Archive for May 26th, 2015

  TWO entries from north Kerry schools have made it to the national finals of the ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards’ in which just 12 finalists were chosen from 1,000 entrants. Third and sixth class students Shane Browne, Neave Tugwell and Katelyn Curtin from Loughfouder NS in Knocknagoshel will be there as one […]

  STUDENTS from Causeway Comprehensive went to the Kerry ETB offices in Monavalley on Monday to try and persuade head office there to use Fairtrade products. Fairtrade is a social movement, whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainability. The presentation, […]

  JAMES O’DONOGHUE has played down any notion he could miss the start of Kerry’s All-Ireland title campaign after a calf injury sidelined him at weekend. The 2014 Player of the Year, was meant to run out for Legion in their county championship opening round match against Mid Kerry, but […]

  THE volunteers at a Tralee charity organisation came across an unexpected item when they were going through donations at the weekend. A box was handed into the Kingdom Care charity shop at the Mart Buildings at Mounthawk last week. The box contained Christmas lights, wreaths and decorations, but at the bottom of […]

  KERRY tourism is to receive a big boost this week after the county and the ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ were featured in a Canadian travel magazine. Over 120,000 Canadians will read about our county in a new feature in travel magazine ‘Ensemble Vacations’, on the 2,500km long driving route ‘Wild Atlantic […]

SOMETIMES there is someone who is on our TV screen that seems to be part of the family. We enjoy his banter and opinions, we love his laugh, we love his catchphrase and we never turn the channel when his face is on. This person for me was Bill O’Herlihy. […]

A NEW training group is starting up on June 16 that will help new runners compete in the ‘Rose of Tralee 10km’ on August 16. The new ‘novice’ training programme will be aimed at those just starting to run or who have little or no experience of the sport. The programme has […]

THE ‘Yes Equality Kerry’ campaign group have thanked the people of Kerry for their support in Friday’s referendum. In a statement, Lisa Fingleton, the chair of the group, said: “We want to sincerely thank the people of Kerry for your support. We especially want to thank the grandparents who voted in […]

STAINED-GLASS artist, Mary J Leen, had the honour of creating an award for Bill O’Herlihy which was presented to him a few weeks before his untimely death on Monday. Mary J Leen, created the one-off piece for the great broadcaster, which was presented to him at the Spirit of Cork awards three weeks ago. “I […]

AFTER last year’s success, Pet Sitters Ireland have proudly announced the second year of the Annual Nose of Tralee Pet Competition. Organisers are looking to show off your pets hidden talents, like the Kerry entry last year, Roxy ‘the talking dog’ from Tralee, owned by Maria O’Carroll (see video below). They are […]