Archive for May 22nd, 2015

  A YOUNG woman was injured today when she suffered a fall on The Mall. The accident happened around 1.15pm on the footpath. Members of the public comforted the woman, who was in a lot of pain, while they waited for an ambulance, two of which arrived at approximately 1.45pm. Paramedics then spent some […]

  The ‘YES Vote’ just gained a supporter from on high. The Twitter posts from the ‘Denny Street Camera’ today have been displaying a rainbow on its feed for referendum today. The images are from the Kerry County Council owned web cam at the Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny Street and is updated regularly. […]

  THE Jeanie Johnston replica famine ship is now worth just €700,000 according to Dublin City Council. A report in today’s Irish Times says the ship, which was built in Blennerville at a cost of €15m, has sunk in value and costs €240,000 a year to run as a tourist […]

ARDFERT village will host a ‘Medieval Festival’ as a horde of Vikings come ‘ashore’ on Sunday, June 7. The festival will be celebrating the Feast of St Brendan and will see certain sections of the village transformed into a medieval settlement all thanks to the help of the Waterford Viking Historical Re-enactment Society. There […]

Gavin O’Connor on Kerins O’Rahilly’s v Rathmore in the Super Valu Senior Football Championship Round 1 game at Austin Stack Park on Saturday… KERINS O’RAHILLY’s begin their quest for county championship number seven this Saturday, when they face off against Rathmore in Austin Stack Park (throw-in 7pm). The new year […]

IT was a momentous day for the students of Coláiste Gleann Lí on Thursday when the inaugural second level student awards ceremony took place. Familes of the students joined the management and staff in the assembly hall where awards were presented to many students. The accolades celebrated the varied achievements of Coláiste Gleann […]

Gavin O’Connor on the Austin Stacks v St Michaels/Foilmore, Super Valu Senior Football Championship opener this Saturday at Austin Stack Park…  DESPITE an eight-point chastening defeat at the hands of Dingle last week – and some notable absentees – Austin Stacks will be hot favourites against a struggling St Michaels/Foilmore. The […]

  A FUNDRAISING quiz will be held in the Abbey Inn on Wednesday May 27 with all the proceeds from the night going towards the Kerry Hospice and the Marymount Hospice in Cork. Sarah O’ Donnell from Leith, just outside Tralee has taken it upon herself to organise the night […]