Archive for July, 2015

A TRALEETODAY.IE writer will have his work featured in a national magazine next month in an issue of HeadSpace Magazine. The magazine is centred around the theme of promoting positive mental health and is distributed to mental health centres and psychiatric centres around the country. Fergus Dennehy, a native of the Cahermoneen area, […]

  THE North Kerry Bridge Congress 2015 was launched by Mayor of Kerry, Pat McCarthy, at the Meadowlands Hotel on Tuesday, the venue where the event will take place from August 28-30. Card players for Ireland and abroad will be giving themselves a treat with a trip to Tralee for a top […]

A TRALEE man, whom we earlier reported had two of his horses purchased by one of the world’s biggest owners (see previous story here), has this week secured his first listed win for them in Naas. Michael O’Callaghan saw his horse ‘Letters of Note’ romp home to victory in the […]

THERE was a huge sense of pride and achievement in the Tralee Community Training Centre in Monavalley on Wednesday as students, mentors and family members gathered together to celebrate the end of year awards ceremony. It had no doubt been a challenging and hard working year for all involved, but […]

A FASHION Soirée will take place in early September to showcase the latest fashions ahead of ladies day at Listowel Races. The inaugural ‘Fashion Soirée at Manor West Hotel’, in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group, which will take place in the  Tralee venue  on Friday, September 4. Featuring the latest style […]

  FORMER Tralee Tigers coach, Mark Bernsen, has returned to Ireland to become Director of Basketball Operations with Tralee Imperials. The name of Mark Bernsen will be well known to many who follow the sport of basketball in the county, as he has previously coached in Tralee when he was with Tigers […]

  MOTHERCARE Ireland, who have a store in Tralee, have been placed into interim examinership by the High Court. Ten staff are employed at in the Manor Retail Park, Kerry’s only Mothercare outlet. The British retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and general merchandise for children have given assurances […]

THE Gardaí and ambulance services were called to a private house on the outskirts of Tralee last night, where an estimated 200 teenagers had gathered at party which had spiralled out of control. A parent of one of the teenagers attending, told Radio Kerry news that when he called to the house […]

X-FACTOR favourites Only The Young (OTY) will replace ‘Stereo Kicks’ at the Rose of Tralee Festival this year following the recent break-up announcement from the eight piece boy-band. Only The Young will now be scheduled to play on the Sunday, August 16 on Denny Street with gates opening at 6.30pm. Stereo Kicks […]

LOCAL musician, Gary Keane, and his Cork based band of ‘funkateers’ need a bit of help to get them on one of the stages at the Electric Picnic music festival in September. With only two days left of voting, Gary and his band ‘White Boys’ need your votes to get […]

  I HAVE always been aware of fad diets. I have often heard people talk about how they were only allowed to eat a certain amount of calories in a day and some people even swear by a certain super food that has recently been discovered in some foreign rainforest. I have […]

ALL roads in the Pitch & Putt world will lead to the Cunnigar club in Dungarvan, Waterford at the weekend for the National Championships. The Tralee club is well represented at this event with four players bidding for glory namely Jason O’Regan and Tony Blake (Senior), Alan Hobbert (Intermediate) and David […]

JAMES O’DONOGHUE has come out in defence of Kerry over allegations that he and his teammates attempt to sway refereeing decisions during games. Speaking at the GAA All-Ireland series launch in O’Donoghue’s home patch of Legion GAA yesterday, the 2014 Player Of The Year has described articles in the national […]

ONE wristband is all that’s needed to see Nathan Carter, Hometown, Hudson Taylor, Riptide Movement, Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey, the Kilfenora Céilí Band and others live on Denny Street during the Rose of Tralee International Festival. And now X Factor favourites ‘Only The Young’ have been added to the bill […]

THE Glowhearts 4 Crumlin moms travelled to Dublin yesterday to present cheques to the children’s heart centre in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin and the Ronald McDonald House. The Glowhearts4Crumlin campaign – started by Kerry mothers who have children born with a heart defect – generated a fantastic €18,000 which […]

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 […]

DINGLE rock band, Walking On Cars, were on hand recently to help present cheques to two very worthy causes after they performed in a charity concert in the INEC last month. After the Killarney Festival of Music and Food was cancelled, the band were part of the series of pop up concerts and […]

NA GAEIL FUN DAY:  Will be held on Sunday 9th August  at 2.30pm. Lots of fun and games,mouth watering BBQ,Yummy Tent,Fuzzball music and lots more. This event is one of the highlights of the  clubs  social calendar and always a lovely day for the whole family.The club would like to thank the parents […]

CAMPA PEILE AN FHÓMHAIR: Our club summer football camp will take place from 4th to 8th August. Bígí ann, a leaideanna! ‘Twill be a week of great fun and great football. Fáilte roimh chách! BUACHAILLÍ FAOI 6: (i) Football on Sunday morning at 11am. (ii) Our evening Under 6 football sessions will […]

Co. League Div 4 Churchill are away to Dr. Crokes B in Lewis Road, Killarney @ 1pm on Sunday 26th July in the next round of the County League. With the way other results have gone recently, Churchill are still in with a chance of promotion. Similarly, with only 6 […]

SENIOR MEN: County League – Round 8: Laune Rangers v John Mitchels – Sunday 26th July @ 2.00 p.m. AWAY ALL SUPPORT. 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 […]