Archive for April, 2015

Gavin O’Connor reports from last night’s Munster Minor Championship Quarter Final tie between Kerry and Clare in Austin Stack Park last night…  Kerry 0-14 Clare 0-3 THE Kerry minors negotiated a safe passage through to the Munster semi-final when they easily dispatched of Clare in Austin Stack Park last night. In […]

MERCY Mounthawk transition year students faced off against teachers in a match with a difference. On Wednesday, competitors strapped themselves into wheelchairs for a charity basketball match with all proceeds going to the Kerry Hospice Foundation and the Irish Wheelchair Association. The initiative was the brainchild of Mercy Mounthawk PE teacher, […]

A LANDMARK occasion was celebrated at a local school in Wednesday as former members of a choir rolled back the years to mark a special milestone. The past members of the CBS Primary School Choir met up at the school for a reunion to mark the 7oth anniversary of the choir’s formation. The event began with a special mass […]

  A LOCAL school is getting ready to host a fundraising concert in memory of one of their former pupils on this Saturday. CBS The Green will hold the ‘In Tune For Life’ event in their school hall at 4pm with all proceeds going towards the Donal Walsh ‘LiveLife Foundation’. A […]

  A VISITOR centre in Killflynn, which thrived in the boom years, has been put up for sale. A Day In The Bog, is going on the market for €129,000 and the agent charged of selling the former attraction is Declan Woulfe of Abbeyfeale based, Property Professionals Woulfe & Co. He says interest in the property […]

A CASTLEISLAND woman who is taking part in an experiment to find a person who resembles them may have found her doppelgänger. Twenty-year-old Niamh Geaney and her two friends, Terence Manzanga and Harry English from Dublin City University are taking part in an experiment called Twin Stranger where they made a bet to […]

BUS EIREANN will introduce revisions to services in Kerry from Sunday, April 26. The company says the revisions have been designed to improve travel opportunities by bus in the county to better meet the changing travel needs of both residents of Kerry and its many visitors. “These revisions will make our […]

AFTER an amazing year of successes, Tidy Tralee Together, are asking the community to unite once more to maintain the high standards achieved and go for gold again this year. In 2015, Tralee was the proud winner of a gold medal in both the Tidy Towns and the prestigious European wide […]

A LOCAL restaurant received another award to add to their already burgeoning collection of accolades. The Roast House on Denny Street was named the winner in the ‘Best Casual Dining’ category for Kerry at the ‘Irish Restaurant Awards’ Munster ceremony which was held in The Strand Hotel in Limerick last night. Ronan Hurley and Linda Carmody from The Roast House […]

  IN recent times, I have become a lot more aware of small-minded people that we all sometimes feel surrounded by. These are the people that can’t see beyond their own lives, their own family problems and their own TV schedules to actually see what is going on in the […]

A FUNDRAISER is being organised for this Saturday where people can learn all about a healthy lifestyle with all the proceeds going to a local charity . Kerry Pilates and its founder Izabela Wozniak have taken it upon themselves to organise a charity fundraiser  for the Kerry Hospice Foundation which will take place in Kerins […]

  MET EIREANN have said that the beautiful sunny weather that was with us today will be here for the remainder of the week…with just one exception, tomorrow. Despite a blip on Wednesday where rain clouds are expected to gather, after that it will temperatures in the high teens and blue skies […]

  THE guys from the forthcoming Kerry comedy club night are honing their stand-up skills for this Thursday’s inaugural event in the Abbey Inn. The brainchild of Seamus Kelly (aka Frank Hicks), all the proceeds from the The KY Comedy Alternative night will be donated to the Tralee Soup Kitchen. The event, which […]

OK, so I get that we don’t need to go around like some crazy happy lunatics, grinning like Cheshire cats, in order to show some positivity. But this may be necessary in order to keep the Negative Nualas at bay. What has happened to positivity? I write with reference to the […]

A MAJOR initiative has been launched to encourage shoppers to tell retailers why they do or don’t shop in Tralee and to find out what the retailers need to do to bring more shoppers to town. Members of the public are invited to a meeting for consumers and shoppers at the […]

  THERE has been 93% increase in the amount of people seeking treatment for drug addiction in county Kerry. An Irish Examiner report yesterday revealed that the increase between 2009 and 2013 went from 122 to 236, for people who sought help for drug addiction in the county. Cannabis users (127) accounted for the […]

ROUND three of the county league took place over the weekend, with the big winners being John Mitchels – who continued their unbeaten record – and Austin Stacks. Here’s a round up of results from Tralee area teams with action shots at the end of the reports…  Division 1 Killarney […]

KILLARNEY Festival of Music and Food have announced they will honour the late Tony Fenton by naming a stage in memory of the late broadcaster who passed away last month. The Tony Fenton Stage, which will be hosted in a big top marquee, will feature acts and music that Tony loved including The […]

AN Garda Síochána in the Kerry Division are currently investigating the cause of a number of land and forest fires which took place in the Killarney National Park and surrounding areas on Wednesday, April 8. The fires which lasted for a considerable length of time before being brought under control by […]

Training now at Caherslee: Parents please note, Parnells Friday training 7 to 8pm for U6 to U12 boys and girls along with U14 camogie, will all take place this Friday the 17th in Caherslee. We are now back in Caherslee every Friday for the summer. Camogie Blitz: The 30+ players from CillArd, […]

Co. League Division 4: Churchill had their first win of the County League campaign with a well deserved victory over Lispole in Lispole last Sunday on a scoreline of 2-14 to 0-12. Churchill went two points up after 4 minutes with points from play by Brian Hill and the impressive […]

LOTTO Ballymac GAA lotto was held in Ballygarry House on 6th April 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €6,000.  Numbers drawn were 6,9,20,28.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Pa Joe Barrett, c/o Tom Leen 2. Billy Caball, Ballinlough, Cork (on line) 3. Brian Kearney, c/o Tom Leen 4. […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05, 11, 26 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Tom Leen c/o Garry Savage, Barry Sheehy Lohercannon, Enzo, Cathy O Connor c/o Betty’s Bar and Tracey Corkery Ballyard. Next […]

SENIORS: County League  – Division 2 We played Spa Killarney last Saturday  night In the 3rd Round of the County League. We started strongly and added two scores from Alan O’Donoghue. Spa to their credit rallied and drew level after 10 mins. For the rest of the half both teams […]

Senior Football Senior Football League Division 1 Round 3 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-07 Killarney Legion 1-07 We travelled to Dirreen on Saturday night last 11th April to play the locals in Round 3 of the Division 1 County League.  This was a dress rehearsal for the upcoming Club Championship game which will […]

NA GAEIL SENIOR: NA Gaeil finally got their first points in division three with a hard earned draw with Beaufort. Na Gaeil playing at home had the better of the opening exchanges with scores coming through Darragh Carmody ,Mike Griffin and Shane Carey. The visitors came strong at the end however […]

  SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 0-11; Glenbeigh/Glencar 0-6. After going down, away to Kilcummin, in our first game, our Seniors came away from Glenbeigh on last Sunday after noon (12th Apr) with their first brace of Co. League points in game 2 (round 3) of the Competition. We got off […]

  FAOI 6/8: The Under 6 and Under 8 groups will meet and play as usual in Caherslee. ‘See you all, boys! FAOI 10: Our Under 10s are playing hosts to Monaleen from Limerick on next Sunday in CONNOLLY PARK at 11am. We look forward to an exciting encounter and […]

IN the week marking the 103rd anniversary of the Titanic tragedy, it’s worth recalling a significant Tralee connection to the ill-fated ship. In an article from The Kerryman from a few years ago, Simon Brouder wrote that the ship’s captain on that maiden voyage was a Dr William O’Loughlin from Tralee. Dr […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student has designs on making it big in the NBA after winning a scholarship to a prestigious US prep school. Standing at seven feet tall, Cian Sullivan already looks the part. Now, by winning a scholarship at a $50,000 a year St Andrews prep school in Rhode Island USA, […]