Archive for September, 2015

  KERINS O’RAHILLY’s are sweating on the fitness of Barry John Keane and David Moran ahead of their round 3 senior football championship match against East Kerry at home on Saturday. The Strand Road club’s manager, Barry O’Shea, said Barry John Keane’s ankle is swollen after last week’s victory against Milltown/Castlemaine. “It […]

  A ONE time winner of a Sigerson Cup title with IT Tralee has defended Colm Cooper in the national media after a scathing article by Joe Brolly at the weekend. Newstalk 106 GAA pundit, Colm Parkinson, has responded in the Irish Independent to Brolly’s assertions that Colm Cooper  “…is […]

THE BALLYGARRY House Hotel was the venue for the Kerry Business Woman’s Network Open Night on Monday. The night, which was well attended, played host to some of the most powerful women in business in Kerry and offered members old and new a chance to learn what the organisation can do […]

THE OFFICIAL launch of the ‘Ballyheigue Beard Festival’ took place in KL Kirby’s Bar in Ballyheigue last Saturday night and the call has gone out for more hairy people to get involved. All participants in the festival will grow their beards and collect sponsorship for charities until the big ‘shave off’ […]

A KERRY woman was interviewed live on American news WGN News which was broadcast to over 2.3 million people earlier this month, all in the name of research. Castleisland’s Niamh Geaney found fame earlier this year when she took part in an online experiment with called ‘Twin Strangers’ in which she […]

  STUDENTS from one local school were busy last week as they celebrated the European Day of Languages. Gaelcholáisate Chiarraí is the school in question and was home to different languages on the morning of Friday September 25. German, French, Polish, Romanian and Gaeilge could be heard over the school intercom […]

  FROM time to time, I think we all feel a little bit lonely. Whether it be that we feel alone in a crowded room of people, or whether we actually live our lives in solitude. Despite my personal only-child syndrome, I don’t think that I have ever been truly, and […]

THE ABBEY Inn is hosting a fundraising gig this coming weekend in aid of Tralee’s Ruadhan Hennessy who suffered extensive burns to his legs during a chip pan fire in Canada back in August. The ‘Rock for Rouie’ concert will take place on Sunday October 4 in the bar from […]

DEPUTY Arthur Spring is hosting a Childcare Public Meeting at the Fels Point Hotel,Tralee on this Saturday, October 3 at 11.30am and is inviting parents across the county to participate. “Raising children requires dedicated effort and each experience with child raring is unique. Therefore, it is important to hear from parents and their […]

DRONE footage seems to be quite popular with Kerry farmers bringing in their harvest and this is one of the best we’ve seen. The North Kerry area where the footage was shot by Aidan Harrington, was of Michael O’Halloran & Sons working on land located in Ballyheigue, Causeway and Kilmoyley. If even if tractors and […]

  THE amount of burglaries in the Tralee area rose by 19.4% in between 2012 and 2014. New figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal that in 2012 there were 454 burglaries in the Tralee division, in 2013 there were 453 and in 2014 there were 542. Figures published in […]

FUNDING has been approved for works on the N22 Ballyvourney to Macroom road and a bypass of Adare. This comes as part of a €6bn investment in the road network announced by the Government today in its €42bn capital investment plan for the country. Meanwhile, €7.5 million has been allocated to […]

A REPORT from the Restaurants Association of Ireland has said that 713 jobs in the Food, Tourism and Hospitality sectors have been created in Kerry since the reduced VAT rate of 9% was introduced in July 2011. The Kerry figure is part of 22,300 new jobs in total that have been created […]

  A TRALEE man has collected his prize of €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus, after he bought his his lucky €12 Quick Pick ticket in Centra, Ballyduff, on Wednesday, September 16. He won it in the draw which took place on Tuesday, September 22 and collected his prize at National Lottery offices today. The winner, who wishes […]

Kilmoyley captured their 23rd county senior hurling title on Sunday when they defeated St Brendan’s in glorious sunshine out in Abbeydorney. We were there to capture the atmosphere of the day in the photos below and the celebrations in this short video…

  There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 06, 09, 15 & 21. The five €30 consolation prizes went to John Kelliher Lohercannon, Chrissie c/o PJ Higgins, Amber Healy c/o Tony Casey, Tricia Hunt Kerin’s Park and Anne Knowles St. […]

  RACE NIGHT: A date for your diary. On Saturday November 14th 8.30pm our annual Race Night will be held in the Clubhouse. We ask all supporters and parents to purchase a horse from Club Officers over the coming weeks. The night is always a great social occasion in the […]

THERE’S two members of the Born To Run Club that can testify to being some of the most travelled members of the group without ever having laced up a pair of running shoes. The BTR club flags are the members in question and since their arrival into the tight knit group […]

  TWO people who suffered injuries after a crash on the Tralee to Killarney road last night, have been released from hospital. The crash involved a vehicle driven by a woman in her 30s and an official Garda van. The woman’s injuries were described as serious, but she has now been released from hospital. The […]

TRALEE has once again kept its Gold Medal status in the National Tidy Towns competition, but what had the judges to say about the town in their report. Here’s just a few extracts, but if you want to read the full report on Tralee or other Kerry towns and villages, click here. […]

ELEVEN new jobs will be coming to Kerry as part of multi million investment deal with Killarney based company Mobacar and global car rental brokerage Auto Europe and venture capital firm Delta Partners. The company currantly employs 30 people at their Killarney offices where the company is working on the world’s first […]

LAST night I was driving down from Galway back to Kerry. It was a stunning evening when I set off on the trip and I am sure that this added to the reason a lot of people chose to go out for a walk or a cycle. It is of […]

  KILLARNEY LEGION senior manager, Peter Keane, has been announced as the new manager of the Kerry minor football team. The announcement was made at a meeting of County Committee in Austin Stack Park tonight. Keane who has brought Legion on leaps and bounds in recent years will take over from […]

  A WOMAN was seriously injured and a Garda received minor injuries in an accident on the main Tralee-Killarney road tonight. Gardai in Killarney are appealing for witnesses to the two vehicle collision that occurred on the N22 Killarney to Tralee road approximately 7 miles from Killarney this evening at 7.45pm. A woman in […]

Senior Football Garvey’s Super Valu Senior Football Championship Round 2 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-20 Milltown/Castlemaine 1-14 A great display when our backs were to the wall down to 14 men for most of the game with a tough game against Milltown/Castlemaine which went down to the wire and we advance to […]

  PEIL FAOI 6: (i) More football on Sunday for our Under 6-ers! (ii) The Under 6 (only) Thursday football sessions have ended for the 2015 season. PEIL FAOI 8: (i) We’ll have more great football for our Under 8-ers on Sunday morning. (ii) The Bracker O’Regan Cup competition is […]

  TRALEE has retained its Gold Medal status in the national Tidy Towns Competition and has increased its points total on last year. Tralee was one of four Kerry towns to achieve gold status along with Listowel, Killarney and Kenmare as the results were announced this afternoon at a ceremony in […]

  RESULTS Tuesday 22nd September 2015 JK Sports U12 Div.1 Killarney Celtic B 1-2 Park B . Thursday 24th September 2015 FAI Junior Cup 2nd Round Castleisland 1-2 St Brendans Park . Killarney Plaza U15 Premier Tralee Dynamos A 1-6 Park A . Saturday 26th September 2015 Sfai U13 Cup […]

  Mark Doe Cookery night: On Friday 9th October in the Meadowlands Hotel a cookery demonstration from Mark Doe will feature a guest speaker on preventative strategies regarding sports injuries in the young hurler. Tickets will be available to buy online, details to follow on Parnells facebook. Monster Blitzes Day […]

Annual Awards Night and Social A great night was had last Saturday in The Meadowlands Hotel with over 100 swimmers, friends and family attending our Annual Awards Night. The night kicked off with a great meal and quickly moved on to to The Main Event, the Prizegiving. Most of the […]