Archive for April, 2015

  Under 16 league: Well done to the u16 Parnells hurlers who had a fantastic win against Abbeydorney Thursday night well done boys, a fantastic game had by all. Final score Parnells 5-07 Abbeydorney 3-04, well done lads. Camogie Under 11: On Saturday, April 11th, Tralee Parnells U11 girls joined […]

  The 2015 swim nights are nearly upon us and we hope you have all wintered well . To this end , your club membership is now due and should be sorted out before the first swim, as we cannot guarantee registration on the night. You can give the form […]

  SENIORS: County League – Division 2 Round 1 – Mitchels 0-10 – Templenoe, 0-06 Round 2 – Tarbert​ 0-08 – John Mitchels 0-14 Round 3 – Mitchels 0-16. – Spa Killarney 1-08 Intermediate Club Championship Round 1 John Mitchels V Finuge We played Finuge in the 1st Round of […]

  Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 06, 17 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Cillian Nolan c/o Tony Casey, Michelle Cahill Spa Road, Ita Greaney Annagh, Bridget Boyle Derrymore and Elizabeth Scanlon Caherslee. […]

  JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Ballymac reached the quarter final of the Junior Championship following a three point victory over Ballyduff on Sunday last. At the end of the first quarter the sides were level (0 – 5 – 0 – 5) Ballymac points from Aidan Breen (2), Padraig McCarthy, Shane O […]

PEOPLE of all ages involved with Tralee Imperials gathered at O’Donnell’s in Mounthawk for the club’s annual awards evening on Friday. The club has about 500 members and is making huge strides over the past few years. “It was a celebration of the year for the club, the successful teams […]

  KERRY SCHOOLBOYS TEAM OF THE WEEK ; Well done to Jamie Fitzgerald from St Brendans Park Fc U12’s who made the Kerry schoolboys and girls soccer league team of the week . RESULTS ; U12 John Murphy Cup Semi-Finals Park A 3-0 Inter Kenmare . U12 John Murphy Shield […]

THE first night of Kerry’s newest and only comedy club, The KY Comedy Alternative, took place in the Abbey last Thursday night. The night saw sets from ten comedians, some from Kerry, some from Limerick and one from Mayo. Despite some issues with sound, the night was a roaring success and €221.49 […]

  A GIRL of seven had to be airlifted to Cork University Hospital and a two-year-old boy has been brought to Kerry General hospital after being involved in a crash during the Circuit of Kerry earlier today. It is understood that the children were spectators watching the Circuit of Kerry Rally […]

THE style and the craic was mighty in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Friday night for The Primrose Black Tie Gala Ball, in memory of Tommy Brosnan and with proceeds going to the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA) . Yesterday we brought you photos from the event (click here) and now here’s some more […]

  THE staff and pupils of a Tralee school opened its doors this week. Located at Collis Sandes, the Tralee Educate Together school held an open day to show all the school has to offer. “We invited people to see how the school works in real time,” said Principal, Mary […]

  I HAVE a distinct memory as a child of watching a children’s programme called ‘Wanderly  Wagon’ every Saturday on RTE at 5pm. The stars of the show were O’Brien – Eugene Lambert of the famed Lambert puppet theatre – along with his sidekicks Rory, Godmother, Mr Crow, Judge among others. […]

  KERRY stars Colm Cooper and Kieran O’Leary lent a hand to a great cause on Saturday when they appeared at an event in the Ballyseedy Garden Centre. ‘The Tour de Munster Partnership Spin and Family Fun Day 2015′ is taking place throughout the weekend to raise funds for the Down Syndrome Ireland, […]

Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-13 Killarney Legion 1-14 AN injury time winner by Killarney Legion substitute Chris Davies, sent Kerins O’Rahilly’s out of the club championship in the first round for the second year in a row. A Legion side playing with the breeze in Strand Road for the second half outscored O’Rahilly’s […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are investigating a fatal vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the Tralee to Abbeydorney Road yesterday evening. The collision occurred at approximately 9.55pm at Listellick North between two cars and a motorcyclist. A male (53 years) motor cyclist was fatally injured. He was pronounced dead at […]

TIMOTHY V Murphy walks through the arrival doors at Farranfore Airport and a few people present do a double take with that ‘I know that fella from somewhere’ expression on their faces. It’s a look the Oakpark native must be well acquainted with. Since he left Ireland for Hollywood many years ago, he […]

OVER 350 people packed the Ballygarry House Hotel on Friday night for a night of glamour, entertainment and  fundraising for a great cause. The Primrose Black Tie Gala Ball, in memory of Tommy Brosnan, was a fiercely stylish affair with people from all over the country attending. Guests at the €100 a […]

‘RUN The Kingdom’ (RTK) which is the event management company behind the Tralee Marathon, has conducted a poll to find out what competitors and visitors to the town thought of the hugely popular event. Over the last four weeks 203 people took part in the survey which threw up some interesting results. When […]

THE sun was shining brightly as parents, pupils and proud teachers from Holy Family NS and Listellick National School entered Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church for Confirmation Day on Thursday. “The day went fine. Everything went really well; the choir sang beautifully and it was a lovely day. The weather held up […]

        LOCAL students have been chosen to represent their school in the regional finals of the ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards 2015’ which will be taking place in Limerick on May 20. St Ita’s & St Josephs will be amongst 11 other schools and their pupils that […]

  A LOCAL group who have proven that they can certainly ‘talk the talk’ have now shown that they have the style to match their verbal skills, as they celebrated an anniversary this week. The ‘Tralee Toastmasters Club’ celebrated the 90th anniversary of the foundation of ‘Toastmasters International’ with a […]

  A KAYAKER off the shores of Dingle had a close encounter with a basking shark on Thursday evening. John O’Leary of Irish Adventurers based in Dingle, was enjoying the fine weather yesterday, kayaking off the Kerry coast when a mammoth-sized basking shark decided to make itself acquainted with the aquatic thrill-seeker. […]

  THERE was a fantastic boost for a local tourism attraction this week as journalists from Ireland, the UK and the US sampled the delights of the Kerry Camino. The Kerry Camino is described as a “walk in the footsteps of St. Brendan, the Navigator, as a walker or pilgrim, on this […]

Temperatures are set to rise over the next few days, but we have a tendency to over-react when we get a fine spell in April. Here’s a few things you may see in town over the weekend… 1. The sight of a hastily-prepared BBQ With our unpredictable weather, we’re rarely […]

SINCE around about the time the ‘Celtic Tiger’ hit a nosedive, there have been a few structural changes to the town landscape and surrounding areas. Even though construction work slowed  to a trickle compared to the boom years, there were a few projects in Tralee between 2009 and now that […]

IT was a dream ending for a group of Presentation Tralee students on Thursday, when they won the national final of the AIB Build A Bank Award in Dublin. The AIB Build a Bank Challenge sees a team of six students selected to set up and manage a bank in their […]

SIXTY-FIVE businesses  availed of the opportunity to attend a Kerry Local Enterprise Office free seminar on Thursday entitled, ‘Building a Business on Your Ideas’ at the Sólás Building at the ITT. The seminar, which was delivered in conjunction with the Irish Patents office, provided an insight into intellectual property rights (patents, trade […]

  DIABETES Ireland will hold a meeting in Tralee which will focus on the practice of good management of diabetes in daily life and how it can be harmful when not controlled properly. The meeting which will be called ‘Head to Toe Management’ will be held in the Fels Point Hotel on Sunday, […]

A LOCAL woman was recently named as the winner of a modelling competition that was held in Auckland, New Zealand last month. Debbie Sugrue who is originally from Fountain Court was named as the winner of the ‘Miss Bikini South America/New Zealand’ competition and will now go on to complete the […]

TELEVISION cameras returned to Ballyseede Castle last week but it definitely wasn’t ghouls they were filming this time. The hotel was one of the locations for filming a hit US reality TV show  set to air on ABC Television in June of this year. ‘The Bachelorette’ which is regularly watched  by up […]