Archive for February, 2015

The ‘Beauty Therapy’ department of Kerry’s ETB training centre will play host to the ‘National Skills Competition for Beauty Therapy’ tomorrow. And two of the participants selected to compete in the competition are from Kerry – Shauna O’Shea, from Tralee and Bernadette Casey from Castlecove. The annual Ireland Skills Competition is […]

NINETEEN people in Kerry diagnosed with cancer every week, according to the Irish Cancer Society, as they launched this year’s Daffodil Day. Daffodil Day, supported by Dell, will take place in Kerry on Friday March 27. This year marks the 28th Daffodil Day, Ireland’s longest running and biggest fundraising day. The […]

SO I started on the RTE ‘Today’ show yesterday! My first slot was all about Lloyds Pharmacy which is opening in Tralee on Thursday (at former Ryle And De Lacy in Ashe Street) and there is loads of opening offers there in the beauty world. I will be in store on […]

Juveniles U8/10/12 Boys Our U8/10 and 12 Boys returned to training on Sunday last at the Sports Complex. Despite it being a cold foggy morning there were good numbers and everyone was delighted to be back. Training continues on Sunday next the 15th at 11am for the U8/10s and at […]

CELEBRATION: Our celebration Dinner Dance at the meadowlands Hotel was a tremendous success, with a record number of members attending. The organising committee added the word CELEBRATION this year, as we felt that the club had a huge amount to celebrate with our Senior team ,ladies,Junior,Juveniles right down to our very talented SCÓR […]

SENIORS St. Brendan’s League Fixtures 2015 We played Churchill in St Brendan’s League last Sunday which was played in excellent conditions on our home grounds. Both teams exchanged points with our scores coming from Lawrence Bastible and Sean Moloney. Our inside forward line of Niall Sheehy, Alan O’Donoghue and Sean […]

WE posted a story this afternoon about a Ballyduff man who wanted to thank two Tralee ladies for doing a good deed in town last week. Murt O’Sullivan left €500 cash hanging out of an AIB ATM machine last Wednesday (see earlier story here) which the ladies returned to him. But he didn’t […]

  THE children of Tralee Educate Together National School enjoyed a day of outdoor learning activities in the woods next to the school last week. The lecturer and students of the BA in Outdoor Education, IT Tralee worked with the teachers from Tralee Educate Together to provide this great opportunity […]

  A FORMER ‘Rose of Tralee’ contestant is entering ‘Eurosong 2015’ with the hopes of representing Ireland in this year’s ‘Eurovision.’ Kat Mahon represented Longford at the 2014 Rose Of Tralee and is hoping to impress when she competes against four other acts in a bid to represent Ireland at the […]

A BALLYDUFF man is looking to thank two young Tralee ladies for ensuring he wasn’t €500 out of pocket last week. Murt O’Sullivan was on Deirdre Walsh’s ‘Talkabout’ programme on Radio Kerry earlier today, where he told listeners about what happened to him at the AIB  ATM machine on Castle […]

  WHILE most people right now are looking for extra layers to put onto our heads, there’s one man in town who’s gone and done the opposite! Denis ‘Den’ McCarthy, originally from Tipperary, but now living in Ballyrickard,  bravely took the decision to have his head fully shaved for ‘Today […]

THE Fels Point Hotel played host to 120 Kerry-based businesses on Sunday for the Business Expo 2015. Organised by Kerry Businesswomen’s Network, exhibitors showcased a wide variety of services and goods ranging from the food and tourism sectors to health and fitness, coaching, consultation, fashion and retail, dance and leisure, IT, […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: All is now in readiness for our trip to Portlaoise on this coming Sunday (15th Feb) to play Slaughtneil (Derry) in the semi final of the All Ireland SF Club Championship. Throw in 4pm. Best of luck to the whole squad and Management team. Supporters’ buses depart the […]

THE Kerry Fashion Week, Kerry Boutique and Kerry Designer Show will be held in the magnificent surroundings of the Pavilion at Ballygarry House Hotel on Tuesday, March 3 and promises to be something special. The show, produced as part of the 7th annual Kerry Fashion Week, will exclusively feature new collections from […]

ACADEMY SEASON; Our academy for ages 5 to 10 years continues every Saturday . All our coaches are fully qualified so your child is guaranteed the very best of Coaching .Proof of this is that our academy has been running since 2006 and over 100 kids attend every Saturday. The […]

​LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas Bar for a jackpot of €5,100 on 2nd February 2015. Numbers drawn were 3,4,7,22. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Keith Roche, Ballydwyer 2. Frank O Connor, Kilkerry 3. Grainne Herbert, c/o Tom Leen 4. Noreen DeLacey, Edenburn 5. Shauna O […]

SUMMONS TO ARMS FROM STEPHEN: Stephen Stack speaks to the multitudes: ”Supporters, I want to thank you for the fantastic support throughout the course of the County Championship and the Munster Campaign. We really feel that we have a 16th man on the field when we play with the strength […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 10, 16, 24 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Katie Burke Curraheen, Chris Kelly c/o Rock St. PO, Mary Rusk Marian Pk., Christy Hallinan Rock St. and Gerard Moriarty […]

OVER 150 members of Na Gaeil GAA gathered to celebrate a great year for the Oakpark club at the Meadowlands Hotel on Saturday night. This year the annual social was billed as a celebration night, as they have a lot to celebrate according to Club PRO, Theresa Kelliher. “We have […]

OVER 200 fashion lovers showed up at the Fels Point Hotel last night for a great charity event. The ‘Dress Haven’ fundraiser, the brainchild of Mary Brick, was in aid of the Recovery Haven. People attending could browse through the donated items on racks, while models also displayed the clothes […]

  IF I pose to you a simple question – what is the difference between Slán leat, Goodbye, Au revoir and Auf wiedersehen? What would your answer be? Perhaps ‘Roger, don’t be ridiculous and don’t be wasting my time as you know well they’re all saying the same thing’. Exactly, […]

TANAISTE and Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton officially opened the Intreo Centre on Godfrey Place on Friday morning. At the opening, the Tanaiste was accompanied by Arthur Spring TD and while there she met Mayor of Kerry John Brassil, Mayor of Tralee Jim Finucane, along with Intreo staff. Following the amalgamation of employment […]

‘The Interview’ By John Lyons Seth Rogen’s newest comedy venture made worldwide headlines last December when North Korea officially condemned the film, declaring it to be an “act of war”. In the weeks to follow, an unknown source hacked Sony Pictures. There were implications of a terrorist attack, the film was […]

Our rugby writer, Mike O’Halloran, says Ireland can expect France to bring their A game for the next match… EVEN the loss of Sean O Brien just before kick off wasn’t enough to prevent the expected opening win for Ireland over Italy in the Six Nations. O’Brien twinged his hamstring […]

AUSTIN Stacks senior team boss, Stephen Stack, has issued a rallying cry for all Rockie supporters ahead of the All-Ireland Club semi-final next Sunday. In an open letter published on the Austin Stacks website last night, the Rockies manager asks the black and amber fans to make a special effort […]

A TRALEE woman is set to run 12 marathons in eight months to raise funds for those who helped her husband through his cancer ordeal. Last summer, Brenda Doody got the devastating news that her husband, Pat, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. To give back to the people who helped him, she […]

A NEW era of darts could be on the horizon in Tralee with resumption of the Tralee District Town League after a 12 year absence. The competition will begin on Febuary 20 at the Huddle Bar and has already gained a lot of interest. “The interest is back again, all the […]

CONFETTI shoots will explode and ticker-tape will shine when the Aqua Dome Tralee welcomes its four millionth (4,000,000) visitor next weekend, sometime between February 19 and 22. But who will be the lucky 4,000,000th visitor? “Based on the average number of people who visit the Aqua Dome each week, our calculations suggest that […]

  Gavin O’Connor says Kerry will be sharper this time out and should get the two points… Derry v Kerry, Allianz National League, Celtic Park, Derry, Sunday 2pm IT may just be the second game into the league, but already you can feel a little bit of pressure for Kerry […]

  THERE was bad news for spring and autumn sun worshippers as Ryanair have announced a reduction in their service from Kerry to Faro in Portugal. Normally operating from April to October, the twice weekly service has now been reduced to just the three peak summer months of June to August. […]