Archive for September, 2015

St Brendan’s and Kilmoyley do battle this Sunday in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final. Here’s the Kilmoyley squad who hope to take the title… SEANIE MURNANE.    AGE 28. TOM MURNANE. AGE. 30 Continued below… SEAN MAUNSELL (CAPTAIN).   AGE 31 FLOR MCCARTHY.  AGE 21 TOMMY MAUNSELL.  AGE 23. […]

I KNOW you’re already perked up as it’s Friday, but here’s some more great news! The word from Met Eireann is pretty good for Kerry over the coming days, while a ridge of high pressure will stabilise over the country next week bringing warm, mild weather hitting 20 degrees at times. […]

GARDAÍ have issued a further warning regarding a telephone scam know as ‘Vishing’ where people have been scammed for tens of thousands of euro so far. In one case a person transferred €22,000 to a fraudster, while injured parties have been scammed for in excess of€38,000. ‘Vishing’ is the use of a telephone […]

YOU’VE seen a lot of drone footage of Kerry on TraleeToday.ie over the past year, but it’s all been of our beautiful and rugged coastline. Well this time, the people at ‘The Irish Drone’ YouTube channel have uploaded a clip of farmers reaping the harvest in Kerry. Despite not giving an exact […]

  THE 19 year old young man in a critical condition after a fall from a third-floor balcony in Galway, is from the Tralee area. The accident happened at the Dun na Coiribe apartment complex – mainly populated by students – on the Headford Road in Galway city late on Wednesday […]

THERE’s good news motorists as petrol prices fell in town for the third month in a row in the past month. Back in June the the lowest price in Tralee for a litre of petrol was €1.41.8, now you can fill up in Applegreen, Fairies Cross and Manor Village for […]

  A TRALEE shop is set to close its doors for the last time soon. ‘Stitch In Time’ on Maine Street is advising customers that the final date for collecting garments is this coming Saturday, September 26. Customers can contact Gerard on (087) 6781122 to arrange a collection, with any items not collected set […]

A TRALEE native, currently based in Galway, has been shortlisted for a world-renowned coaching accolade…but he needs your votes soon to win. Shane Fitzgibbon is the only finalist outside of North America to reach the top ten for the ‘Coach of the Year’ accolade awarded by the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA). […]

  THERE has been a tremendous response from Tralee and the wider area to the current refugee crisis across Europe. By the end of last weekend volunteers estimated that as much as two articulated lorries and a forty foot container filled with basic essentials from food and toiletries, to clothes and […]

ONE KERRY school this week saw the official opening of a new covered cycle shelter on their grounds, all as part of their pursuit of a 4th Green Flag along with helping to promote European Mobility Week. St Brendan’s National School in Fenit are this week taking the time to […]

A WHOLE host of Castleisland businesses are getting ready to host a very special event next month when they take part in the Autumn/Winter Fashion Show on Thursday October 8 in Nana Bea’s Coffee & Gift Shop. The details of the event were officially announced this week for the forthcoming show show […]

KERRY people’s involvement in the events leading up to and during the 1916 Rising is to be presented in a new book that is set to released next year to coincide with the State’s 1916 Centenary Commemorations. And the three co-editors working together on this project are looking for the public’s […]

Mike O’Halloran assesses both teams’ chances ahead of this Sunday’s Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final in Abbeydorney… Abbeydorney will host the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Final on Sunday, the second time the final will be held outside of Austin Stacks Park. St Brendan’s won that other final in 1990 […]

THREE award-winning speakers and presenters, Anthony Garvey, Sean Lyons and Justin McCarthy,  will deliver an 8-week Presentation and Public Speaking Course in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee next  month. The course will run from 10.00am to 12.00pm every Saturday morning beginning on October 3. “Many people get nervous presenting in front of an […]

NO it’s not a scene from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Shutter Island’, it’s fantastic drone footage which was sent into us that shows off Fenit and Tralee Bay from the sky. The footage highlights Fenit Island, the lighthouse, the harbour and the area around Tralee Bay like you’ve never seen it before. The […]

  SIAMSA Tíre is to host the opening of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and different objects by the artist Antonio Julio López Castro on Friday September 25 at 6pm. The exhibition which is entitled ‘A Measure of Things’  is comprised of a number of projects that Antonio has worked on over the […]

    WITH only days to go until the inaugural CBS The Green 5k and 3k fun run, organisers are still encouraging runners to register for the event. Taking place on this Sunday, September 27 at 1pm sharp, the fundraising event marks the beginning of a new school year and the continuation […]

Mike O’Halloran spoke to the captains of St Brendan’s and Kilmoyley, who face each other in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final this Sunday in Abbeydorney, about the upcoming decider… I spoke to both captains in The Brogue Inn recently over beautiful scones and tea about the upcoming match on Sunday. Both […]

FOLLOWING on from the success of their yearly calendar, the Mitchels/Boherbee Community Regeneration Project has come together once more to produce a chronicle that studies the area through photos and first hand accounts from the period of 1935-1955. From the very earliest beginnings of the Mitchels/Boherbee Community Regeneration Project, it was felt […]

A CAUSEWAY based company has recently emerged on top at the National Ploughing Championships, currently taking place in Laois, where it scooped two top awards in the area of technology and innovation. Elsewhere there were two Kerry winners in the ploughing events. Dairymaster’s ‘Swiftflo Commander’ took home the prestigious honour of […]

WERE you in Ross’s Centra Supermarket in Ballyduff last Wednesday? Did you buy a Euromillions ticket? Then you could be €500,000 better off as the shop sold a €12 quick pick ticket which has won the huge cash amount in the Euromillions Plus draw. The owner of the ticket now has […]

Advertorial WE all know that free parking is a rare commodity in the town centre but one business has come up with a novel idea to change that. The Ashe Hotel on Maine Street is to provide free parking for its lunchtime customers. General Manager, Stephen O’Connor explains; “At The Ashe […]

IT’S been announced that €44,396 of funding has been allocated  to Kerry County Council, under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. The funding has been allocated by the OPW in response to an application submitted by Kerry County Council for the removal of debris, deposition and sediment under […]

  ONE local charitable organisation will look to reward its customers for their support when they hold a special ‘Customer Appreciation Day’ on Thursday, October 1. The Tralee branch of the St Vincent De Paul (SVP) will hold the special event from 3pm-5pm where there will be music, refreshments and food […]

YESTERDAY we brought you images of Kerry fans from all over the county up in Dublin for the matches on Sunday. They really turned out in force and we captured them on camera outside The Palace Bar, The Gresham Hotel, Barry’s and the Belvedere Hotel and up in Croke Park […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8: (i) More football on Sunday! (ii) The final of the Under 6 boys’ league will take place at 5.35pm on Thursday in Connolly Park and that will end Thursday football for the 2015 season. (iii) We’re looking forward to a visit from the Legion footballers on 4thOctober […]

LOTTO Ballymac GAA lotto was held in O Riadas on Monday 14th September 2015 for a jackpot of €8,300.  Numbers drawn were 15,17,18,19.  There was no winner. Lucky Dipa 1. Luke O Mahony, c/o Tom Leen 2. Noreen De Lacey, Edenburn 3. Helen Leen, Chutehall 4. Geraldine McLoughlin, Meadowlands Estate, […]

SEMI-Final. Intermediate Club Championship: Mitchels v Spa Killarney Killorglin Saturday September 26th at 2.30 p.m. ALL SUPPORT GREATLY APPRECIATED FUNDAMITCHELS: The John Mitchels GAA Club in association with Active Kingdom are delighted to announce details of an exciting new Fundamental Movement Skills Programme, called FundaMitchels, aimed at children (Boys & […]

Monster Blitzes Day on the 26th The extreme rain on the 11th caused us to reschedule.  So now we will hold our Monster series of Parnells invitational blitzes next Saturday the 26th in John Mitchels GAA. Times and schedules from team managers at Friday training.  Parents needed to help on the day with a few […]

Tralee Imperials held their Information and Registration night in advance of 2015/16 basketball season in Mercy Mounthawk school last Thursday. Guest speakers on the night were dietician Melissa Costello and coach Mark Bernsen. There was a great turn out and we would like to thank everyone who attended and who […]