Archive for January, 2015

Our movie guy, John Lyons, picks his top ten most anticipated films of 2015… There’s so many great films being released this year that it was hard to pick just ten for this list. Big films like the new ‘Jurassic Park’ and the new Bond film didn’t make the cut, along […]

SEVENTY cyclists set out from St Pat’s GAA club on Saturday morning to remember a much loved local character. The fourth Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle saw men, women and children brave the biting cold winds to travel to Castleisland and back. The numbers were down on previous years – over […]

BEFORE I discuss anything to do with food, I believe it is imperative that I write about love and kindness first. What is love? Now there is the quintessential question that has baffled man through the ages. Let’s look to the wise men for an answer. The Buddha was once […]

  See above ad for special promotion DESIGNER bags, dresses, shoes and all accessories will be available at a fraction of the price at the ‘Dress Haven’ fashion night in the Fels Point Hotel on Febuary 7. Proceeds of the event will go towards Recovery Haven cancer respite centre so, […]

Baily’s Corner Castle Street I’M pretty much down to the last few places in town for the ‘Out To Lunch’ column, but I left one of the town’s institutions towards the end. Garry O’Donnell has been serving up lunches to the people of Tralee since the ‘Croppy Boy’ was, well, a boy. […]

Our rugby columnist, Mike O’Halloran, believes the dream of seeing JJ Hanrahan in the No.10 of Munster is still possible…just not for a while… I have been supporting Munster and attending matches in Thomond Park since 1973 and in all those years, I have never experienced the disappointment that Munster fans […]

THERE be no sight of Tommy Walsh back in a Kerry jersey this weekend in the McGrath Cup, as the team announced tonight shows he doesn’t even appear on the subs’ bench. There is Tralee area representation in the form of Paul McMahon of St Pat’s at right half back, […]

  IT TRALEE manager, Noel Kennelly, has announced his starting team that will face Kerry in the McGrath Cup this Sunday and it features five players from Tralee clubs. Three Austin Stacks players are in the side, Denis McElligott, Ciaran O’Connell and Alan Duggan. John Mitchels are represented George Bastible […]

FORMER Tralee Rugby player, Ultan Dillane, has been making a name for himself over Christmas and has even been interviewed for the Irish Independent website where he is full of praise for his home club. “Tralee RFC is a brilliant club and everyone is so nice down there. Our old manager […]

Gavin O’Connor caught up with Austin Stacks boss, Stephen Stack, to find out how preparations are going for the All-Ireland semi-final next month… THE countdown is well and truly on for Austin Stacks date in the All-Ireland semi-final against Ulster champions, Slaughtneil, which is now just five weeks away. A great challenge […]

  EVERY week dogs go missing in the Tralee area, so hopefully we here at TraleeToday.ie can help reunite owners with their beloved canine companions with our Poocj Patrol column. Wendy O’Connor, from Animal Net Kerry stresses the importance of putting collars and name-tags on dogs. It makes the job […]

WITH the announcement that the Fabric nightclub building was recently sold, we decided to cast our minds back to the heyday of Tralee’s once superclub. It opened in 2004 at the cost of €7 million, billed as Ireland ‘biggest and best’ nightclub by the owners. This was a time when the […]

AND the awards keep on coming. There was more great news for Austin Stacks today as it was announced the ‘Rockumentary’ DVD on their amazing county and Munster final successes, filmed and directed by Rory Kirby, has won a McNamee Award. The GAA McNamee Awards are held annually to honour excellence in […]

THE Kerry Right2Water group will hold a meeting tonight (Thursday) at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Clubhouse. The meeting will inform people about the water charges and their rights. There will be a question and answers session and plans for the protest in Castleisland (from Old Church Lane at 2pm) on Saturday, January 17 […]

See above ad for special offer OVER the last few years ‘Movember’ has been fixture to liven up the dreary month before the Christmas madness begins. Hordes of men (and perhaps some women too) grow a ‘muzzy’ all in aid of Cancer. The efforts of the eight male employees of […]

TRALEE Municipal District Councillor Norma Foley is to put her name forward at the Fianna Fail convention to run for the Dáil at the next General Election. The Presentation Secondary School teacher will hope take a place in the new five-seater Kerry constituency at the next election and follow in her […]

THE building that was once Fabric Nightclub on Princes Street has been sold. Details of the sale by Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean have not been revealed, but it was bought in trust by a Cork solicitor for an unidentified buyer. The building had been up for sale for some time. Fabric was […]

  DISAPPOINTING news has come through for Munster Rugby fans in the county, with the announcement that Currow native JJ Hanrahan will leave the province at the end of the current season to join Aviva Premiership side Northampton Saints. Despite being offered a three year deal with Munster, the Kerry man confirmed his […]

  WITH the centenary of the 1916 rising around the corner, a cast of 16 Mercy Mounthawk students are set to perform the defining play from that period, ‘The Plough and the Stars’. The Sean O’Casey classic depicts the harsh realities of life in the Dublin tenements before and during the […]

STUDENTS from around the county are in Dublin this week to take part in the BT Young Scientists Exhibition at the RDS and Tralee schools are represented in three projects: two from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and one from Presentation Secondary School. The Gaelcholaiste’s entries focus on ‘Using water energy buoys to […]

A BALLYHEIGUE man out sea fishing in Australia got a whole lot more than he bargained for when he caught a great white Shark last Saturday. Ciaran Casey, who has been living down under with his family since 2013, was fishing on Golden Beach in Victoria when hooked the endangered […]

WOMEN took to the hotels and restaurants around town last night to celebrate Women’s Christmas. A number of restaurants had special menus for the event, while the Fels Point Hotel provided a latin flavour to the night with tapas and salsa dancing. Ballygarry House Hotel also had a special celebration […]

  THE teenage years commence a whole pile of changes. But other than the physical changes, like the bad skin and growth spurts (I am personally still waiting on mine), there are also a lot of mental changes. Most adults have probably had the word “moody” pass through their heads […]

  Our hair expert columnist, Sean Taaffe of the Sean Taaffe Hair Group answers some common questions on hair care… Question: I have long hair but whenever I straighten it, I’ve loads of little broken hairs at the roots and along the outside of my hair. Help? Sean Says: This is […]

  VALENTIA observatory recorded an increase in sunshine which made the south west the sunniest place to be last summer. In a report released by Met Eireann, Valentia recorded a 118% increase in average sunshine levels with the observatory measuring just under 1,500 hours of sunshine. The hottest day of the […]

A NEW season gets underway for the Kerry senior team this Sunday in the McGrath Cup when they play IT Tralee in Austin Stack Park at 2pm. With the Kerry first team and panel currently in South Africa and scheduled to come back Sunday/Monday, U21 boss Darragh Ó Sé will take the […]

Club AGM At the AGM of the club on 9th December, the following officers were elected: President: JP Daly Vice-President: Paul Dowling Chairman: Mikey Moriarty Vice-Chairman: Shaun Parker Vice-Chairman: Peter O’Brien (Outgoing Juvenile Chairman) Secretary: Vacant Treasurer: David Rolls Assistant Treasurer: Liam Harty Co. Board Delegate: Ger Carmody Registrar: Derek […]

Photos of Parnells Families meeting Brian Cody We have a lovely collection of photos of Parnells families with Brian Cody. Parnells are hoping to make this photo gallery available to view on a club website shortly. Bag packing Horans Dunnes Thank you to all the Parnells supporters and volunteers who […]

We would to thank everyone who attended our annual table quiz at the Tankard on December 28th. A great night was had by all and it was well supported. We would also like to wish all of our players, trainers, supporters and sponsors a Happy New Year. U16s: The 16s […]

  MARIA Walsh has travelled over 65,000 miles since becoming the Rose of Tralee, and she will travel hundreds more over the coming fortnight in a bid to find the 2015 Rose of Tralee. Maria celebrated Women’s Christmas at The Loop in Cork Airport with RTÉ Host Dáithí Ó Sé […]