerry. The newsletter will be directly distributed to the circa 3,000 individual volunteers and 600 plus groups registered with Kerry […]

KERRY Sinn Féin will hold their annual Volunteer Charlie Kerins commemoration on this Friday, December 5. Members and supporters of Sinn Fein will march from the Pikeman on Denny Street at 8pm to the monument at Charlie Kerins park in Strand Road where Cllr Damien Quigg will give the oration. […]

MAYOR of Tralee Municipal District of  Kerry County Council, Cllr Jim Finucane signed the contract for the construction of a 9m high Climbing Wall and toddler playground at the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre on Wednesday morning. The €130,000 contract, which will be carried out by Browne Brothers Site Services Ltd. Loughlee, Carrigadrohid, […]

AS you are most certainly aware, Christmas is on the way. Christmas is meant to be such a happy time and everyone is expected to be so happy. It is true that Christmas is one of my favourite times of year; the lights, the presents and just the genuine warmth […]

SENIOR TOWN CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL ​Kerins O’Rahillys  V  John Mitchels on Sunday 7th December at 2pm (A)
 Ballymac  V Austin Stacks on Sunday 7th December at 2.00 pm (B)

Winners of semi-final (A) V (B) will play each other in Championship final
Loser of semi-final (A) V(B) will play each other in Championship […]

AUSTIN Stacks memorable journey to the Munster Club crown has been captured on a DVD to be on sale for the Christmas market. Rory Kirby has been filming the Austin Stacks progress through the championship this year, getting exclusive interviews and access to the Munster champions for ‘2014 – A Rockumentary’. […]

AUSTIN Stacks’ Ulster opposition in the All-Ireland final have issued a request to move the fixture from Saturday, February 14 to the next day, which may affect live TV coverage of the game. New Ulster club champions Slaughtneil lodged the request with the Central Competitions Control Committee GAA to change the […]

THE Tralee Lions Club are hoping for the public’s help as they hold their annual food appeal  this weekend with everything collected going to the Tralee Branch of the St Vincent de Paul. It’s part of a busy weekend for the Lions Club as they are also holding their annual street […]

Gavin O’Connor spoke to the Stacks players, manager and club chairman immediately after their Munster Club final win against The Nire at Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday. Here’s what they had to say…(scroll down to the end for more action photos from the game) Stephen Stack – Manager “I said […]

LAST Saturday evening the Kerry hurlers were honoured at an awards night for the 2014 season at the Fels Point Hotel. It was a year of progress for the proponents of the small ball in our county. The senior team won Division 2A of the National league with an 100% record, […]

SO it’s December and we can all now embrace the Christmas spirit. Of course with this time of year comes the party season and this week I am going to give you my tips for being super stylish during this festive time. This week have your hair colour done, I […]

SEAIMPÍNÍ NA MUMHAN: ‘Well done’ to our seniors v The Nire! What a battle! What spirit and courage was shown by our players! What role models on the field of play for our juveniles! Great credit to Stephen, Paul, John Joe and Ciarán. (And we mustn’t forget Wayne Quillinan’s years […]

Brian Cody at Parnells Awards Parnells are delighted to confirm that Brian Cody will be our special guest at the awards night on the 12th of December.  Due to unprecedented anticipation and expected bumper attendance, the spacious venue of Fels Point has been secured by Parnells mentors. 2015 Officers: The following 2015 officers […]

Lotto There was no winner of our club lotto draw from last Sunday night. The numbers drawn were 12, 13, 17 & 22. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Mary Rusk, Marian Park; Annie Walsh, Racecourse Lawn; Niamh Switzer c/o Gary Savage; Jack Costello, c/o James Costello & M. […]

​LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas Bar on Monday 24th November 2014.  Numbers drawn were 6,10,12,24.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Tara Murphy, Chuethall 2. Sandra Burke, c/o Paula Silles 3. Julia Jay, c/o Mannix PO 4. Mossie & Joan Harrington, Kielduff 6. Sheilann Rahilly, Chutehall […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 3-5; The Nire 2-4. Away back in September 2001 when the English Soccer team scored their 5th goal in their 5-1 trouncing of Germany in a World Cup Qualifier in Munich the legendry John Motson said in his TV commentary – ‘it’s getting betta and betta and […]

NATIONAL GAA DRAW In association with Croke Park, Na Gaeil are participating in a Monster 15 Prize Draw for prizes including All Star trips , trip to New York,€ 1,500 travel voucher, 2 € 1,000 shopping vouchers and hurling and football All Ireland packages etc. Draw will take place in February. […]

Juveniles U8/10 Boys U8/10 – Boys trained in the Sports complex on Sunday last. There were good numbers and everyone is getting back into the swing of things. Training continues on Sunday next the 7th at 11am. U12 U12 – Boys trained in the Sports complex on Sunday last. Training continues on […]

THERE was an incredible atmosphere before, during and after the Austin Stacks v The Nire Munster Club final in Cork yesterday. Ten buses put on by the Rockie club pulled up to the Cork Constitution rugby grounds at around noon, where hundreds piled  into the clubhouse for refreshments and fuel […]

THE now famous Rock support weren’t the only ones making noise yesterday during Austin Stacks Munster Club Final versus The Nire. There was plenty of it on Twitter. We look back over what was capturing people’s attention on Twitter during the match. The calm before the storm. The scene is […]

A TRALEE man was involved in a shipwreck while taking part in the Volvo Ocean Race on Sunday. Brian Carlin from Cloghers is a member of Tralee Bay Sailing Club and took up a position with Danish crew Team Vestas Wind who set sail in the Volvo Ocean Race in early October. In […]

A JEEP and trailer, stolen from the Leith area outside town, was used in a robbery in Ardfert between Saturday night and Sunday morning which saw a quantity of metal stolen. The 00 Galway-registered blue Izuzu jeep and an 8×4 trailer double axel, dull silver colour, galvanised with a frame in the front  was […]

THE new Kerry jersey for 2015 was unveiled in the Kerry GAA Store in Killarney on Sunday and will hit the stores over the Christmas period. The jersey will be on sale in the Kerry GAA store on Friday and so far the feedback for the simpler designed shirt has […]

EIGHTEEN years is a hell of a long wait for work to begin on a new National School in Blennerville, but that day finally came on Monday morning. “We’ve been waiting for this day an awful long time,” said principal of Blennerville National School, Terry O’Sullivan. A brand new two storey […]

TRALEETODAY.IE continues to grow with our figures for November almost twice that of the previous month. We received over 615,000 page views from over 73,000 unique users last month (30 day period), up from 333,000 page views from 42,000 users in October (31 day period). It shows that more and […]