Archive for August, 2015

Gavin O’Connor on the All-Ireland SFC semi-final, Kerry v Tyrone, Sunday, 3.30pm, Croke Park… WHEN Kerry lost to Tyrone in the 2008 All-Ireland Final, 10 of the current panel were involved in that game, while with Tyrone, only three remain. Sean Cavanagh, who gave one of the great All-Ireland final performances […]

WHILE a few readers may have seen lights moving quickly in the sky and little green men in the town park over the years, it was probably down to a that third flagon of cider or smoking a bit too much when you were a teenager. However, next Friday the park will see the return of the […]

AN incredible local guitarist will be remembered and honoured next weekend when the Eric Roche Acoustic Sessions takes place on August 29. The event is being held in memory of the tenth anniversary of his Eric’s passing. He was regarded as one of the best fingerstyle and most influential guitarists in […]

THE Rose of Tralee was on hand to help Kerry Hospice promote their big coffee morning fundraiser next month. Elysha Brennan turned up at Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Wednesday morning and met members of Kerry Hospice for a photo to promote the offee mornings/evenings on the day of Thursday, September 17. […]

Gavin O’Connor talks to Tyrone native and Gaelic Life journalist, Ciaran Woods, about what the feeling is like in the Red Hand county in the run-up to tomorrow’s match… So, what has been the mood been like all week up in Tyrone?  To be the honest the mood up here has been […]

KERRY’S Donnchadh Walsh was today presented with his new SEAT Leon 5DR as he came on board as a brand ambassador for the SEAT dealership, Dineen O’Donoghue. The Cromane native was delighted to be confirmed as an official brand ambassador for the local Kerry dealership. “I am thrilled to have been […]

THERE are only two weeks to go to the ‘Fashion Soirée at Manor West Hotel’ Tralee, on Friday September 4. It promises to be an amazing night of fashion as organisers have confirmed that, as well as featuring the latest style in Ladies Day fashion and new looks for Autumn / Winter 2015, the […]

Former Kerry star, Barry O’Shea, says the game on Sunday will be tight and not easy on the eye… THE players and management might say it’s just another game, but we all know it’s not. The game has an edge to it, there’s an undertone to this game. It’s not an […]

REMEMBER the guy who helped Rory Gallagher sing ‘Jimmy’s Winning Matches’ back in 2012 when Donegal won Sam? Well the good news is he’s switched allegiances to Kerry in the run-up to Sunday’s semi-final. In a YouTube video (below) uploaded by SportsJoe.ie, the Lanzarote resident, who became a sensation for Donegal […]

SEVEN Kerry properties will go under the hammer in Dublin next month at the latest Allsop Auction. The lots will form part of Allsop’s biggest commercial property auction yet on September 8th and 10th, with 278 lots going under the hammer at a combined reserve value of €60 million, at the […]

WE all know that Kerry have a ‘honsome’ style of football but a new survey shows there’s a few lookers on the team as well. Paddy Power conducted a survey to find the best looking GAA players and Ireland and the results are surprising. One Kerry player makes the Top 10 […]

DINGLE businesses will be the subject of a US travel show as a TV crew visited the town this past week. The crew is travelling the length and breadth of the country showcasing the different food and drink experiences that we have here in Ireland. Dingle Cookery School and Dingle Distillery […]

REPRESENTATIVES from the Kerry Cancer Support Group and Tralee’s Recovery Haven will be attending a Irish Cancer Society conference for cancer survivors in Dublin next month. The two day event will be held in the Aviva Stadium on September 18 and 19 and which will be entitled ‘Living Well With […]

THE big rivalry between Kerry and Tyrone has generated huge interest in Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park with Kingdom fans expected to be well represented in the capital at the weekend. Kerry supporters have been picking up tickets and packing out buses all week in the hope we’ll finally get one over on […]

CAPTAIN Kieran Donaghy returns to the Kerry team to face Tyrone this Sunday in a team which shows three changes from the team that started against Kildare in the quarter-final. In other changes for the All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park, Peter Crowley replaces newly-wed Aidan O’Mahony while Johnny Buckley returns to the […]

KODALINE have announced the details for an end of year concert in the INEC Killarney this coming winter which is guaranteed to draw a massive crowd for the hit Irish band. The concert will take place on Thursday December 10 with tickets for the event set to go on sale […]

A WELL known Tralee musician and soccer player, needs help in Canada with his medical bills, after sustaining second and third degree burns from a chip pan fire accident. Ruadhan Hennessy, a former resident of Gallowsfield and Blennerville, has been living and working in Canada for the past two years. […]

  A MAN from Dublin was arrested on Tuesday as Gardaí seized €1,000 worth of ecstasy at Tralee railway station. The operation was carried out by the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit and a second man was later arrested in the Rathass area in a follow-up operation. Both men have been released […]

THE Kerry minor team to face Derry this Sunday in Croke Park has been announced. There is just one change with Michael Foley of Spa regaining his place at the expense of Stephen O’Sullivan, for the All-Ireland semi-final clash in headquarters which throws in at 1.30pm. Team Captain, Mark O’Connor, who missed […]

THE Republic of Ireland manager, Martin O’Neill and Chief Executive of the FAI, John Delaney, were in Mounthawk Park on Wednesday evening to officially open the Kerry District League’s new all-weather pitch. The Ireland boss, had previously visited Mounthawk Park in March 2014 and he was delighted to see the progress that […]

The greatest rivalry of the Noughties will be renewed again on Sunday and Kerry fans will be praying they’ll finally get the better of Tyrone in Croke Park for the first time since 1986. Gavin O’Connor looks at why a win over the Red Hand county means so much… 1. They’ve […]

THE Group Theatre Tralee is getting ready for the new drama season which begins on the first week of September, with a production to be staged this November. The Group is at present rehearsing Mike O Halloran’s new play ‘A Queen’s Speech’ which will be presented in Siamsa Tire on November […]

WHILE the Rose crown may be on its way back to Meath, there’s still cause for celebration down here in the kingdom after Kerry dog Ginger secured the title of the Nose of Tralee 2015. Beating out stiff competition from around the country along the way, Ginger has scooped the prize […]

ELYSHA Brennan barely had a chance to catch forty winks in the early hours of this morning before her first busy day as Rose of Tralee began. First the Meath lady visited the studios at Radio Kerry and then it was down to the Town Park for the traditional photoshoot in the […]

  TRALEE Imperials Basketball Club launched its National League season for 2015/2016 on Saturday, along with details of the renewed sponsorship of its Ladies team, Team Garvey’s Tralee with Garvey’s SuperValu for another season. Story continued below… “Our Club is built on a solid rock of dedication, commitment, and an unquenchable thirst […]

THE Rose of Tralee Festival this year saw the inaugural one day women’s business conference that celebrated and recognised the achievements of modern women in the business sector. The ‘Bloom for Ireland’ conference was held in the Brandon Hotel on Monday and it has been heralded as a massive success […]

DESPITE the rain, thousands made their way to Denny Street, to catch a glimpse at the new Rose Of Tralee, Elysha Brennan and Midnight Madness. The Meath Rose, Elysha Brennan, was announced as the winner on the night and was led to the stage on Denny Street, by the Escort of […]

THERE was a great crowd and atmosphere around the town park today as groups of families, friends and couples meandered relaxedly through the various stalls and entertainment pieces taking place. One such event that always proves quite popular and that again garnered quite the level of support and following was […]

A DELIGHTED but shocked Elysha Brennan faced the press just minutes after being named Rose of Tralee and had a special mention for a woman she met in the palliative care unit in Tralee today. The Meath Rose, a 22 year old student from Bettystown, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma during […]

THE Meath Rose has won the Rose of Tralee 2015. Elysha Brennan, a 22 years old Bettystown native looked shocked but delighted as her name was announced by Dáithí Ó Sé on stage tonight. The second year medical student in the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin was emotional as she […]