Archive for June, 2015

FOUR-LEGGED friends took centre stage on Saturday for the annual Féile na mBláth Dog Show in the Town Park. Sponsored by Kelliher’s Mills in association with Animal Net Kerry, the show did not disappoint and proud owners paraded their pooches to try to win one of the eight categories. It […]

BEAUTIFUL sunshine helped turn Saturday’s Féile na mBláth into one of the most successful ever with hundreds of families enjoying the various attractions. The ‘Lords of Strut’ drew a massive crowd who really enjoyed their antics, there was a huge variety of children’s entertainment with bouncy castles, face painting and the […]

  Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies has some amazing stir-fry recipes to liven up meal times… Stir-frying is a quick and tasty style of cooking that is also very versatile. Any prime cut of meat and most fish can be stir-fried and all vegetables as long […]

  AS human beings it is almost impossible (is that a judgment?) to live life in an absolute non-judgmental way. Even Jesus Christ Himself showed He was human when He cried out “My Lord and My God why have You forsaken Me?” It was an exception to His own request […]

IT TRALEE students took over Kerry County Museum Thursday when they exhibited the work they had produced over the year long course. The Master of Arts in Creative Media programme is designed to facilitate a broad range of media contexts, including film-making, broadcasting, design, music, performance, visual arts, literature and interactive […]

AROUND 190 students gathered from the different National Learning Network’s classes scattered around Tralee, to receive certificates for their achievements over the last year in the Fels Point Hotel on Friday. A year’s hard work came to fruition for the students from the National Learning Network’s two centres in Tralee – […]

  IN another coup for Kerry tourism, it has been announced that the ‘Dingle International Film Festival’ has been named in the Top 25 Animation Festivals in the world by international publication Animation Magazine. The Kerry Festival has joined an elite group sitting alongside the world famous San Diego International Comic-Con Festival. Animation […]

Gavin O’Connor says Kerry’s Munster SFC semi-final against Tipperary on Sunday in Thurles could turn out to be one of the sternest tests of the year… A DEPLETED Kerry will face a Tipperary side stocked with players who have no fear of the Kingdom. Why should they? In this decade, Tipperary Minor […]

  RECOVERY Haven officially launched their annual ‘Celebration of light’ on Friday, where they looked forward to another special evening later this month. The ‘Celebration of light’ has become a very important annual community event which gives an opportunity for all those lives have been touched by cancer to come together […]

THE Kerry Under 14 soccer team received a great welcome home to Tralee last night after their Kennedy Cup heroics. Despite the driving rain, friends and families of the youngsters gathered in Denny Street to welcome the lads after they beat Dublin and District Schoolboy League (DDSL) 1-0 in the […]

EIGHTEEN Kerry students are heading to Holland soon for the annual International Children’s Games in Alkmaar…and they’re bringing a crowd with them! The athletes selected to represent Tralee at this year’s games, from June 24 to 29, gathered at the Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday night for a photoshoot and to hear […]

THERE was a fantastic treat for the pupils of Blennerville National School on Friday when Kerry star, James O’Donoghue, visited to raise their Active Schools Flag and their second Green Flag for Conserving Energy in our Environment. The kids gathered excitedly for the arrival of ‘Jod’ and there were massive cheers when the […]

  GARDAÍ in Wexford are investigating a fatal road traffic collision in which a Castlemaine woman died in the early hours of Friday morning. The woman has been named as Linda Griffin, who was in her early 30s, from Lassaboy in Castlemaine. The collision occurred at Kellystown, Drinagh on the Wexford to Rosslare […]

  SEVENTEEN local and non-local adventurers are currently in the middle of training for the arduous  ‘Kerry Four Peaks Challenge’ which will take place on June 26 and June 27. The challenge is being organised by Kevin Maguire from Ballyduff and will help to raise money for the ‘Kerry Hospice Foundation’ with […]

  IRISH TV will be broadcasting part of the ‘Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle’ live when it takes place on Saturday July 4. The station will air the cycle live on their Sky 191 channel from 2pm-4pm on the day. This will be the first time that the charity cycle – which […]

A GAME Of Thrones star is on his way to Quarters Nightclub this July. Northern Irish actor, Kristian Nairn who plays Hodor, the simple 6″ 11″ giant who protects Bran Stark in the mega-hit HBO show, is already well-known in DJ circles and is currently on his worldwide ‘Rave Of […]

  THERE was a 120% increase in patients waiting on trolleys in KGH last month compared to the same period last year, according to the figures released today by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). The news comes as the Emergency Department at Kerry General Hospital (KGH) has been […]

A TRALEE chef is enjoying a fantastic career in Los Angeles, which has seen him feed Oscar-winning directors, supermodels, rock gods, rap moguls and NBA stars since he moved Stateside 15 years ago. Gavan Murphy, who grew up in Oakpark, is thriving with his company ‘The Healthy Irishman’ and just this […]

THERE’S a new sponsor and judges this year for Ladies Day at the Listowel Harvest Racing Festival with over €5,000 in prizes on offer. The day is the most stylish in Kerry’s social calendar with upwards of 30,000 people descending on the Island for the event which takes place on […]

THE ‘Féile Na mBláth @ The Park Family Festival’ is all ready to go this weekend. With events running from 9.30am to 6pm each day, open air entertainment and protective marquees on hand in case the weather decides to take a turn (it won’t!), it’s set to be a great weekend. It’s hard […]

IT has been a vintage 12 months or so for Kerry GAA on the national stage. On the night of the Boylesports Race of Champions night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, six All-Ireland and national league winning football and hurling trophies will be on display to the public. Continued below… Kerry […]

THE stars of the future took to the Na Gaeil GAA club pitches on Wednesday evening for a fun blitz between the town clubs. Organised over the course of a month, Austin Stacks, Kerins O’Rahilly’s, John Mitchels and Na Gaeil are each hosting a night of matches to give the kids […]

  JOHN Mitchels sharpshooter, Alan O’Donoghue, will captain the Kerry juniors in Sunday’s Munster Championship Semi Final v Tipperary. The young forward has been in blistering form in the county league and is the only Tralee man in the starting 15, while Churchill players Michael Brennan and Cillian Fitzgerald are on the bench. This […]

  DAVID Moran will miss Sunday’s Munster’s semi final in Thurles, his club mate Barry John Keane makes his first senior championship start, while the Gooch returns to championship action against the Premier County. Moran and fellow All Star Paul Murphy miss out due to injury in a team which […]

  TRALEE will welcome the ‘Big Blue Box Challenge’ volunteers this Saturday, as they make their way to town as part of a Wild Atlantic Way fundraiser in aid of St Vincent de Paul. The cyclists, taking part in the Bank of Ireland sponsored event, are set to arrive at the Aqua Dome car […]

  TRALEE International Resource Centre (TIRC) are organising a seminar that will focus on children living in Direct Provision (DP). The event, which will take place on Friday, June 19 from 11am-1.30pm in St John’s Pastoral Centre, Ashe St, Tralee, will be entitled ‘Lost Childhoods’. The day will feature speakers from […]

  SIXTY-THREE women with addresses in Kerry had an abortion in the UK last year, up significantly on the 2013 figure of 51. The figures were gathered by the UK Department of Health and reveal that in 2014, 3,735 women from the 26 counties travelled to England and Wales for an abortion. This is a […]

LONG live the King…King James that is! A new GAA TV advertisment starring our very own reigning footballer of the year James O’Donoghue has hit the web and it’s definitely worth a watch to whet the football fan’s appetite for Sunday’s championship opener. We see the young Kerry star from the cradle […]

A PETROL Station in Caherslee, that has been closed for some years, will reopen by late July. The Top company signs are being erected at the old Tarrant’s Garage and work is currently ongoing to get the station ready. A source tells us the business should be up and running “in the next five […]

WITH good weather and a competitive game expected, Thurles is the place to be this weekend for any Kerry football follower. Tickets for Kerry’s Munster championship opener against Tipperary in Thurles this Sunday are priced at a very reasonable €15 for adults with U16 getting in for free. Both stands will […]