Archive for July 21st, 2015

THE Kerry County Board Chairman has paid tribute to Eamon Kelly who stepped down from his post as Kerry Hurling Manager. The Tipperary native, appointed in December 2013, oversaw arguably the most successful period in the county’s hurling history with promotion to Division 1B of the Allianz Leagues and winning a place in the Qualifier […]

  A TRALEE man is today making his way to Los Angeles (LA) to take part in the Special Olympics World Games. Twenty-nine year old Brendan O’Connell is heading over as part of the Irish Aquatics Delegation and is the sole representative from Kerry that will be competing for Team Ireland. […]

  TODAY saw the exciting announcement of a new running event that will no doubt have local and non-local athletes lining up to take part in the challenge. Run The Kingdom (RTK) today announced the first details for their new event entitled ‘Run The Ring’ which they hope to schedule […]

THOUGH Eamonn Fitzmaurice might not have wanted a replay, it was a great bonus to them. Kerry got two very tough games and learned an awful lot about the squad. The few changes made the difference; Aidan O’Mahony, laid down a few physical markers, he definitely led by example. I […]

KERRY Senior Hurling Manager, Eamon Kelly, has stepped down from his position. The Tipperary native brought Kerry to Division 1B hurling next year as well as a return to championship hurling. He guided Kerry to two Allianz National Hurling League Division 2 titles and a Christy Ring Cup during his two year […]

A TRALEE metal band have enlisted the services of a local character and singer to help work on a short track for their upcoming album. Black Metal band ‘Scylla’ will work with well known local man, Christy McCarthy, on their upcoming album entitled ‘Blood Eagle’ which the band hope to […]

COLM COOPER made a timely intervention in Saturday night’s Munster SFC final replay against Cork. It was his quick thinking that led to Paul Geaney’s goal, the decisive score of the match to help Kerry towards the quarters finals and avoidance of a rocky qualifier road. Relegated to the bench for both Cork encounters, […]

IN recent times there has been a huge surge in the amount of men taking extra special care of their appearance. It’s no longer just the ladies who put thought and effort into choosing outfits for special occasions. I had to ask Kerry’s favourite menswear clothing expert about the style […]

ORGANISERS are looking forward to another great Jamie Wrenn Walk on this Saturday, July 25 for the Kerry Hospice. Back in 1999, Castlegregory man Jamie Wrenn, began a charity walk in aid of cancer services that has become a long standing tradition. A cancer sufferer himself, unfortunately Jamie lost his battle with […]

CH CHEMISTS are gearing up to hold a very special event this coming week where they will be welcoming two internationally renowned make-up and skin care artists on the night of Friday, July 24. The evening is all set to kick off at 7pm with a wine reception before the real […]