Archive for May, 2015

  A TRALEE photographer has today had two of his photos featured on national newspaper websites as part of a photography contest being held by ‘Top Oil’. Mark O’Sullivan from Caherslee, entered the photos into the ‘Life Unfiltered’ contest which is aimed at amateur photographers and saw his photos published […]

TRALEE has a new All-Ireland winning team after Mercy Mounthawk won a final yesterday in Dublin. The first year team clinched the All-Ireland Schools First Year B Final title at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, beating Presentation Kilkenny 40-14. “It was a massive achievement,” said Head Coach, Tomás O’Hanlon, when we […]

  TRALEE musician, Gary Keane, has produced a cover version of Hozier’s, ‘Take me to Church’ as part of the cork based neo-soul duo White Boys and it’s getting a lot of attention (see video below). Gary and his partner in funk, Eoin Walsh, who is from Cork, have knocked […]

  PLAYERS from clubs around the county joined representatives from Garvey’s Supervalu Group, county board officials and Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice for the launch of the senior football championship on Friday night. Taking place in the Tralee Supervalu store, Radio Kerry commentator and Garvey’s employee, Tim Moynihan, spoke to some of […]

  I KNOW that I am only half way through my schooling years, but I would like to believe that I have learned a lot. When I say this, I am not referring to all the maths equations that I have learned to solve (or not learned to solve as the […]

AROUND 700 hundred cyclists made Mercy Mounthawk their destination on Sunday as the secondary school hosted the Cycle Against Suicide participants. This is the third year of Cycle Against Suicide, which is an event that intends raise awareness of the mental health issues in each town it travels through with […]

Tralee and District Darts League Update Semi-finals and final will take place on May 15. Structure is as follows; first in group one play second in group two and vice versa (first in group two will play second in group one). Third in group 1 play fourth in group 2 […]

  A 12 unit social housing development at Killeen was part of a number of projects given the green light today with the allocation by the Government of €6.3m for Kerry. Overall, it will deliver 28 houses in areas such as Tralee, Killarney and Lixnaw and permit the building of 12 additional […]

JUST over 100 participants hit the streets on May bank holiday Monday to take part in the Rotary Club’s, 10k ‘Run Kingdom Run’ event. All proceeds from the event went to the Live Life Foundation. This is the second year the Rotary Club has organised this event. Donal Walsh’s mother, Elma, […]

GARDAI made 21 arrests for public order offences in Killarney over the May Bank Holiday weekend which was down on other years. All in all, the Rally of the Lakes was a great success for businesses with little trouble for the Gardaí with around 20,000 people in town for the event. There […]

STUDENTS from Presentation Secondary School  went above and beyond themselves as they raised over €750 to help out one young boy in his battle against a debilitating disease. Daniel Collins is four years old and suffers from severe medical difficulties such as Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalous which have a massive impact on […]

FENIT LIFEBOAT STATION is appealing for people to take part in their annual charity cycle this Saturday to help keep this vital life-saving resource in action. Last year, Fenit Lifeboat had 35 call outs, that’s 35 occasions where people’s lives were in danger. In total there are 25 unpaid volunteer […]

BWILDERED Saturday, 2nd May was one of the biggest days of the year for Ballymac GAA Club with Bwildered the John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge taking place in Gleanageenty.  The overcast day certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of the participants as all thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and feedback from the event […]

A NEW fashion trend is no doubt all set to sweep towards world domination after it made its debut in the 2015 MET Gala in New York last night. With stars such as George Clooney, Beyonce, Rihanna and Cara Delevingne all present at the awards, an annual fundraiser for the Metropolitan […]

  THE Destination Kerry Tourism Forum, the umbrella body for tourism in the county, established by Kerry County Council, is organising a series of public meetings in relation to the new Kerry Tourism Strategy, 2016-2020. Meetings will take place at seven venues throughout the county over the next two weeks, […]

IN the early hours of Sunday morning last, millions of people paid money to watch a boxing match between two guys in Las Vegas. The two, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could not be more different. Pacquiao a charitable man who donates a lot of money to his impoverished country […]

  KERRY SCHOOLBOYS TEAM OF THE WEEK ; Well done to Colin Walsh from St Brendans Park Fc U13’s who made the Kerry schoolboys and girls soccer league team of the week . CONGRATULATIONS ; Congratulations to Michael O’Gara from St Brendans Park U-15A’s who has been called to the FAI ETP […]

Another Milestone for Tralee Parnells: On April 30th 2012 Parnells Hurling club was officially reformed, well done to everyone that has helped the club grow in just 3 years, from one coach (Mark Ryall) and thirteen under 14 players at our first training session in Caherslee to now having over 200 […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 07, 10, 12 & 21. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jim Savage Curraheen, John Kelliher Lohercannon, Gerard and Katherine Hanafin Curraheen, Jamie Moriarty c/o Andrea and Mary McNamee c/o Rock […]

SENIORS: County League – Division 2 Round 4 – Kenmare. V. Mitchels Saturday May 9th @ 7.00p.m. ALL. SUPPORT WOULD. BE. GREATLY. APPRECIATED 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 Semi-Final. […]

Kerins O’Rahillys Notes   Kerins O’Rahillys Notes Senior Football The seniors had a very competitive challenge game against the Kerry Juniors on Saturday last in Strand Rd. It was great to see Shane Brosnan back playing. Next competitive game is in the Co League on Sunday next 10-05-2015 v Glenbeigh/Glencar […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 3-15; Waterville 0-4. We has a good win in this Co. League round 1 back game played in heavy rain in Connolly Park last Saturday evening (2ndMay) with a 20 points winning margin at the end. Missing nine first choice players for a variety of reasons […]

NA GAEIL SENIOR: Ballymacelligott  v Na GAEIL to play County League game on Sunday May 10th 2:30pm. NA GAEIL U16:Under 16: Na Gaeil hosted Laune Rangers in Div. 1. of the ‘Kelliher’s Toyota Tralee Central Region’ semi-final. Playing against the breeze in the first half the home team did well and were up […]

MY first week away from TV land and I was glad I was heading to London for Eucerin. It was a big change not putting my slot together and the nerves of appearing on live TV and when it all stopped it was a mixture of relief and missing it […]

AUSTIN Stacks GAA Club, Tralee will be rolling out the red carpet and welcoming Marty Morrissey and the RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday Sports team  to the ‘Street of Champions’ this Sunday, May 10. RTE Sports have chosen the home of the Munster and  Kerry Champions as the football club from which to launch the station’s Sunday Game coverage for 2015. The programme will […]

NON-LOCAL participants in the Tralee Marathon generated almost €100,000 during the event according to a survey by the event organisers. ‘Run The Kingdom’, the management company behind the event, recently published their economic report on the this years Tralee International Marathon. In it, they go into detail about the average age […]

A TRALEE student has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Hot Press ‘Write Here, Write Now’  competition. Kerry is represented in the third-level category by David O’Donoghue for Tralee. The prize for the overall winners includes an internship at Hot Press.   “There was a huge level of interest in the […]

TRALEE’S newest nightclub opened its doors on Saturday night and the place was packed. We were in Quarters to capture the atmosphere as people flocked to the venue in Godfrey Place for a look. Scroll down for photos…

A CAPACITY crowd rocked the opening night of Quarters Nightclub at Godfrey Place on Saturday. After much anticipation over the past few weeks, the doors opened at 9pm where Q14 played a gig in Quarters Live. At 11pm the large queue of people lining up were allowed in to get […]

IT was a gruelling but satisfying morning/afternoon for about 250 brave souls who took a unique challenge on Saturday morning. The ‘B-Wildered – The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge’, sponsored by Lee Strand, with proceeds going to Ballymacelligott GAA Club, took place from 11am at Glanageenty, and it was deemed a very […]