Archive for June, 2015

THE Eileen Sheehan Memorial Poker Run has raised which was started by Man United legends from the Stretford End Bar in Causeway eventually raised €2,500. The Run, organised by Eileen’s nephew Ray Flavin in her memory, took place on May 30 with Lee Sharpe and David May starting the event. All proceeds raised […]

FOLLOWING the success of the recent ‘Walk 4 Life Kerry’ (see here for story), people will be dusting off their running/walking shoes again  as a new fundraiser walk is organised for next month. The ‘Walk 4 Autism’ will be a 5km walk/run to take place on July 12 from the John Mitchels GAA […]

THE white flag has been raised and it’s all systems go for a bumper weekend for race-goers when Ballybeggan Park hosts the Kerry International Horse and Pony Racing Championships on June 27-28. The two-day family event, supported by Tralee Chamber Alliance and Kerry County Council, will see top class racing […]

  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 […]

  THE number of Tralee jobless decreased by 13 in May to 5,425, but this was a minor drop compared other parts of the county which fared much better during the month. May ushers in what is traditionally seen as the beginning of the summer tourist season, so it was no surprise […]

Seniors: County Senior Football League Div 2 Rd 6: St Pats 1-12  Listry   4-05 A hat trick from Listry stalwart Derry Aherne saw Listry claim the spoils in a high scoring encounter in sun drenched Blennerville on Sunday. St Pats opened this game in flying form racing into an early […]

  THE Tralee Local Employment Service (LES) recently featured on RTE’s ‘Nationwide’ with the show looking at the work being done by the service in helping people get the confidence and skills to get back into employment. Paul Horan Jr is a local man who currently works in Sean Hussey’s […]

KERRY will be without the services of All-Star, Paul Murphy, for the Munster Championship semi-final against Tipperary this Sunday according to media reports. The Rathmore man, picked up a shoulder injury taking part in warm weather training with the Kerry team in Portugal last week. This follows the news of […]

THE ten acts who will do battle to please the judges as part of The Voice Of Tralee 2015 met up in the Fels Point Hotel on Monday night. The contestants will be put through the paces over the next couple of weeks working on song and dance routines and there promises […]

A TRALEE businessman is left frustrated and angry that he has been told to apply to Kerry County Council for planning permission to change the wording of a sign outside his premises, two years after making the alteration. Tim Galvin of Gally’s Bar And Restaurant on the Castlemaine Road, changed the […]

EACH and every person knows someone who has needed to get blood at some stage. I myself have had to have transfusions too many times to remember. It is a vital service needed in every hospital throughout the country. This week I am urging everyone to go out and donate […]

BALLYBUNION has been named amongst the best of the best in terms of summer getaway destinations for surfing. The area has been ranked fifth best in the country as a surfing spot by leading surf travel provider ‘surfholidays.com’ who ranked what they considered to be the best places to surf […]

FAOI 6: The Rock Under 6 footballers will be in action at 11am in Caherslee on Sunday. Our evening football sessions for the Under 6s will continue at 5.45pm on Thursday i bPáirc Uí Chonghaile. See you all, lads! FAOI 8: We’ll be in Caherslee – Sunday ag 11am. The Under 8 Go Games Blitz […]

Junior League Churchill 1-11 1-11 St Pats The Churchill B team drew with St. Pats in The Spa on Friday evening. Their final match in the group stages is vs Castlegregory next Friday 12th June in the Spa @ 7:30pm. A victory should ensure qualification for the knock out stages. Senior […]

NA GAEIL SENIOR: NA Gaeil faced Annascaul in the fifth round of the county league. In near perfect conditions Na Gaeil started the stronger with early scores from Diiarmaid Herlihy, two 45s from Mike Griffin and Jack Barry. The vistitors settled and brought the game back to two points, with […]

  HEARTLESS thieves hit a charity shop for hundreds of euro and caused hundreds more worth of damage during a break-in last night. The Manager at Kingdom Care Charity Shop at the Mart Buildings in Mounthawk, arrived at the shop this morning and was greeted with the awful sight. Around €200 […]

  SENIOR MEN: County League – Round 5: We played Listowel Emmets at home last Sunday in the 5th Round of the County League. On a sunny day with a light breeze, Mitchels played with the wind in the first half. Listowel dominated in the first 10 mins and scored […]

  IT’S fair to say that we’ve had a fairly mixed bag weatherwise so far this ‘summer’, so the prospect of any prolonged period of good weather is cause for an upswing in mood. New Met Eireann reports this Monday are suggesting that this is exactly what we are going […]

Croke Park calling under 12 Girls: Under 12 and 10 Girls Save The Date; Provincial Draws for Camán to Croker Event. Tralee Parnells U12/10 girls have been invited to play in Croke Park on Tuesday, July 7th. We are the only Kerry team among the 54 teams selected to date […]

  LOTTO The lotto was held in Ballygarry House on 1st June 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €6,800. the numbers drawn were 3,5,9,19. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. John Breen, c/o Tom Leen 2. Tim Devane, c/o O Riadas 3. Seamus Landers, c/o Geoff Riordan 4. Mike […]