Archive for May, 2015

​​​LOTTO The lotto was held in Glenduff House on the 11th May 2015 for a jackpot of €6,500.  Numbers drawn were 1,20,23,27.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Niamh Lynch, Kielduff 2. Pa Joe Barrett, c/o Tom Leen 3. Tara O Brien, Kileen Woods, Tralee 4. Michael Moran, c/o […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05, 09, 11 & 21. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Gerald and Jim Murphy Derrymore West, Enzo c/o O’Shea’s, Angelo Leen St. Brendan’s Park, Mike Horgan Lohercannon and Elma Collins […]

Kerins O’Rahillys Notes Senior Football All roads will lead to Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening next the 23rd when we get our Co Championship campaign off to a start. Our game is the second of a double header and we play Rathmore at 7pm. Best of luck to the […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Dingle 3-10; Austin Stacks 0-11. Last year Dingle was the only team to defeat us – back in their home patch – in the quarter final of the Club Championship. Yesterday (17th May) in Austin Stack Park they performed a similar feat – this time at the semi final […]

JUVENILE CLUB NOTES FAOI 6: (i) The Rock Under 6 footballers will be in action at 11am in Caherslee on Sunday. (ii) Our evening football sessions for the Under 6s will continue ag 5.45pm on Thursday i bPáirc Uí Chonghaile. FAOI 8: (i) We’ll be in Caherslee again on Sunday ag 11am. (ii) The County […]

  NINETY per cent of households have registered for the water charges in Kerry, making it the second most compliant county in Ireland. From figures published in the Irish Examiner today, only Cavan, who have a 91% sign up rate, beats Kerry to the top of the list. Just coming fractionally behind Kerry, […]

  GARDAÍ are warning people to beware of  charity collectors operating without permits after four people went around Tralee last Friday collecting for a seriously ill Cavan girl. Gardaí were alerted by a member of the public, that people were going door to door in local estates asking for money […]

  Munster Junior Cup Final, Mounthawk Park Tralee Dynamos 0 Carrick United (Waterford) 3 TRALEE Dynamos fell at the final hurdle to an excellent Carrick United team well worth their victory. Dynamos, who were playing in their first final in this competition and were became the second Kerry team ever to get […]

GARDAÍ are appealing for information in relation to the break-in at Causeway Comprehensive last week. A significant amount of cash was taken when three males entered the building and stayed on school grounds from 12.15am to 2.15am in the early hours of Friday morning. Gardaí believe the men are aged in […]

THE weather stayed fine on Saturday as the Kerry Festival Of Pride Parade made its way through town. Former Government Minister, Pat Carey from Castlemaine, was  the Grand Marshal for the event which attracted a colourful bunch of people from all over the county and beyond. It was all part […]

THE new trailer for the upcoming biopic movie ‘Steve Jobs’ has just been released and Kerry’s Michael Fassbender, who plays the tech giant in the bio-pic, is obviously featured. The film, directed by Danny Boyle, has ‘West Wing’ writer Aaron Sorkin signed on to lend his talents as well. With an all-star cast […]

  HAIRDRESSSER and entrepreneur Cathriona Rohan will open a new business in Tralee this week which is to create five full-time jobs and three part-time positions. The new salon, located on Mary Street, will open at 9.30am on Tuesday morning and will be open Tuesday through to Saturday every week. Cathriona, who has over […]

Castleisland Mart Senior Club Championship Semi Final Dingle 3-10 Austin Stacks 0-11 AUSTIN STACKS crashed out of the club championship for the second year in a row at the hands of Dingle. A goal from Paul Geaney with the last kick of the first half set the men from the […]

TRALEE Pitch & Putt Club celebrates its 40th year anniversary this year and has just launched its 2015 Youth Academy. Since its inception  in 1975, Tralee Pitch & Putt club has provided the ideal sanctuary for countless youths of the town. The club was founded at the old Champhers (John […]

Mike McCarthy reports on a big night in The Huddle Bar for darts followers… ALL roads led to the Huddle Bar in Tralee on Friday night for the final of the Specsavers-sponsored Tralee and District League semi finals and finals Section B and C. In the B section, the home side […]

  IF we need to research wise old sayings and proverbs then there is no need to look any further than our own abundant Irish heritage and rich culture. In fact, if you explore this you will find that there is an old expression for practically every experience and in […]

  AUSTIN STACKS GAA club is again calling on people to support their upcoming ‘Rockie Night at the Dogs’ in aid of the ongoing development at their Connolly Park grounds. The event takes place on May 22 at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium and is expected to be a mega night of fun, […]

  Mark Doe from ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies has some great tips for barbecuing this summer. All we need now is the weather… Planning your barbecue Firing up the barbecue is often seen as an opportunity for a bit of a party with neighbours or friends, but few […]

THE weather stayed fine for the children from two schools on Saturday as they celebrated their First Holy Communion. Families of the 28 children from Holy Family NS enjoyed the ceremony in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church while there was a bigger attendance in St John’s Church for the […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School sixth year students celebrated their graduation on Friday. Students, their families and teachers attended a mass in St John’s  Church to mark the event which was then followed by a reception in the school hall. There was also the added treat for the 120 girls when they got to […]

IT was a special evening in CBS The Green as the school held its annual graduation. Families of the 108 students who will take exams next month, were there to see the teenagers mark – what for most will be – the end of their schooldays. Special guest speaker was […]

TRALEE Chess Club have been collecting silverware in the past week in the form of the Munster League Division 2 Trophy. A team from Tralee, were crowned champions last Saturday evening in Ennis, where they beat St Michael’s from Limerick 4-1. The victory means that Tralee Chess Club will play […]

Gavin O’Connor looks ahead to the Austin Stacks v Dingle Senior Football Club Championship, semi-final in Austin Stack Park this Sunday… THE year 2014 will live long in the memory in Connolly Park. County and Munster titles and a county league which was only added last week, made it truly a vintage […]

‘Coffee Start’ The Mall TRALEE people were saddened when Charlie’s on The Mall closed its doors on Christmas Eve. For many over the past 30 years, the cafe/bakery was a place to stop off for a chat and a bite to eat, while many a school romance was kindled there over […]

CBS Primary School held their first ever School Fashion show on Thursday night in Ballyroe Heights Hotel, and it surpassed all expectations. The ballroom was packed to capacity, with almost 400 people in attendance and they were thoroughly entertained from start to finish with a selection of fashion from 16 local […]

  KERRY Film Festival (KFF) which will take place from October 21 to October 25, is on the look-out for entries for its short film competition in a number of categories Organisers of the festival are inviting entries in the areas of ‘Best Narrative’, ‘Best Documentary’, ‘Best Animated Film’ and […]

  LOCAL business women will get the chance to extend their business network this month at the Regional Women in Business Networking event being held in Limerick on May 20. The Kerry Local Enterprise Office recently announced that the event will be taking place in the ‘Woodlands Hotel’ in Adare […]

  A PARENTING seminar will be held in the ITT  which will reveal the secrets of thriving children, and how to know when your child is ready for school. The event is called ‘Parenting Our Children: Art & Science’ and will be held in the ‘Solas’ building of ITT on Saturday June 6. Sally […]

  A NORTH Kerry school was broken into last night, with money taken from a safe. Gardai are investigating the break-in at Causeway Comprehensive which is believed to have occurred at 12.30am. Three men are believed to be involved and a sum of cash was stolen from the safe. CCTV footage is being viewed […]

  A STREET collection for earthquake victims in Nepal will take in town on Saturday and the collection organiser is looking for volunteers. On April 25, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Napal causing widespread devastation and a death toll estimated to be over 8000. While Nepal was still recovering, on Tuesday this […]