Archive for June 10th, 2015

  REMEMBER the Castleisland student who found her doppelganger as part of a social experiment (see previous story here)? Well she’s gone and found another one! Twenty-year-old Niamh 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 […]

  THE draw has been made for the 2015 Keanes Supervalu Killorglin County Minor Football Championship. Kerins O’Rahilly’s were drawn at home against An Ghaeltacht in the preliminary round of the competition. Austin Stacks will also play at home against Feale Rangers. The Blues’ preliminary round match will be played in advance of […]

  THERE has been an increase in the amount of people treated for alcohol abuse in Kerry. According to figures gathered by the Health Research Board – 185 out of every 100,000 people in Kerry sought treatment for alcohol abuse last year. That number is up on the 2012 total of 174 […]

A TRALEE boy will carry the Irish flag leading the Irish team out for their vital European Championship tie against Scotland this Saturday. Scoil Eoin pupil, Darragh O’Callaghan, from Oakpark, couldn’t believe his luck this week when he won a competition to be a flag bearer for the Republic of Ireland Soccer team at […]

  GARDAÍ are investigating an assault at a Rock Street premises after which a man had to receive hospital treatment. The incident occurred at around 2am this morning. Two men entered the house in Upper Rock Street, opposite St Brendan’s Church. An iron bar was used in the attack. The man was […]

A KERRY man is part of a trio playing a hole in each of 32 golf courses, in all 32 counties later this month to raise much needed funds for ‘Breast Cancer Ireland’. DJ Geaney, from Castleisland, who lost his mother to cancer in 2011, will join his two friends Michael Sheehan and […]

AFTER a false start,  the ‘Vincent Browne People’s Debate’ is on its way to Kerry this month for an event that will no doubt bring its heated moments between the public and local politicians. The event, which was originally scheduled to take place in April and which was later cancelled, […]

THE GERMAN composer and big band leader, James Last, has passed away at the age of 86. James Last, played at The Rose Of Tralee festival in 1984 and was a huge hit with the crowds who came to see him and his band pack out Austin Stack Park. The […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the County League action involving Tralee area teams which took place last weekend… County Senior Football League Division one   Milltown/Castlemaine 1-10 Austin Stacks 0-13 Austin Stacks dropped points away to Milltown Castlemaine and lost pace in Division 1. It’s never an easy task heading out to Milltown […]

DRIVERS and pedestrians will have noticed a lot of work going on in Denny Street over the past couple of weeks. It’s all to do with the construction of the new ‘Rose Walk’ which will begin at the Town Park Denny Street entrance and stretch all the way through the Park, […]

For story update click here GARDAÍ are at the scene of an incident at a house in Upper Rock Street. Garda Forensics and three Garda vans are at the house opposite St Brendan’s Church, but nothing is known about the nature of the incident at this time. We’ll have more […]