Archive for July, 2015

FAOI 6: (i) Football on Sunday morning at 11am. (ii) Our evening Under 6 football sessions will continue at 5.45pm on Thursday i bPáirc Uí Chonghaile. FAOI 8/9/10: Diaries at the ready! The band hits the road! Football fun for all in the weeks ahead!! Ar aghaidh linn, mar sin! […]

  EAMONN Fitzmaurice has reported a clean bill health for the Kerry panel for the Munster Final replay against Cork this Saturday evening. “We are good on the injury front,” said Fitzmaurice in a report on sports website The42.ie. “We have a few knocks, but we would be hopeful again that everyone would be […]

  TRALEE Credit Union has apologised to around 2,000 members who had direct debits taken out of their accounts twice last Friday. The problem occurred due to an upgrade in their IT banking system and relates to Friday’s direct debits only and not any other day. Tralee Credit Union hope to refund […]

  The World Series The weather has been playing havoc with the schedule of our swims as well as training and leisure swims in the bay . The postponed Round 4 swim , The Donald Walsh Memorial Swim , will now take place at 7.30 pm on Monday The 20 […]

  Senior Football Junior Co League Group 1 Strand Road 1-10 Milltown/Castlemaine 2-07 This game was played in conditions more fitting to an October evening. Both sides were missing players so were slow off the mark. Strand Road were the stronger side in the first half with some fine scores […]

  Historic Croke Park Camogie Blitz: Starting with three matches against girls from Galway, Clonmel and Tyrone, it was a hectic but brilliant day in Croke Park for our under 12 girls on Tuesday the 7th of July. As a very young club, our panel of 18 had a mix […]

TRALEE Racecourse is fast becoming a thriving hub for a different style of racing as it prepares to host the ‘Kerry Motor Club Rally Sprint’ on Saturday July 18. Gates will be opening at 10.30am on the day and with public admission only €5 and children free in, it’s certainly not […]

  Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 06, 17 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Eileen Dan McCarthy Derrymore West, PJ Hayes Tonevane, John O Donoghue Deelis, Camp, Julie Moriarty c/o Jerry and Kitty […]

  SENIOR FOOTBALL: Our next competitive outing will be in round 8 of the Co. League when we welcome Killarney Legion to Connolly Park on the weekend after next (w/e 26th July). JUNIOR B FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 1-11 (14); Na Gaeil 2-9 (15). We have often heard of a game […]

  SENIORS Our Senior team qualified for the final of the St. Kierans Championship with a five point victory over Scartaglen in their semi final played in Cordal on Saturday evening last. The foundation for the victory was laid on the 1st half with two goals which gave us a […]

A FIRST look at the latest show featuring Tralee actor Timothy V Murphy has just been released and it looks like fans of all things medieval will be pleased (see video below). Oakpark native Tim spent much of spring shooting ‘The Bastard Executioner’ in Wales – where filming is still […]

  SENIOR MEN: County League – Round 8: Laune Rangers v John Mitchels – Sunday 26th July @ 2.00 p.m. AWAY 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 Round 4 – […]

IT looked like the weather could break at any minute as the crowd started to gather for the fundraising ‘Walk 4 Autism’ event taking place at John Mitchels GAA grounds on Sunday afternoon. There were definitely a few nervous looks from those taking part, with a few thinking it wise to throw on […]

KERRY will either face the winners of Fermanagh or Westmeath in the All-Ireland quarter-final, if they win the replayed Munster Final on Saturday. Lose and it’s a meeting with Kildare a week later on July 25. Confirmation of venues and times for these fixtures will be confirmed by the CCCC later this […]

IF you’re looking to get rid of that broken toaster or banjaxed TV then you can get rid of them for free next month. The European Recycling Platform (ERP), in association with Kerry County Council, are to hold free electrical recycling events in Tralee, Rathmore, Dingle and Kenmare. The Tralee event […]

AN appeal has been made for all Kerry runners to sign up for the SSE Airtricity Dublin City Marathon and the run the gruelling 26.2 miles in the name of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The charity is one that helps to try and fulfill the wishes and dreams of children that […]

With an anti-Islamist group handing out flyers in town last week against the proposed building of a new mosque in Killerisk, Gavin O’Connor spoke to Chairman of the Kerry Islamic Outreach Society, Dr Rizwan Khan, about attitudes towards the Islamic community in Tralee and how they are integrating in the local community… Kerry has the largest amount of Muslims […]

RESIDENTS of Shanakill came together for a Mass on Thursday evening to celebrate the community spirit in the area. For the recently revived annual Mass, residents have been preparing for it by planting flowers and shrubs and a general tidy up of the area. Mass was said by Fr Pat […]

THE rain stayed away in The Courtyard of Benners Hotel as Radio Kerry threw a summer barbecue for staff to celebrate a marvellous milestone. On Tuesday, the Kerry institution turns 25 with a series of celebrations and competitions planned over the next few weeks. Continued below… Of course a company […]

Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies, has a tasty dish for runners!… With Run Killarney taking place next weekend and the Rose of Tralee 10k a month away, I thought I would share a tasty dish that will be great for the days coming up to the […]

  I WAS doing a course many years ago when the tutor came in one night and informed us that the two most dangerous words in the English language when used together are “I know”. I must admit that my first reaction was that of being a little indignant (if […]

BALLINORIG man, Gary Keane, along with his group, White Boys, launched their first single in Cork on Friday night. The single launch took place in the Savoy in Cork City as part of the after party of Chic’s, Live at the Marquee, show. The name of the single that Gary […]

THIS week, Kerins O’Rahillys stars in the making  took part in the club’s GAA Cúl Camp. In total, 41 boys and girls took part in the camp which ran from Monday to Friday. “We’re up on numbers on last year which is great.” said camp co-ordinator, Giles O’Grady. Three coaches have been teaching […]

AROUND 40 sluggers are in training to get in the ring for a great event for charity next month. The Festival Dome will host The White Collar Boxing event in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group in conjunction with St Margaret’s Boxing Club Pembroke Street on Thursday, August 13 at 7.45pm. Continued […]

AN Australian soap star was in Kerry yesterday and people got pretty excited. Nic Westaway, who plays Kyle Braxton in Home And Away, was making a personal appearance at The Stretford End Bar in Causeway last night. Continued below… But he also found time to call into St John of […]

THE famous Gleneagle Summer Cabaret returns this July and August and this year as always features the best of Irish entertainment. Every night from July through August the legendary Gleneagle Hotel Ballroom is occupied by a stalwart of the Irish entertainment industry. Brendan Shine returns every Tuesday night to help […]

Advertorial If you are thinking of changing your car this month it’s worth checking out Tralee Credit Union’s low-rate motor loan. Tralee Credit Union in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin have just reduced their Motor Loan Rate to their lowest rate ever of 6.5% (6.7% APR). This low rate is available […]

  A TRALEE-BASED musician has written, voiced and uploaded quite the epic lyrical tribute to UFC star Conor McGregor ahead of his massive bout against Chad Mendes in Las Vegas this weekend. Noel McAuliffe, from Knocknagoshel but living here in town, is obviously a massive fan of the Dublin-born fighter and in […]

  WHILE most of the attention will be focussed on the footballers of Kerry on Saturday week, for much of north Kerry it’ll be hurling that takes centre stage. The dates and times for the opening round of the Garveys Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship were finalised yesterday and sees champions Lixnaw kicking […]

A TRALEE man played his part on the big stage of European football in helping his UCD side advance to the next round of the Europa League as they defeated F91 Dudelange on away goals last night. Gary O’Neill, who is originally from Caherslee, is an ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers and Port Vale FC […]