Archive for August 26th, 2015

  YOU’VE got to hand it to the lads at Joe.ie, they’re a sharp bunch! On Monday, they put up an archive video of Pat Spillane on The Sunday Game, hilariously describing the infamous brawl during the 1996 All-Ireland final replay between Mayo and Meath (click here to see that video). […]

A WELL known local man yesterday finished up recording his track for for an upcoming black metal album which is set to be released towards the end of the year. Christy McCarthy, a well liked character and singer from town, was busy in the Meadowlands Hotel yesterday evening as he recorded […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-final on Saturday in Abbeydorney (6pm) between St Brendan’s and Lixnaw… St Brendan’s 4-16 Causeway 1-8. That was the scoreline in St Brendan’s absolute demolition of Causeway. The St Brendan’s display that day was awesome in every aspect, they had been beaten […]

  TRAIN services to and From Kerry to Dublin have been delayed this morning. Services from Cork and Limerick have also been effected because of a mechanical fault with a machine on the southern line. Passengers have been experiencing delays all morning while the efforts to resolve the issue have […]

DARRAGH Ó SÉ has been no stranger to divulging the odd behind the scenes nugget in his article in The Irish Times. Last Sunday, Darragh was on duty with Sky Sports and was caught in the middle of a colourful exchange of words between former Tyrone great, Peter Canavan and […]

  THE back to school mania is in full swing, because Summer is officially coming to an end. I can’t have a conversation with someone without mentioning school in some shape or form; which is totally okay. What other topic are you going to mention when speaking to a 16 […]

A TRALEE woman completed her charity skydive this past weekend at the Aerodrome in Longford as she aimed to raise both much needed funds and awareness of the debilitating disease Ataxia. Connolly Park native, Paula Walsh, has been effortlessly striving to raise the profile of the disease in recent years and months […]

THIS year’s Roses released 364 balloons into the sky over Meadowlands Hotel Tralee to celebrate the hotel’s long association with the Rose of Tralee International Festival since 2005. The Meadowlands Hotel, which has undergone a major transformation throughout, hosted the annual Traditional Irish Party Night for the Roses and their […]

ONE Tipperary man certainly earned the right to put his feet up after he completed the gruelling feat of running six marathons in six days to help raise funds for the BUMBLEance organisation, with Tralee being his final stop on Saturday afternoon. Noel McCarthy, from Nenagh, took it upon himself […]