Archive for March, 2015

  Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 10, 12 & 15. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Timothy Lacy c/o Betty’s Bar, Rowhan Healy c/o Tony Casey , Christy Murphy Derrymore West, Mary McMahon Lohercannon and […]

ST. PATRICK’S. DAY PARADE: Club Chairperson Matt Moloney and Juvenile Chairperson Noel O’Connor would like to thank all Managers, Mentors, Players, Parents and Children who marched under the Mitchel’s banner in the Saint Patrick’s Day parade SENIORS: St. Brendan’s League Fixtures 2015 Round 1 – John Mitchels 1-14: St. Pats […]

  SF CO. LEAGUE DIV 5: Sneem/Derrynane 3-6; Austin Stacks B 1-6. Our B team, back in the Senior League for the first time since 1993, travelled to Sneem last Sunday (22nd March) and after a very good first half ran out of steam a little in the second half […]

  GARDAI are looking for witnesses to a dangerous act of criminal damage where a vehicle smashed through the railway barriers in Farranfore. It happened on St Patrick’s Day at 12.30pm. The barriers were down, indicating a train was on the way, but this driver decided to go through taking the barriers […]

  A CAMP publican is currently starring in a new TV advertisement as part of a campaign by AIB Bank. Mike O’Neill of The Railway Tavern is featured in the video, which can be watched below, talking about his love for the Volkswagen Beetle car model and how he has become […]

GARDAI are looking for witnesses to an assault on a woman which took place on Wednesday last. A woman was attacked by two other females at about 3.20am Wednesday, March 18, in the middle of Causeway village. The woman went to Kerry General Hospital as a precaution but she was not […]

GARDAI are investigating a shocking incident where a charity shop was vandalised and burgled. The Sue Ryder Foundation shop in Rock Street was broken into between the hours of 5.50pm on Friday and 9.50am on Saturday. It is thought the thieves forced open the back door, the safe was forced […]

NEWBORN babies mean sleepless nights, nappy changes…and hair loss. That’s something celeb mums-to-be, from Kate Middleton to Kiera Knightley, Abbey Clancy and Jessica Biel – all due in spring 2015 – could soon know all about. With that gorgeous pregnancy glow comes thick and lustrous hair, full of body and […]

THE Tralee band behind the singles “Go Betty” and “Star Sign Boy” played a gig in The Meadowlands on Friday night. Q14 have been receiving a lot of airplay for their singles and they showcased more new material from their forthcoming debut album at the gig. Fans and family were […]

Denny Premier A Division, Mounthawk Park Tralee Dynamos – 0 St Brendans Park FC – 3 TWO first half goals were the launchpad for victory for St Brendan’s ParkFC  in the ‘Tralee Classic’ against Dynamos on Sunday morning. Park’s first goal came after twenty minutes when centre-half, Martin Bowler, headed in from […]

IT’S coming back, apparently. Yes folks, a new nightclub is set to open at the old Fabric building on Godfrey Place, which will be good news for jobs and the club scene in town. Work is currently taking place at the building and they have advertised for bar staff (click here), but there is […]

  Mike O’Halloran was in Austin Stack Park to see a comprehensive win for Kerry that sets them up with a final appearance against Westmeath… Kerry 3-17 London 2-10 Kerry hurlers qualified for the final of Division 2A of the Allianz Hurling League with a well-earned win over London in Austin Stack […]

TWO Tralee students will represent Kerry in the Social Media category at the National Student Enterprise Awards next month and they need your help to win. Lauren Kelly and Maria Daly, Transition Year students at Presentation Secondary School Tralee, founded ‘Instant Cuimhne’ back in October and the mini-company has really taken […]

YESTERDAY we told you about the winners of Kerry Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Student Enterprise awards held at the ITT on Friday (click here for previous story and photos). In total there was over 50 stands from schools all over the county with projects ranging from cookbooks to mobile accessories, entries embracing ever-changing technology and ones with a nod […]

EARLIER this month, we told you about the upcoming Kerry Comedy Alternative Club night which takes place in The Abbey Inn on April 16 (click here for story). Now the girls at ‘Social Box TV’ have interviewed the man behind the night, Seamus Kelly (aka Frank Hicks) and some of the stand-ups who […]

‘The Gunman’ by John Lyons As legendary director Frank Capra famously once said: “There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.” This is probably my favourite quote about filmmaking. There’s thousands of other quotes, guidelines, and advice that you learn in any film school […]

  I REMEMBER watching a film many years ago (for the life of me I can’t remember the name of it) but the gist of it was that a man lost a 50,000 dollar engagement ring only to discover that the young girl next door had found the said ring. When […]

SIXTH class Holy Family National School students are keeping in touch with the past while also trying to turn a profit. As part of a Junior Young Entrepreneur initiative, Miss O’Sullivan sixth class students have produced an events calendar – showing what’s coming up in the Kingdom – which shows of photos […]

THIS weekend, the county league season gets underway with eight teams from the Tralee area looking to impress in 2015. Gavin O’Connor predicts how they’ll fare… Austin Stacks, Division 1 Opening game – Kilcummin (Away) Sunday March 29, 2pm. Season’s Key Man – Kieran Donaghy  Manager – Stephen Stack In what’s become a bit […]

CASTLEGREGORY and Killorglin students were the big winners at this year’s County Final of the Kerry Local Enterprise Office Annual Student Enterprise Awards on Friday, in the Institute of Technology. Tralee schools’ entrants were among the incredible 58 mini-businesses set up by over 180 second level school students involved in the competition which promotes business idea development, structure, sourcing of finance, […]

THE Rose of Tralee Festival has been nominated for an Irish Tourism Industry Award next month in the Best Festival/Event Experience Category. It’s one of four nominations, in various categories, for Kerry organisations at the ceremony which takes place on April 24 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Dublin. The Festival faces stiff […]

  THE Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has announced a boost in the level of grants available to Kerry householders who want to undertake energy efficiency improvements. The cash value of every grant available to householders under the Government’s Better Energy Homes scheme has been increased by between 25-50%. In […]

  IF you were passing the courthouse on Thursday you may have seen people carrying a banner on the steps. It was part of a protest by a Kerry group, called the ‘Anti-Eviction Taskforce’, against the  repossession of people’s homes across the country. Barry McCarthy of the Anti-Eviction Taskforce, told TraleeToday.ie that […]

  A CHARACTER created by a former Tralee CBS student’s company is featured as part of a four stamp set that has been released today by An Post. John Rice, originally from Abbeydorney, who is the CEO of Jam Media will have the character ‘Roy’ from his 2009 animation featured on […]

Our Rose Of Tralee, Maria Walsh, used her invitation to the White House on St Patrick’s Day as an opportunity to invite the US President to Tralee to the Festival. What if he took up the offer. Here’s a few suggestions for Mr Obama.. 1. The obvious first port of call… Barack Obama […]

A LIXNAW woman is amongst 22 students competing at the semi final of Vodafone DIT student designer of the year awards on March 24 in Smock Alley. The DIT Fashion Society announced that Nuala McCarthy from the north Kerry village has been shortlisted for her design entitled “Clash of Culture” for the semi […]

WE’VE brought you drone footage of our wonderful coastline in the last couple of weeks, but now our defence forces have come up with more great shots. We recently stumbled across some absolutely breathtaking photos that had been taken over the last year by the Irish Air Corps. The photos feature landmarks from […]

MANY Tralee people who enjoy golfing in Ballybunion will see some big changes to the greens by this time next year. Almost 300 members attending a Special General Meeting at Ballybunion Golf Club on Thursday night voted on a proposal by the club’s Management Committee to strip all eighteen greens on the famous […]

Johnnie Wall, who helped organise the parade on Tuesday, reflects on a wonderful St Patrick’s Day in Tralee… Tralee was buzzing on March 17, the centrepiece of our celebrations was the St Patrick’s Day Parade and the surprisingly good weather (the luck of the Irish no doubt) added to the […]

AFTER recently being called the ‘jewel in the Irish accent crown’ (click here), we’ve come across another accent-related story. In his quest to study the different accents and regional dialects of those in our fair country, one Raymond Hickey travelled around to all 32 counties and recorded people from both an urban […]